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Equitable hiring strategies towards a diversified faculty

Nature Biomedical Engineering volume 7, pages 961–968 (2023)Cite this article

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We provide a roadmap for overhauling faculty-hiring processes to eliminate barriers of entry to historically excluded groups.

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Acknowledgements

K.M., M.L.K., D.D.C. and G.C.F. acknowledge funding by the National Science Foundation (CAREER 2047017, CAREER 1944448, CAREER 2149946 and EEC-1160494, respectively).

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    Present address: Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

    Elizabeth M. Cosgriff-Hernandez

  2. Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Brian A. Aguado & Karen L. Christman

  3. Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA

    Belinda Akpa

  4. Center for Equity in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

    Gabriella Coloyan Fleming

  5. Center for Engineering Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

    Gabriella Coloyan Fleming

  6. Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Erika Moore

  7. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Ana Maria Porras, Gregory A. Hudalla & Kelly R. Stevens

  8. Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Patrick M. Boyle

  9. Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Deva D. Chan

  10. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA

    Naomi Chesler

  11. School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

    Tejal A. Desai

  12. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

    Brendan A. C. Harley

  13. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Megan L. Killian

  14. Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Megan L. Killian

  15. Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

    Katharina Maisel

  16. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

    Kristen C. Maitland

  17. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA

    Shelly R. Peyton

  18. Department of Biological Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

    Beth L. Pruitt

  19. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

    Beth L. Pruitt

  20. Department of Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

    Beth L. Pruitt

  21. School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

    Sarah E. Stabenfeldt

  22. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

    Audrey K. Bowden

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The authors are all members of BME UNITE, a group of biomedical engineering faculty in the United States who are educating themselves about DEI, improving the representation of their communities, and combating racism in STEM.

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Cosgriff-Hernandez, E.M., Aguado, B.A., Akpa, B. et al. Equitable hiring strategies towards a diversified faculty. Nat. Biomed. Eng 7, 961–968 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-023-01076-4

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