mSphere of Influence: Hiring of Underrepresented Minority Assistant Professors in Medical School Basic Science Departments Has a Long Way To Go

Michael D.L. Johnson

doi:10.1128/mSphere.00599-19

mSphere of Influence: Hiring of Underrepresented Minority Assistant Professors in Medical School Basic Science Departments Has a Long Way To Go

Michael D.L. Johnson

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Abstract

Michael D. L. Johnson is a molecular microbiologist observing the role of metals in bacterial biology. In this mSphere of Influence article, he discusses the impact that the paper “Decoupling of the minority PhD talent pool and assistant professor hiring in medical school basic science departments in the US” by Kenneth D. Gibbs, Jr., Jacob Basson, Imam M. Xierali, and David A. Broniatowski (eLife 5:e21393, 2016, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21393) had on him regarding hiring underrepresented minorities at research-intensive institutions and what he considers to be the next steps.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e00599-19
Journal	mSphere
Volume	4
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00599-19
State	Published - Sep 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

assistant
diversity
faculty
fellow
minority
pipeline
pool
postdoctoral
professor
research intensive
underrepresented

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Microbiology
Molecular Biology

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