VIDEO: Collaboration is key to improving inclusivity, minority representation in research

In a Healio video exclusive, Lina M. Felípez, MD, highlights the importance of minority participation and inclusivity in research to improve clinical outcomes among underrepresented populations.
“Currently, the U.S. population is approximately 61.6% white, 12.4% Black or African American, 2.9% Alaskan Native, 7.2% Asian and 0.2% Hawaiian, with Hispanic being 18.7%,” Felípez, director of IBD research and associate director of the IBD Center and fellowship program at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, told Healio. “It’s important to know that all of this will

In a Healio video exclusive, Lina M. Felípez, MD, highlights the importance of minority participation and inclusivity in research to improve clinical outcomes among underrepresented populations.
“Currently, the U.S. population is approximately 61.6% white, 12.4% Black or African American, 2.9% Alaskan Native, 7.2% Asian and 0.2% Hawaiian, with Hispanic being 18.7%,” Felípez, director of IBD research and associate director of the IBD Center and fellowship program at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, told Healio. “It’s important to know that all of this will