A Multi-Pronged Approach to Diversifying the Workforce

Doris M. Rubio, Colleen A. Mayowski and Marie K. Norman
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Doris M. Rubio: Institute for Clinical Research Education and Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 200 Meyran Avenue, Suite 300, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Colleen A. Mayowski: Institute for Clinical Research Education and Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 200 Meyran Avenue, Suite 300, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Marie K. Norman: Institute for Clinical Research Education and Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 200 Meyran Avenue, Suite 300, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 10, 1-7

Abstract: The biomedical workforce continues to lack diversity, despite growing evidence demonstrating the advantages of diverse teams in workplaces for creativity and innovation. At the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Clinical Research Education, we have taken a multi-pronged, collaborative approach to enhance the diversity of our trainees and scholars. We started by implementing a program for postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty, the Career Education and Enhancement for Health Care Research Diversity (CEED) program. We then built on this program and created a sister program for medical students (CEED II). These two programs were intended to build a local community of diverse researchers. Following the success of these programs, we extended our efforts and pursued federal funding to establish other programs. Our first funded program was designed to teach leadership and career coaching skills to mentors who are committed to mentoring people from diverse backgrounds, the Professional Mentoring Skills Enhancing Diversity (PROMISED) program. We then partnered with minority serving institutions to create a fellowship in translational research skills training, Leading Emerging and Diverse Scientists to Success (LEADS), training in patient-centered outcomes research, Expanding National Capacity in PCOR through Training (ENACT), and a year-long fellowship to work with a specific mentor at Pitt, the Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) Fellowship (TL1). With recognition that much work remains to be done, we believe these programs represent a small but positive step toward diversifying the biomedical workforce.

Keywords: diversity; biomedical workforce; clinical and translational research; training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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