The impact of social unrest due to systemic racism on underrepresented post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Social unrest tied to racism negatively impacted half of NIH-funded extramural researchers underrepresented (UR) in science. UR early-career scientists encounter more challenges in their research careers, but the impact of social unrest due to systemic racism in this group is unclear. We used mixed methods to describe the impact of social unrest due to systemic racism on mentoring relationships, research, and psychological well-being in UR post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional analysis of data collected in September 2021-January 2022 from 144 UR early-career researchers from 25 academic medical centers in the Building Up Trial. The primary outcomes were agreement on five-point Likert scales with social unrest impact st

SUBMITTER: White GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9549581 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature