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. 2023 Sep 5;330(9):872-874.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.14139.

US Postgraduate Trainee Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Representation and Faculty Compensation By Specialty

Michael O Mensah  1 , Dalia Owda  2 , Efe C Ghanney Simons  3 , Louisa W Holaday  4 , Sidra N Bonner  5 , Christina Mangurian  6 , Joseph S Ross  7
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US Postgraduate Trainee Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Representation and Faculty Compensation By Specialty

Michael O Mensah et al. JAMA. .
No abstract available

Plain language summary

This study compares postgraduate trainee racial, ethnic, and gender representation and faculty compensation for 21 clinical specialties using 2015-2022 data.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Mensah reported personal fees from The Lancet. Dr Holaday reported grants from the National Institute on Aging (T32AG066598 and R24AG065175). Dr Bonner reported grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI; T32HL007749) and personal fees from the JAMA Network. Dr Mangurian reported grants from Genentech, UnitedHealth Group, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Defense, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and California Healthcare Foundation. Dr Ross reported grants from the Food and Drug Administration, Johnson & Johnson, Medical Devices Innovation Consortium, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, NIH/NHLBI, and Arnold Ventures; and Dr Ross was an expert witness at the request of Relator’s attorneys, the Greene Law Firm, in a qui tam suit alleging violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute against Biogen Inc that was settled in September 2022. No other disclosures were reported.

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