ArticlePLoS medicine2015
Diversity in Clinical and Biomedical Research: A Promise Yet to Be Fulfilled.
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14 authors.
Sam S OhDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Joshua GalanterDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Neeta ThakurDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Maria Pino-YanesDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Nicolas E BarceloDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Marquitta J WhiteDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Danielle M de BruinDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Ruth M GreenblattDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Kirsten Bibbins-DomingoDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Alan H B WuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Luisa N BorrellSchool of Health Sciences, Human Services and Nursing, Department of Health Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, New York, United States of America.
Chris GunterMarcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Neil R PoweDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Esteban G BurchardDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Funding
WOMEN'S INTERAGENCY HIV STUDY ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONSU01AI034989 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI AOUIZERAT, BRADLEY E, GREENBLATT, RUTH MARTHA · 1993 to 2018
$65.6MNew Approaches for Empowering Studies of Asthma in Populations of African DescentR01HL104608 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI BARNES, KATHLEEN C, KENNY, EIMEAR ELIZABETH · 2011 to 2022
$23.1MClinical and Transtional Science InstituteKL2TR000143 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI GRANDIS, JENNIFER RUBIN · 2012 to 2015
$11.9MViral and Host Factors Promoting Male-to-Female Transmission of HIVP01AI083050 · NIAID · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI GREENE, WARNER C. · 2009 to 2013
$10.1MThe Airway Functional Genomics of Bronchodilator Drug Response in Minority Children with AsthmaR01HL117004 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI AHITUV, NADAV, SEIBOLD, MAX A · 2013 to 2022
$9.3MUCSF/Kaiser-DOR Program for Developing Independent Women's Health ResearchersK12HD052163 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ADLER, NANCY E, BRINDIS, CLAIRE D. · 2005 to 2023
$9.3MCLINICAL, PHARMACOLOGY, DRUG ACTION &PHARMACOKINETICST32GM007546 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Radojka Savic · 1985 to 2026
$8.9MSocial Interventions to address disparities In young adult tobacco useP60MD006902 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BIBBINS-DOMINGO, KIRSTEN · 2012 to 2016
$6.4MPromoting Research Opportunities Fully--Prospective Academics Transforming HealthR25MD006832 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ARONSON, LOUISE, FERNANDEZ, ALICIA · 2011 to 2015
$1.7MUCSF Career Development Program in Omics of Lung DiseasesK12HL119997 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BURCHARD, ESTEBAN GONZALEZ, ERLE, DAVID J · 2013 to 2017
$1.4MWood Smoke and Genetic Susceptibility to Asthma in An Honduran PopulationK23HL111636 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI GALANTER, JOSHUA MARK · 2012 to 2016
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Abstract
Esteban Gonzalez Burchard and colleagues explore how making medical research more diverse would aid not only social justice but scientific quality and clinical effectiveness, too.
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