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Black In Cardio: promoting diversity and representation in the cardiovascular field

Nature Reviews Cardiology volume 19, pages 717–718 (2022)Cite this article

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Globally, Black people have some of the highest rates of cardiovascular disease. Racial inequities in cardiovascular health must be tackled. Black In Cardio is a trainee-led initiative aimed at promoting Black people in the cardiovascular field and raising awareness about issues related to the cardiovascular health of Black communities.

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Jason Amartey, Chichi Okagbue.

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  1. Biodiscovery Institute, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

    Jason Amartey

  2. School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK

    Chichi Okagbue

  3. Department of Imaging, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, UK

    Adama Saccoh

  4. Bristol Renal, Bristol Heart Institute, Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Stanley Buffonge

  5. Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Ashley Francois

  6. Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Catherine Tcheandjieu

  7. Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Shaneice Mitchell

  8. Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Daniel J. Tyrrell

  9. Department of Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA

    Debora Kamin Mukaz

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All the authors declare a non-financial competing interest: they are unpaid volunteers for Black In Cardio. J.A., S.B. and D.J.T. are directors of Black In Cardio, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.

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Amartey, J., Okagbue, C., Saccoh, A. et al. Black In Cardio: promoting diversity and representation in the cardiovascular field. Nat Rev Cardiol 19, 717–718 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-022-00774-x

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