Missing in Action: African Ancestry Brain Research
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Dr. Daniel Weinberger and co-authors Dr. Kafui Dzirasa and Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton Young published a then-groundbreaking commentary in the journal Neuron in 2020. The piece identified the underrepresentation of people of African ancestry in the scientific pursuit of personalized medicine for brain disorders and called for increased diversity in all aspects of neuroscience. Read the article.
Missing in Action: African Ancestry Brain Research
Dr. Daniel Weinberger and co-authors Dr. Kafui Dzirasa and Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton Young published a then-groundbreaking commentary in the journal Neuron in 2020. The piece identified the underrepresentation of people of African ancestry in the scientific pursuit of personalized medicine for brain disorders and called for increased diversity in all aspects of neuroscience. Read the article.
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