• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Footnote

Footnote.co

Showcasing research with the power to change our world

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Footnote
  • About
  • Contributors
  • Partner With Us
  • Press
  • Projects
  • Academia
  • Business
  • Education
  • Government
  • Health
  • International
  • Science
  • Society
  • Technology
DEI AND HEALTHCARE

A More Diverse Biomedical and Healthcare Workforce is Within Our Reach

Tracie Locklear, North Carolina Central University, Kathryn Dickerson and Kafui Dzirasa, Duke UniversityJanuary 2, 2023November 1, 2023
dei in healthcare
Sections
  • Health
Topics
  • DEI
  • Diversity
  • Inclusion

Providers and healthcare companies are more aware than ever of the value of having a diverse and inclusive workforce. But they cannot simply post a job opening and hope applicants from underrepresented groups show up at their doorstep, especially at a time when skilled workers are in high demand and in short supply. Leaders need to go further upstream and play an active role in encouraging people from all backgrounds to pursue careers in biomedicine and healthcare.

Read the full article at Modern Healthcare.

This article was produced by Footnote in partnership with Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute.

Related

  1. Gender equality
    Small Wins Can Make A Big Impact On Gender Equality
  2. Person walks past Black Lives Matter banner
    As Companies Try To Address Racism, A Generic Response Is No Longer Enough

  3. Epigenetics: How Nurture Shapes Our Nature

sidebar

Contributed by

Kafui Dzirasa

Kafui Dzirasa

Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Duke University

Kafui is an Associate Professor at Duke University with appointments in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Neurosurgery. His ultimate goal is to combine his research, medical training, and community experience to improve outcomes for diverse communities suffering from Neurological and Psychiatric illness.

Kathryn Dickerson

Kathryn Dickerson

Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
Duke University

Kathryn Dickerson, Ph.D., is a professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University. She also co-directs the Workforce Development Core at Duke’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute.

Tracie Locklear

Tracie Locklear

Research Assistant Professor, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise

Tracie Locklear, Ph.D.,(left) is a research assistant professor at North Carolina Central University, where she leads the university’s Clinical Research Sciences Program.

Footer

About Footnote

Footnote is an online media company that increases the impact of academic knowledge by making it accessible and engaging for new audiences.

Learn more about Footnote and our contributors.

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Partner with us to increase the impact of your research.

Sections

  • Academia
  • Business
  • Education
  • Government
  • Health
  • International
  • Science
  • Society
  • Technology

Projects

  • Babson College
  • The Collaborative
  • Genomic Medicine
  • Making Research Reliable
  • Robotics
  • Works Cited Podcast

© 2025 Footnote