Improving the recruitment, retention, and leadership advancement of faculty who are under-
represented in medicine is a priority at many academic institutions to ensure excellence in …

Improving the diversity and representation in the medical workforce requires intentional and
deliberate efforts to improve the pipeline and pathway for underrepresented in medicine …

Importance There has been disappointing progress in enrollment of medical students from
racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in medicine, including American Indian or Alaska …

Indigenous Peoples are underrepresented in many of the Health and Human Services
Educational Programs (HHSEP, eg: Nursing, Social Work). As various studies have reported …

Objective Racial and ethnic inequities in leadership achievement, compensation, scholarly
productivity, and grant funding exists among physicians. This study explores whether similar …

Background The history behind the development of health care services to sovereign AI/AN
people is a complex narrative, and beyond the scope of this article. Understanding the basic …

Abstract American Indian, Alaska Native (AIAN) and Native Hawaiian and other Pacific
Islander (NHPI) faculty, are substantially under-represented (< 1%) at US medical schools …

American Indians and Alaska Natives hold a state-conferred right to health, yet significant
health and health care disparities persist. Academic medical centers are resource-rich …

Health disparities have long affected American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN)
populations. Transformations are needed in academia to help understand Indigenous 'ways …

Research demonstrates that mentorship can significantly improve career success, career
satisfaction, and persistence for underrepresented (UR) minority faculty. However, many UR …