Abstract

On 29 June 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that race-conscious consideration for college admission is unconstitutional. We discuss the consequences of this ruling on the delivery of equitable care and health system readiness to combat current and emerging pandemics. We propose strategies to mitigate the negative impact of this ruling on diversifying the infectious disease (ID) workforce.

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Title
Ending Race-Conscious College Admissions and Its Potential Impact on the Infectious Disease Workforce
Author
Momplaisir, Florence 1 ; Rogo, Tanya 2 ; Parrish, Ronika Alexander 3 ; Delair, Shirley 4 ; Rigaud, Mona 5 ; Caine, Virginia 6 ; Absalon, Judith 7 ; Word, Bonnie 8 ; Hewlett, Dial 9 

 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , USA 
 Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island , USA 
 Vaccines & Antivirals Medical and Scientific Affairs, Pfizer Biopharmaceuticals Group , New York, New York , USA 
 Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center , Omaha, Nebraska , USA 
 Department of Pediatrics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn , Brooklyn, New York , USA 
 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine , Indianapolis, Indiana , USA 
 Infectious Diseases & Virology, Development Clinical Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical, New York, New York, USA 
 Houston Travel Medicine Clinic , Houston, Texas , USA 
 Tuberculosis Services, Westchester Department of Health, Chair IDSA Committee on Diversity Access & Equity , White Plains, New York , USA 
Publication year
2024
Publication date
Mar 2024
Publisher
Oxford University Press
e-ISSN
23288957
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3170975464
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.