Diversity-Targeted Opportunities
Diversity-Targeted Opportunities
CoHSTAR is pleased to announce a new diversity-targeted pilot study for eligible physical therapists from under-represented groups.
As with many health-related disciplines, physical therapy researchers vastly underrepresent the diversity of the communities whom they serve. CoHSTAR is dedicated to advancing health services and health policy research in physical therapy and recognizes that additional commitment to mentoring scholars from historically underrepresented groups is essential to reducing health disparities in rehabilitation services. We issue this special call to support the training and mentoring of physical therapy researchers from underrepresented groups.
We adopt the National Institutes for Health (NIH) guidelines for defining groups eligible for these awards. NIH encourages institutions to diversify their student and faculty populations to enhance the participation of individuals from groups identified as underrepresented in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences, such as:
- Individuals from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown by the National Science Foundation to be underrepresented in health-related sciences
- Individuals with disabilities, who are defined as those with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
We offer one Diversity-targeted opportunity to support career advancement for qualifying Physical Therapy (PT) researchers:
