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

Jason Amartey; Chichi Okagbue; Adama Saccoh; Stanley Buffonge; Ashley Francois; Catherine Tcheandjieu; Shaneice Mitchell; Daniel J Tyrrell; Debora Kamin Mukaz

doi:10.1038/s41569-022-00774-x

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

Nat Rev Cardiol. 2022 Nov;19(11):717-718. doi: 10.1038/s41569-022-00774-x.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Biodiscovery Institute, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
² School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
³ Department of Imaging, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, UK.
⁴ Bristol Renal, Bristol Heart Institute, Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
⁵ Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
⁶ Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁷ Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁸ Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
⁹ Department of Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. debora.kamin-mukaz@med.uvm.edu.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Cardiac Rehabilitation*
Cardiovascular Diseases* / therapy
Cardiovascular System*
Heart
Humans

Grants and funding

T32 HL098049/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States