Faculty researchers in the UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging have received six NIH diversity supplements over the past year, critical support for achieving our vision of a diverse and inclusive pipeline of innovative, high-performing imaging scientists. We are delighted to share overviews of their projects during Global Diversity Awareness Month and congratulate the PIs and trainees for their outstanding work.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) award supplemental funding to principal investigators (PIs) who are actively increasing diversity in the research workforce. As grantees, PIs provide clearly defined training, mentorship and career development opportunities to underrepresented minority trainees in health-related sciences, those who are from rural or disadvantaged…