This study aims to examine the current wellbeing among pharmacy students in underrepresented groups (URGs) and investigate the impact on having access to affinity groups. A survey was distributed to students in April and May 2023, at a Midwestern Col...
This retrospective study examined group-level trends in science self-efficacy among undergraduate students from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups (URGs) over four years (2017–2020) at a public university in California. The study investigate...
The study of underrepresented ethnic groups in the social sciences is often hindered by structural and epistemic barriers that limit access to culturally embedded knowledge. This article examines the potential of the GPT-4 version of the ChatGPT lang...
30 October 2018
Junior investigators often have limited access to networks of scientific experts and resources that facilitate competitive grant submissions. Since environments in which scientists are trained are critically important for long-term success, we built...
In the context of changing demographics at regional universities (including our own), we highlight an ongoing project at our university that addresses the last area of acceptable bias in English-medium higher education: bias against speakers of other...
Bike share systems are a standard feature of the urban mobility ecosystem but they have received criticism for serving a narrow demographic band of residents and visitors while underrepresenting others. This analysis employed Chi-square and multivari...
Mathematics ability is considered the underlying “fabric of society”. Thus, disentangling specific differences between individual and school-level factors is critical for understanding disparities in mathematics achievement, particularly...
Over the past decade, scholarly attention has increasingly focused on what is known as the ‘refugee gap’, which refers to the great difficulty asylum seekers and refugees face in entering the labour market in the host country. This poses...
Hyperarousal is a 24-h state of elevated cognitive and physiological activation, and is a core feature of insomnia. The extent to which sleep quality is affected by stressful events—so-called sleep reactivity—is a vulnerability factor for developing...
5 August 2022
A healthy environment has been defined by global health organisations as one that is safe, supportive of healthy lifestyles, and free of hazards. Such definitions disregard the complexity of what it means for an environment to be perceived as ‘...
Mood profile clusters have previously been identified in several cultural contexts. In the present study, six mood profile clusters referred to as the iceberg, inverse Everest, inverse iceberg, shark fin, submerged, and surface profiles, were investi...
Editorial boards should be representative of the people doing science but they are often plagued with inequality. This article presents some starting points towards increasing editorial diversity, hoping to spark new initiatives to recruit people of...
We studied the inclusion of traditionally underrepresented groups in society, females, persons of non-European ethnic background and people with apparent disabilities. Specifically we addressed their participation as program leaders in children’s pro...
Preliminary evidence suggests that commonly used genetic tests may be less likely to identify a genetic etiology for ALS-FTD in patients of underrepresented race, ethnicity, and ancestry (REA), as compared to European REA. Patients of underrepresente...
The key association between gut dysbiosis and cancer is already known. Here, we used whole-genome shotgun sequencing (WGS) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) to conduct metagenomic and metabolomic analyses to identify common and distinc...
27 April 2023
Background: Enhancement of diversity within the U.S. research workforce is a recognized need and priority at a national level. Existing comprehensive programs, such as the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) and Research Centers in Minority In...
Successfully engaging and retaining underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) offers benefits not only economically but also from an equity perspective, as increasing participation reduces structural bar...
Woman scientists have for long been under-represented as recipients of academic prizes. The reasons for this lack of recognition are manifold, including potential gender bias amongst award panels and nomination practices. This dataset of the gender d...
27 August 2020
Mounting evidence suggests that migration background increases the risk of mental ill health, but that problems exist in accessing healthcare services in people of migrant origin. The present study uses a combination of register- and survey-based dat...
The experiences of underrepresented women and ethnic minorities in computer science (CS) fields are at the heart of understanding the factors that impact the critical transitions students face when entering into Science, Technology, Engineering, or M...
Background/Objectives: Overgrowth syndromes (OGSs) are a heterogeneous group of rare conditions marked by excessive growth and variable neurodevelopmental and systemic features. They are broadly classified into generalized overgrowth (GOG) and segmen...
Medical professionals who represent the communities they serve are in a better position to understand patients‘ social circumstances and communicate in a more patient-centered way. International studies show limited diversity and underrepresent...
The pervasive underrepresentation of racially minoritized students in STEM fields and the workforce remains a concern to the scientific community. At the graduate level, underrepresented students have reported difficulties with advising, negative res...
Undergraduate research is well recognized as an effective high-impact educational practice associated with student success in higher education. Actively engaging students in research experiences is considered as one of the several high-impact practic...
Despite representing the largest ethnic minority group in the United States, Latinos remain underrepresented in the professoriate. Although Latinos are increasingly attending college, fewer graduate and even fewer continue to pursue graduate school....
30 September 2022
The World Trade Center Health Registry (WTCHR) was established in 2002 as a public health resource to monitor the health effects from the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster. We evaluated the representativeness of the WTC youth population (<18 years...
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is a common neurodevelopmental condition that affects language acquisition in children. However, standardized diagnostic tools for Tunisian Arabic, a widely spoken yet underrepresented dialect, is still lacking....
As an underrepresented functional group in bioorganic and medicinal chemistry, the hydroxylamine unit has historically received little attention from the synthetic community. Recent developments, however, suggest that hydroxylamines may have broader...
Supplemental Instruction is an evidence-based academic support program which improves the success of higher education undergraduate students who participate in the program, including students from historically underrepresented populations. Sessions a...
This article delves into the issues of equity, diversity, and inclusiveness (EDI) in the engineering disciplines in Canada and Spain and presents the challenges faced by underrepresented individuals and ways to promote an inclusive and diverse enviro...
8 March 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly taxed scientific research and seems to have exacerbated existing inequities within the research field, particularly for early-stage investigators (ESIs). This study examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic...
The unequal distribution of costs and benefits of the energy transition is a challenge for energy justice and energy policy. Although the empowerment of consumers to participate in renewable energy communities (RECs) has great potential for a just en...
Background/Objectives: Studies consistently demonstrate that microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knees (MPKs) improve mobility and quality of life for people with lower limb loss or absence by enhancing balance and reducing falls. However, the exten...
Background: An 8-week educational intervention co-taught by medical students and faculty was designed to foster communication between clinical researchers and populations of interest to ultimately increase participation in clinical research by older...
Background: This study’s objective was to be the first to explore the ethnicity/cultural origins, gender identity, ability/disability, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and harassment/discrimination experiences of Canadian radiation...
28 October 2025
Background: Ethnic minority groups are under-represented in their use of community mental health services in the UK. Online mental health forums could be a more appealing support option than traditional mental health services. Part one of this study...
11 May 2021
Black and Hispanic adults are disproportionately affected by cancer incidence and mortality, and experience disparities in cancer relative to their White counterparts in the US. These groups, including women, are underrepresented among scientists in...
Over 30% of Maine’s forestry industry is made up of women, with women in the minority comprising a small part of this. Improving representation in this industry can serve as a way for more women to enter the industry, to the benefit of their ow...
Scientific undergraduate research in higher education often yields positive outcomes for student and faculty member participants alike, with underrepresented students often showing even more substantial gains (academic, professional, and personal) as...
Females and people belonging to ethnic minorities tend to be underrepresented in science occupations. The goal of this paper was to investigate the needs of students of different gender and ethnicity in terms of vocational orientation in order to tai...
High myopia is a significant public health issue globally and in the United States (US), where it affects ~4% of the population or 13 million people. This is a potentially blinding condition, but complications can be prevented with early intervention...
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a new addition to the open educational provision. They are offered mainly by prestigious universities on various commercial and non-commercial MOOC platforms allowing anyone who is interested to experience the...
Service or community engaged learning has gained momentum as a strategy for developing engineering students’ professional skills while facilitating engagement with the real-world complexities of engineering problem-solving. Along with other cri...
Central Asian populations remain underrepresented in pharmacogenomic research, limiting the availability of population-specific data for genotype-informed prescribing and precision medicine. This study analyzed clinically relevant pharmacogenomic var...
Minoritized racial and ethnic groups suffer disproportionately from the incidence and morbidity of pulmonary hypertension (PH), as well as its associated cardiovascular, pulmonary, and systemic conditions. These disparities are largely explained by s...
Women and students of marginalized race/ethnicity continue to be underrepresented in many science and engineering fields, and access to special programs, mentors, and internships may influence awareness, intention, and persistence in STEM fields. Thi...
This study explores how intersecting disabilities and ethnic identities influence key career-related factors, including career decision self-efficacy, career outcome expectations, perceived career barriers, and social support, among college students...
Disparities in primary care access among Medicaid enrollees may be driven by differences in provider acceptance of Medicaid, yet the extent to which primary care provider (PCP) panels reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of local Medicaid populati...
Undergraduate life science education faces high attrition rates, especially among students from underrepresented groups. These disparities are often linked to differences in prior knowledge, self-efficacy, and interest, which are rarely addressed in...
Introduction: The feasibility of enrolling and retaining diverse kidney transplant (KT) seekers in remote studies is sparsely reported. Aims: This study examined the use of a mobile communication strategy to enroll and retain participants within a cl...
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