As stigma against LGBTQ individuals has decreased in recent years, more and more individuals of all ages are becoming comfortable acknowledging they identify as either lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer. And that data is showing up in big ways in academic fields. In a new Gallup report, researchers found…
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Black History Month Profiles: Solomon Carter Fuller, Psychiatrist, Professor and Medical Researcher
During Black History Month, DiversityInc is honoring a series of Black innovators and history makers such as Solomon Carter Fuller who are often overlooked in mainstream media coverage and history books. Check back throughout February to learn about more important figures. Born: Aug. 11, 1872, Monrovia, Liberia Died: 1953, Framingham,…
Johns Hopkins, Alleged Abolitionist Namesake of Hospital and University, Was a Slave Owner
As universities across the nation have been reckoning with their past over recent years, taking down statues and renaming halls that bore the names of former slave owners, one institution remained untouched: Johns Hopkins. The story, long repeated about the namesake of the Maryland hospital and university, was that his…
Research: Black Women Still Have Higher Risk of Dying of Breast Cancer
Black women are dying of breast cancer at a much more aggressive rate than white women, according to a study from the American Cancer Society, and previous studies from the Centers for Disease Control find that disparities in healthcare could be to blame. Breast cancer is the most common cancer…
DiversityInc’s Chris Parker Explains How to Assess Human Capital Metrics
DiversityInc’s Chris Parker, director of research and data analytics, delivered a talk on how companies can measure their human capital metrics to understand whether their strategies are producing the results they are aiming for. He addressed the guests before the unveiling of the 2020 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity…
Bayer Exercises Right to Enter into Follow-on Research and Collaboration Option Agreement with Atomwise
Originally posted on Bayer.com Companies to continue crop protection development programs Bayer and Atomwise, the leader in artificial intelligence (AI) for drug discovery, today announced the companies will continue the development of two crop protection programs. Farmers across the world are facing an increase in weed, insect and fungal resistance…
Increased Mortality Rates Among Whites Driven by Apparent Fear of Loss of Social Status, Study Says
A new study published by public health researchers from the University of Toronto suggests that rising short-term mortality rates of white Americans appear to be “driven principally by the anxiety of losing their social status.” The fear is unfounded as there’s been no evidence to indicate that they are worse…
HIV/AIDS Stigma and Lack of Knowledge is Common Among Millennials and Gen Z, Survey Shows
The start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s led to misinformation fueling fear about the conditions. Now, the number of people living with HIV is tapering off, but it seems misconceptions are once again widespread. The survey’s results appear in Merck and the Prevention Access Campaign’s Owning HIV: Young…
‘It’s Not You, It’s the Workplace’: Women’s Hostility Toward One Another is Not in Their Nature
The “mean girl” trope of women being petty, resentful and two-faced toward one another has followed them beyond high school and into the workplace. Women are often dismissed in professional environments based on this stereotype, but research shows it is not intrinsically true. “It’s Not You, It’s the Workplace,” a…
Novartis: Behind the Research Driving Our Data at Medical Conferences
Originally published on novartis.com. Novartis data at 2019 ASH and SABCS underscore our evolving R&D approach in innovative platforms to reimagine medicine and help improve patient outcomes. At the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition and the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) in December, Novartis will…