The Urgency of Justice in Research: Beyond COVID-19

The striking imbalance between disease incidence and mortality among minorities across health conditions, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) highlights their under-inclusion in research. Here, we propose actions that can be adopted by the biomedical scientific community to address long-st...

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Veröffentlicht in:Trends in molecular medicine 2021-02, Vol.27 (2), p.97-100
Hauptverfasser: Gilmore-Bykovskyi, Andrea, Jackson, Jonathan D., Wilkins, Consuelo H.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The striking imbalance between disease incidence and mortality among minorities across health conditions, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) highlights their under-inclusion in research. Here, we propose actions that can be adopted by the biomedical scientific community to address long-standing ethical and scientific barriers to equitable representation of diverse populations in research.
ISSN:1471-4914
1471-499X
DOI:10.1016/j.molmed.2020.11.004