增加健康研究中的代表性和多样性:MYHealth研究培训计划的高中生协议

Samantha A Chuisano1, Jane Rafferty2, Alison Allen3

  • 1Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.

PloS one
|September 28, 2023
PubMed
概括

"我的健康"计划让代表性不足的高中生参与健康研究,培养科学家的身份和技能. 该倡议旨在为未来的专业人士增加STEM和健康研究职业的多样性.

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