New Undergraduates join the lab!
The Stabenfeldt Lab welcomes Chase Fauer and Bharathiraja (Raja) Nagappan to the group. Both are freshmen in ASU’s BME program.Twitter Feed
In case you have not seen this - please share with your network. Together we are stronger! #fundblackscientists https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00011-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867421000118%3Fshowall%3Dtrue#.YBbZNjvfs1E.twitter
Grants from Black investigators are funded at ~55% of white @NIH PIs with the same qualifications. Proud to join these amazing co-authors in a call to action to end funding disparities. Please read & join the call to #FundBlackScientists https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00011-8#.YBA8vL8LQKs.twitter
“When they leave the profession, we lose these individuals in the classroom—and research shows that women and minorities persist in science and engineering when they see people who look like them." #fundblackscientists. https://news.engin.umich.edu/2021/01/how-to-end-discrimination-in-health-research-funding/ via @UMengineering
>1700 faculty in BME, only 34 Blacks! @NIH wants to hire more-great! Problem? NIH funding process discriminates against Black PIs. >10 yrs @NIHDirector has known but not fixed.
Our @CellPressNews paper call on us to "be the light." #fundblackscientists. https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00011-8#.YBA8vL8LQKs.twitter
