The impact of social unrest due to systemic racism on underrepresented post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty

White, George L.; Proulx, Chelsea N.; Rubio, Doris McGartland; Thakar, Maya S; Morone, Natalia E.; Mitchell-Miland, Chantele; Althouse, Andrew D.; Murrell, Audrey J.

doi:10.1017/cts.2022.445

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“…The median grit score in our full study sample was 3.8, which is similar to the median grit score found in a large sample of American adults from the general population [ 1 ]. This is not surprising considering participants in our study are UR and were disproportionately affected by the Racial Justice Movement [ 31 ] and COVID-19 [ 32 ]. UR post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty cited no support from institutions, social isolation from colleagues, and discrimination in the workplace following the Racial Justice Movement [ 31 ].…”

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“…This is not surprising considering participants in our study are UR and were disproportionately affected by the Racial Justice Movement [ 31 ] and COVID-19 [ 32 ]. UR post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty cited no support from institutions, social isolation from colleagues, and discrimination in the workplace following the Racial Justice Movement [ 31 ]. Due to the increase in healthcare demands and negative economic impact that COVID-19 caused in institutions across the nation, efforts to foster UR researchers in the biomedical workforce were not a priority [ 30 ].…”

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“…UR posthttps://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2023.523 Published online by Cambridge University Press doctoral fellows and early-career faculty cited no support from institutions, social isolation from colleagues, and discrimination in the workplace following the Racial Justice Movement. 31 Due to the increase in healthcare demands and negative economic impact that COVID-19 caused in institutions across the nation, efforts to foster UR researchers in the biomedical workforce were not a priority. 30 This further widened the disparities that UR researchers face in the biomedical workforce.…”

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Perseverance and consistency of interest in underrepresented post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty

Thakar¹,

Mitchell-Miland²,

Morone³

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Introduction: Underrepresented researchers face more challenges than their well-represented counterparts. Perseverance and consistency of interest are associated with career success in well-represented physicians. Therefore, we examined associations of perseverance and consistency of interest with Clinical Research Appraisal Inventory (CRAI), science identity, and other factors related to career success among underrepresented post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty. Methods: This is a cross-sectional analysis of data collected from September to October 2020 among 224 underrepresented early-career researchers at 25 academic medical centers in the Building Up Trial. We used linear regression to test associations of perseverance and consistency of interest scores with CRAI, science identity, and effort/reward imbalance (ERI) scores. Results: The cohort is 80% female, 33% non-Hispanic Black, and 34% Hispanic. The median perseverance and consistency of interest scores were 3.8 (25th–75th percentile: 3.7,4.2) and 3.7 (25th–75th percentile: 3.2, 4.0), respectively. Higher perseverance was associated with a higher CRAI score (β = 0.82; 95% CI = 0.30, 1.33, p = 0.002) and science identity (β = 0.44; 95% CI = 0.19, 0.68, p = 0.001). Higher consistency of interest was associated with a higher CRAI score (β = 0.60; 95% CI = 0.23, 0.96, p = 0.001) and higher science identity score (β = 0.20; 95% CI = 0.03, 0.36, p = 0.02), while lower consistency of interest was associated with imbalance favoring effort (β = –0.22; 95% CI = –0.33, –0.11, p = 0.001). Conclusions: We found that perseverance and consistency of interest are related to CRAI and science identity, indicating that these factors may positively influence one’s decision to stay in research.

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Morone³

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“…Our data were collected during the COVID-19 pandemic and Racial Justice Movement; therefore, our results are difficult to compare to previous findings. The psychological distress that underrepresented post-doctoral and early-career faculty faced during this time was likely escalated and may have negatively impacted their self-efficacy in career advancement and career commitment, especially because a sizable minority of underrepresented post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty reported lower research productivity [ 30 ]. Furthermore, since this was a cross-sectional analysis, we could not assess causal associations.…”

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The impact of inclusive mentoring and identity work on self-efficacy in career advancement and career commitment among underrepresented early-career faculty and post-doctoral fellows

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Rubio,

Murrell

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Objective: Researchers from underrepresented groups leave research positions at a disproportionate rate. We aim to identify factors associated with self-efficacy in career advancement and career commitment among underrepresented post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty. Methods: Building Up is a cluster-randomized trial with 25 academic health institutions. In September-October 2020, 219 Building Up participants completed the pre-intervention assessment, which included questions on demographics, science identity, mentoring, selfefficacy in career advancement (i.e., advancement is open to me, confidence in career progression, confidence in overcoming professional barriers), and career commitment (i.e., intent to continue research training or studying in a field related to biomedical sciences). Using logistic and multinomial logistic regression, we identified characteristics independently associated with self-efficacy in career advancement and career commitment. Results: The cohort is 80% female, 33% non-Hispanic/Latinx Black, and 34% Hispanic/Latinx. Having mentors that address diversity was significantly associated with the belief that advancement is open to them (OR = 1.7). Higher science identity (OR = 4.0) and having mentors that foster independence (OR = 1.8) were significantly associated with confidence in career progression. Higher science identity was also significantly associated with confidence in overcoming professional barriers (OR = 2.3) and intent to continue studying in a field related to biomedical sciences (OR = 3.3). Higher age (OR = 2.3) and higher science identity (OR = 4.2) were significantly associated with intent to continue research training. Discussion: Science identity and mentoring play key roles in self-efficacy in career advancement and career commitment. These factors may contribute to retention of underrepresented early-career biomedical researchers.

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“…Rubio et al report women and members of underrepresented groups remain persistently underrepresented among principal investigators in the National Institute of Health's CTSA program while women have greater representation as participants in the career development and training programs, and non-White individuals are better represented in the training programs [10]. Manuscripts also describe the implementation of novel training curricula addressing structural racism and centering the lived experience of impacted people, as well as training and mentorship programs for URM students, early-career investigators, and clinical research professionals engaged in clinical research recruitment [11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

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The impact of social unrest due to systemic racism on underrepresented post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty

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Perseverance and consistency of interest in underrepresented post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty

Perseverance and consistency of interest in underrepresented post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty

The impact of inclusive mentoring and identity work on self-efficacy in career advancement and career commitment among underrepresented early-career faculty and post-doctoral fellows

Laying the groundwork to make diversity, equity, and inclusion front and center in clinical and translational research

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