Building a virtual community to support and celebrate the success of Latinx scientists

Brian A Aguado; Ana M Porras

doi:10.1038/s41578-020-00259-8

Building a virtual community to support and celebrate the success of Latinx scientists

Nat Rev Mater. 2020;5(12):862-864. doi: 10.1038/s41578-020-00259-8. Epub 2020 Oct 20.

Authors

Brian A Aguado¹, Ana M Porras²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO USA.
² Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA.

Abstract

In February 2019, we co-founded LatinXinBME to build a diverse and welcoming virtual community of Latinx researchers in biomedical engineering (BME). We leverage digital tools and community mentoring approaches to support our members and to build safe spaces in academia, with the aim to diversify the academic workforce in STEM.

Keywords: Biomaterials; Scientific community.

Grants and funding

K99 HL148542/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States