University leaders discussed numerous strategies to increase the number of Black physicians in the healthcare workforce, including by enhancing current infrastructure, supporting clinical research opportunities at HBCUs and funding additional residency and fellowship slots, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined leaders from several HBCU medical schools, including Meharry Medical College, Howard University and Charles R. Drew University, for the discussion. The roundtable was hosted by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee., which Mr. Sanders chairs.
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