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NIDCD Hosts First Diversity Scholar Workshop

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NIDCD Director Dr. Debara Tucci (front row, second from l)) and NIDCD Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Cendrine Robinson (second row, second from l) pose with workshop participants.
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Dr. Nirupa Chaudhari (standing), professor from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, speaks with workshop participants.

Nearly 50 students and early-career scientists from diverse backgrounds, as well as nine established researchers serving as mentors, recently convened for the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders’ inaugural Diversity Scholar Workshop. 

Promising scholars from populations underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce met with mentors to discuss building career networks, refining research objectives, overcoming challenges in academia and submitting NIH grant applications. Scholars also networked with NIDCD-supported grantees and toured some of the institute’s intramural research laboratories.

NIDCD Diversity Scholars range from undergraduate students to early-career faculty and are funded under the NIH’s Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research. The program is among NIDCD’s efforts to broaden perspectives that are crucial to advancing scientific progress and strengthening the research community. 

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