title: Racial and ethnic distribution of faculty, students, and fellows in US epidemiology degree programs, 1992. Committee on Minority Affairs of the American College of Epidemiology.
abstract: The American College of Epidemiology Committee on Minority Affairs assessed the racial/ethnic distribution of faculty, students, and postdoctoral fellows in epidemiology degree programs in the United States in 1992. Fifty-six programs in schools of public health, medicine, or veterinary medicine completed a one-page anonymous questionnaire (85% response rate). Of 711 faculty members (median of 8 per program), 46 (6%) were minorities (US black, Hispanic, or Asian/Pacific Islander). Of 2142 students (1206 masters, 862 doctoral, 74 postdoctoral: median of 17 per program), 293 (14% of all students; 17% of US citizen students) were minorities. In the 46 doctoral programs, there were 36 black students (in 20 doctoral programs), 15 Hispanic students (in 9 programs), and no Native Americans. There were three minority postdoctoral fellows, all blacks (4% of all postdoctoral fellows). Determined, consistent, and sustained efforts will be required to boost the representation of blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans in epidemiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-7400.
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Schoenbach
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kumanyika
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000193:education*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044469:Racial Groups; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States