COVID Highlights Another Crisis: Lack of Black Physicians and Scientists

George Q Daley^{1

2}, Gilda A Barabino³, Olujimi A Ajijola⁴, Cedric M Bright⁵, Valerie Montgomery Rice⁶, Cato T Laurencin^{7

8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
² Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
³ The Grove School of Engineering, The City College of New York, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁵ Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA.
⁶ Morehouse School of Medicine and Morehouse Healthcare, 720 Westview Drive, SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
⁷ Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
⁸ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
⁹ The Africana Studies Institute, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA.

George Q Daley et al. Med. 2021.

. 2021 Jan 15;2(1):2-3.

doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2020.06.006. Epub 2020 Jun 24.

George Q Daley^{1

2}, Gilda A Barabino³, Olujimi A Ajijola⁴, Cedric M Bright⁵, Valerie Montgomery Rice⁶, Cato T Laurencin^{7

8

9}

¹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
² Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
³ The Grove School of Engineering, The City College of New York, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁵ Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA.
⁶ Morehouse School of Medicine and Morehouse Healthcare, 720 Westview Drive, SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
⁷ Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
⁸ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
⁹ The Africana Studies Institute, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

C.T.L. serves as a consultant for Johnson and Johnson Corporation. The other authors declare no relevant competing interests.

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