Effective Mentorship as a Means to Recruit, Retain, and Promote Underrepresented Minorities in Academic Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Jeremy Louissaint¹, Folasade P May^{2

3

4}, Sydni Williams⁵, Elliot B Tapper^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
² Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁵ Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁶ Gastroenterology Section, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Jeremy Louissaint et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 1;116(6):1110-1113.

doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001125.

Jeremy Louissaint¹, Folasade P May^{2

3

4}, Sydni Williams⁵, Elliot B Tapper^{1

6}

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
² Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁵ Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁶ Gastroenterology Section, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

No abstract available

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