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. 2015 Dec 15;12(12):e1001918.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001918. eCollection 2015 Dec.

Diversity in Clinical and Biomedical Research: A Promise Yet to Be Fulfilled

Sam S Oh  1 , Joshua Galanter  1   2 , Neeta Thakur  1 , Maria Pino-Yanes  1   3   4 , Nicolas E Barcelo  1 , Marquitta J White  1 , Danielle M de Bruin  1 , Ruth M Greenblatt  1   5 , Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo  1   6 , Alan H B Wu  7 , Luisa N Borrell  8 , Chris Gunter  9   10 , Neil R Powe  1   6 , Esteban G Burchard  1   2
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Diversity in Clinical and Biomedical Research: A Promise Yet to Be Fulfilled

Sam S Oh et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Esteban Gonzalez Burchard and colleagues explore how making medical research more diverse would aid not only social justice but scientific quality and clinical effectiveness, too.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: EGB serves as an advisor to the National Academy of Sciences to advise them and the US Congress on gene-environment interactions. EGB also serves on the Expert Panel for President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative. EGB, SSO, JG, NT, MPY, NEB, MJW, DMdB, KBD, AHBW, LNB, RMG, CG, and NRP are involved in health disparities research funded by NIH.

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