An Institutional Coordinated Plan for Effective Partnerships to Achieve Health Equity and Biomedical Workforce Diversity
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: The rapid growth and accumulation of specialized knowledge in today's biomedical fields, combined with entrenched and emerging health issues that persist among certain groups within the US population, emphasizes the significant need to diversify the nation's biomedical science workforce. The under-representation of minorities in science results in inadequate scientific input from divergent social or cultural perspectives and detracts from our nation's ability to resolve health disparities. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has developed a coordinated approach with local, regional, and national partners to increase participation of underrepresented students along the career pathway from K-12 to faculty level. Career stage specific activities that include research, mentoring, networking, career development, grantsmanship and health disparities curriculum are provided for participants. Successful outcomes from our coordinated plan includes an increase in participant self-efficacy, research presentation awards, increase in grant awards and publications, and career advancement. Through partnerships within our institution, local school districts, and minority serving institutions nationwide, our coordinated plan provides mutually beneficial co-learning experiences to increase the number of under-represented individuals entering translational research focused on increasing the biomedical research workforce diversity and achieving health equity.
Source: Ethnicity & Disease
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, National Institutes of Health, Health Science Center, University of North Texas, National Institute on Aging, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Awards: Texas Center for Minority Health, Education, Research and Outreach, National Research Mentoring Network for a Diverse Biomedical Workforce, UNTHSC Short-Term Research Education Program, UNT Health Science Center IMSD, 2/2 Langston University-UNTHSC Partnership for Cancer Research and Education, Promoting Diversity in Research Training for Health Professionals, Training in the Neurobiology of Aging and Alzheimer's Disease, Texas Center for Health Disparities (TCHD), Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program
OpenAlex ID: W2916299190