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Lataisia Jones is an American neuroscientist in Washington, D.C. at the National Institutes of Health.Jones was the first African American to graduate with a Ph.D. from the Department of Biomedical Sciences located within the College of Medicine at Florida State University (FSU). [1]
Alongside his academic research, Jean-Louis has launched several initiatives to support underrepresented minority groups in science and medicine. As the satisfaction and medical outcomes of communities of color are impacted by the racial/ethnic heritage of the physician, Jean-Louis believes there is an urgent need for more diverse medical ...
This initiative represents future underrepresented medical students. Though each chapter is different the goal of these on-campus associations is to unite historically underrepresented minorities that aspire to become physicians and provide them with resources and a social network of premedical students to facilitate the journey to medical school.
It was established in 1999 as the Journal of Immigrant Health, obtaining its current name in 2006. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media and the editor-in-chief is Sana Loue (Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 2.015. [1]
Ultimately, his research showed that the state's controversial law, Proposition 209, caused freshman students from underrepresented minorities to “cascade into lower quality colleges.”
Overall, the numbers of underrepresented minority medical school students such as African Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians, or Alaska Natives enrollees increased slightly. However, the only group that showed a statistically significant increase in representation was Hispanic females.
That decision effectively prohibited policies long used to increase the number of under-represented minorities at American universities. "I don't think its overt racism, although it does exist ...
In relation to the national Census, physicians belonging to minority groups, including African Americans, remain underrepresented in medicine. [ 37 ] In response to the racist writings of the Flexner Report , the AAMC decided to rename the prestigious Abraham Flexner award in 2020. [ 4 ]