Affirming NIH's commitment to addressing structural racism in the biomedical research enterprise

Francis S Collins¹, Amy Bany Adams², Courtney Aklin³, Trevor K Archer⁴, Marie A Bernard⁵, Ericka Boone⁶, John Burklow⁷, Michele K Evans⁸, Sadhana Jackson⁹, Alfred C Johnson¹⁰, Jon Lorsch¹¹, Mia Rochelle Lowden¹², Anna María Nápoles¹³, Anna E Ordóñez¹⁴, Robert Rivers¹⁵, Victoria Rucker¹⁶, Tara Schwetz³, Julia A Segre¹⁷, Lawrence A Tabak³, Monica Webb Hooper¹³, Carrie Wolinetz³; NIH UNITE

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¹ Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: collinsf@mail.nih.gov.
² National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
³ Immediate Office of the Director (IMOD)/OD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁴ National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁵ Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity (OSWD)/OD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; National Institute on Aging (NIA), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁶ Office of Extramural Research (OER)/OD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁷ Office of Communications and Public Liaison (OCPL)/OD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁸ National Institute on Aging (NIA), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁹ National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁰ Office of Management (OM)/OD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹¹ National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹² Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)/OD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹³ National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁴ National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁵ National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁶ Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity (OSWD)/OD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Center for Information Technology (CIT), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁷ National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

PMID: 34115967
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.05.014

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Affirming NIH's commitment to addressing structural racism in the biomedical research enterprise

Francis S Collins et al. Cell. 2021.

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. 2021 Jun 10;184(12):3075-3079.

doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.05.014.

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¹ Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: collinsf@mail.nih.gov.
² National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
³ Immediate Office of the Director (IMOD)/OD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁴ National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁵ Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity (OSWD)/OD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; National Institute on Aging (NIA), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁶ Office of Extramural Research (OER)/OD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁷ Office of Communications and Public Liaison (OCPL)/OD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁸ National Institute on Aging (NIA), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁹ National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁰ Office of Management (OM)/OD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹¹ National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹² Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)/OD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹³ National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁴ National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁵ National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁶ Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity (OSWD)/OD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Center for Information Technology (CIT), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹⁷ National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

PMID: 34115967
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.05.014

Abstract

NIH has acknowledged and committed to ending structural racism. The framework for NIH's approach, summarized here, includes understanding barriers; developing robust health disparities/equity research; improving its internal culture; being transparent and accountable; and changing the extramural ecosystem so that diversity, equity, and inclusion are reflected in funded research and the biomedical workforce.

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