Underrepresented Group

Asian and underrepresented in medicine by race and ethnicity medical students with multiple disability types experienced high risk for burnout compared with their white peers.

Women in oncology continued to break barriers, unveil new research and accomplish goals in 2023.

Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, has been named the new dean of Emory University School of Medicine and chief academic officer of Emory Healthcare.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — White and Asian individuals appeared overrepresented in food allergy clinical trials, despite that the burden of food allergy tends to be higher among historically underrepresented groups, according to study results.

Although the percentage of female principal investigators in clinical trials has increased in recent years, gender underrepresentation continued to persist, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

A novel, eye-tracking metrics device aided in the detection of dementia risk in a small population of Colombian individuals with differing levels of education, according to a poster presented at CTAD.

Camille Ragin, PhD, MPH, has been named chair of the Minorities in Cancer Research Council for the American Association for Cancer Research.

HONOLULU — More women and underrepresented racial/ethnic groups have entered into medicine, but bias and discrimination still exist, which can lead to poorer care, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Folakemi T. Odedina, PhD, has been awarded the 2023 AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities.

Structural sexism has long plagued the field of medicine, with a historical hierarchical infrastructure that has led the field to lag behind other industries for decades.