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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]
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.
Her leadership led to the development of the strategic plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Emory University School of Medicine. [5] She also led the Emory University Task force on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and has been a critical mentor and advocate for underrepresented minorities in medicine throughout her time at Emory. [7]
Women and racial and ethnic minorities are 20% to 30% more likely than white men to experience a misdiagnosis, said David Newman-Toker, a professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine ...
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 ...
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 143: 840–850. Henderson, Flor, Ina Vandebroek, Michael J. Balick & Edward J. Kennelly (2012) Ethnobotanical research skills for students of underrepresented minorities in STEM disciplines. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 10: 389–402.
Ultimately, his research showed that the state's controversial law, Proposition 209, caused freshman students from underrepresented minorities to “cascade into lower quality colleges.”
This bias extends beyond education, as racialized minority healthcare users report feeling unjustly reprimanded and scolded by healthcare staff, as noted by African American women in the USA. Furthermore, research reveals disparities in pain medication prescriptions, with white male physicians prescribing less to Black patients, fueled by ...