Improving Kidney Disease Research in the Black Community: The Essential Role of Black Voices in the APOLLO Study

Affiliations

¹ Center for Bioethics, Health and Society, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Electronic address: iltisas@wfu.edu.
² Community member, Houston, Texas.
³ Community member, Southfield, Michigan.
⁴ Community member, North Chesterfield, Virginia.
⁵ Community member, Houston, Dallas, Texas.
⁶ Community member, Quincy, Massachusetts.
⁷ Community member, Yorktown Heights, New York, New York.
⁸ Community member, Seattle, Washington.
⁹ Community member, Birmingham, Alabama.
¹⁰ Community member, Atlanta, Georgia.
¹¹ Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.

Editorial

Ana S Iltis et al. Am J Kidney Dis. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;79(5):750-753.

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.09.006. Epub 2021 Oct 12.

¹ Center for Bioethics, Health and Society, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Electronic address: iltisas@wfu.edu.
² Community member, Houston, Texas.
³ Community member, Southfield, Michigan.
⁴ Community member, North Chesterfield, Virginia.
⁵ Community member, Houston, Dallas, Texas.
⁶ Community member, Quincy, Massachusetts.
⁷ Community member, Yorktown Heights, New York, New York.
⁸ Community member, Seattle, Washington.
⁹ Community member, Birmingham, Alabama.
¹⁰ Community member, Atlanta, Georgia.
¹¹ Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.

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Conflict of interest statement

Financial Disclosure: The authors declare that they have no relevant financial interests.

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