National Institutes of Health addresses the science of diversity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 40, 2015, Pages 12240-12242

  Valantine, Hannah A ^a   Collins, Francis S ^a   Verma, Inder M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical research; Diversity|; Scientific workforce|; Underrepresentation in science|culture|

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAREER MOBILITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; KNOWLEDGE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MENTOR; PERSONNEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HUMANS; MENTORS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); RESEARCH PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943338403     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1515612112     Document Type: Review

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