From the Editor's Desk

Tackle systemic racism to diversify health care and clinical research

Health-equity researcher Tung Nguyen guides several anti-racism efforts at the University of California, San Francisco.Credit: Susan Merrell

Science is steeped in injustice and exploitation. Scientific insights from marginalized people have been erased, natural-history specimens have been taken without consent and genetics data have been manipulated to back eugenics movements. Without acknowledgement and redress of this legacy, many people from minority ethnic groups have little trust in science and certainly don’t feel welcome in academia — an ongoing barrier to the levels of diversity that many universities claim to pursue.

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