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Diversity and the Duke BME PhD Program: Then, Now and Moving Forward

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First, I thank the Society for the honor of receiving the 2012 Diversity Award. This award legitimates the value of advocating for diversity. If you decide to be an advocate for diversity do not expect everybody to applaud your efforts or to get on board; however several people will step forward to support you. I extend my most sincere appreciation to the many people who encouraged me to embark on this journey, and the many people who supported me along the way, most of whom are pictured in Figs. 2 and 3. Everybody that I encountered at NCCU was wonderfully welcoming and forthcoming, particularly the Department of Chemistry that hosted me. I also appreciate the support of Warren Jones of NIGMS, who saw the impact that my efforts had on my biotechnology training grant in Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering (BTE, GM8555), and Martha Absher, the Associate Dean for Education and Outreach, who has been my compatriot in diversity at Duke. Most of all I thank the BTE PhD students, particularly the URM students (Martin Moebus, Warren Marcus, Helawe Betre, Lori Norton, Isabel Cardenas-Navia, Heather Prichard, Charles Anamelechi, Nelita Trottman-Elliott, Ned Will Garrigues, Luke McSpadden, Timothy Mwangi, Chris Rowland, Suzana Vallejo-Heligon, Nichole Verdone, Cristina Fernandez, Brittany Davis, and Jennifer Gamboa) and the other hundred or so BTE non-minority who made the program a welcoming place. Finally I thank Barbara Nsiah of Duke University for her thoughtful comments on the manuscript.

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Reichert, W.M. Diversity and the Duke BME PhD Program: Then, Now and Moving Forward. Ann Biomed Eng 41, 2019–2026 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-013-0835-1

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