Race and Research: The Gaps in Health
Episode 100
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Stat: 5%—The percentage of Black physicians and surgeons in America.
Story: Continuing our look at race and research, we turn to health care. We hear from Dr. Marie Bernard, who heads efforts to increase diversity in the research workforce at the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Stephanie Brown and Kristen Azar of Sutter Health, a nonprofit California health care provider. They discuss the impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, how to build trust in the medical system among those communities, and other ways to improve patient care.
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Race and Research
A new season from ‘After the Fact’