Increasing the Capacity of Health Sciences to Address Health Disparities
Sandra P. Daley, M.D.; Shelia L. Broyles, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Lourdes M. Rivera, M.A.; Vivian M. Reznik, M.D., M.P.H. - SEPTEMBER 2009
Abstract: In order to create a cohort of investigators who are engaged in health disparities research, scholarship, and practice, and to increase the amount of funding in the university that is invested in research focused on reducing health disparities, the San Diego EXPORT Center implemented 2 major initiatives: (1) the support of underrepresented minority (URM) junior faculty development and (2) the funding for pilot research grants in health disparities...
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Retention of Junior Faculty in Academic Medicine at the University of California, San Diego
Andrew Ries, M.D., M.P.H.; Deborah Wingard, Ph.D.; Cindy Morgan, M.S.; Elizabeth Farrell; Sharon Letter, M.S.; Vivian Reznik, M.D., M.P.H. - JANUARY 2009
Abstract:
Purpose To measure overall retention of junior faculty and evaluate the effects of a junior faculty development program on the retention of junior faculty at one institution.
Method Quantitative survival analysis techniques were used to characterize retention of all new assistant professors hired at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine for 18 years between July 1988 and December 2005, and the influence on retention of a junior faculty development program...
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Career Experiences and Perceptions of Underrepresented Minority Medical School Faculty
Deborah L. Wingard, Ph.D.; Vivian M. Reznik, M.D.; and Sandra P. Daley, M.D. - SEPTEMBER 2008
Background: Although studies have outlined the benefit of diversity in academic medicine, the number of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty remains low. In 1998, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine with the Hispanic Center of Excellence began a formalized proactive faculty development program. Over the past 10 years, recruitment and retention of URM junior faculty have increased. We undertook a study to explore factors associated with this improvement...
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Improving the Retention of Underrepresented Minority Faculty in Academic Medicine
Sandra Daley, M.D.; Deborah L. Wingard, Ph.D.; Vivian Reznik, M.D., M.P.H. - SEPTEMBER 2006
Background: Although several studies have outlined the need for and benefits of diversity in academia, the number of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in academic health centers remains low, and minonty faculty are primarily concentrated at the rank of assistant professor. In order to increase the diversity of the faculty of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, the UCSD National Center for Leadership in Academic Medicine...
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