Decoupling of the minority PhD talent pool and assistant professor hiring in medical school basic science departments in the US

eLife

Volumn 5, Issue NOVEMBER2016, 2016, Pages

  Gibbs, Kenneth D ^a   Basson, Jacob ^a   Xierali, Imam M ^b   Broniatowski, David A ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^c George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MARKET; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MODEL; SCIENTIST; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION; ETHICS; MANPOWER; MINORITY GROUP; RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY;

CAREER MOBILITY; FACULTY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; RESEARCH; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 85006489160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.21393     Document Type: Article

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