Categories: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Black Genes Matter

Mon Mar 20, 2017

Genetic Insights About Health Risks Limited By Lack Of Diversity, Study Finds

Thu Aug 18, 2016

Burchard leads call for diversity in research workforce

Thu Jun 16, 2016
The photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. hanging on the wall of the Asthma Collaboratory lab in UC San Francisco’s Rock Hall serves a reminder to all who toil there, purifying DNA samples or analyzing genetic, social or environmental data that their research is also part of a dream of equality and...

Why Are Health Studies So White?

Thu Jun 16, 2016

Blacks Die From Asthma at Steep Rates, But Are Absent From Many Studies

Tue Jun 7, 2016

Tales of African-American History Found in DNA

Tue May 31, 2016

Burchard Lab study finds most asthma research may not apply to African American children

Thu May 12, 2016
Results from the largest single study of the genetic and environmental causes of asthma in African American children suggest that only a tiny fraction of known genetic risk factors for the disease apply to this population.

#ScienceSoWhite Threatens The Health Of People Of Color, Researchers Say

Thu May 12, 2016

Lack Of Diversity In Clinical Trials Presents Possible Health Consequences

Mon Jan 4, 2016

Diversity in medical research is a long way off, study shows

Tue Dec 15, 2015
Despite Congressional mandates aimed at diversifying clinical research, little has changed in the last 30 years in both the numbers of studies that include minorities and the diversity of scientists being funded, according to a new analysis by researchers at UC San Francisco.

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