Increasing Diversity in Radiology and Molecular Imaging: Current Challenges

Brett Z Fite; Virginia Hinostroza; Lisa States; Alexandria Hicks-Nelson; Lucia Baratto; Kimberly Kallianos; Marina Codari; Brenda Yu; Priyanka Jha; Mana Shams; Tanya Stoyanova; Fanny F Chapelin; Anna Liu; Ali Rashidi; Fernando Soto; Yuri Quintana; Guido Alejandro Davidzon; Krzysztof Marycz; Iris C Gibbs; Daniel B Chonde; Chirag B Patel; Heike Elisabeth Daldrup-Link

doi:10.1007/s11307-021-01610-3

Increasing Diversity in Radiology and Molecular Imaging: Current Challenges

Mol Imaging Biol. 2021 Oct;23(5):625-638. doi: 10.1007/s11307-021-01610-3. Epub 2021 Apr 26.

Authors

Brett Z Fite¹, Virginia Hinostroza¹, Lisa States², Alexandria Hicks-Nelson³, Lucia Baratto¹, Kimberly Kallianos⁴, Marina Codari¹, Brenda Yu⁵, Priyanka Jha⁶, Mana Shams⁷, Tanya Stoyanova¹, Fanny F Chapelin⁸, Anna Liu⁹, Ali Rashidi¹, Fernando Soto¹, Yuri Quintana¹⁰, Guido Alejandro Davidzon¹, Krzysztof Marycz¹¹, Iris C Gibbs¹², Daniel B Chonde¹³, Chirag B Patel^{1

14}, Heike Elisabeth Daldrup-Link^{15

16}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA.
² Department of Molecular Imaging, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
³ Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
⁵ Department of Biophysics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA.
⁶ Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
⁷ Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁸ Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40506, USA.
⁹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
¹¹ Department of Experimental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland.
¹² Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA.
¹³ Athinoula A Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, 02129, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA. heiked@stanford.edu.
¹⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA. heiked@stanford.edu.

Abstract

This paper summarizes the 2020 Diversity in Radiology and Molecular Imaging: What We Need to Know Conference, a three-day virtual conference held September 9-11, 2020. The World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS) and Stanford University jointly organized this event to provide a forum for WMIS members and affiliates worldwide to openly discuss issues pertaining to diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The participants discussed three main conference themes, "racial diversity in STEM," "women in STEM," and "global health," which were discussed through seven plenary lectures, twelve scientific presentations, and nine roundtable discussions, respectively. Breakout sessions were designed to flip the classroom and seek input from attendees on important topics such as increasing the representation of underrepresented minority (URM) members and women in STEM, generating pipeline programs in the fields of molecular imaging, supporting existing URM and women members in their career pursuits, developing mechanisms to effectively address microaggressions, providing leadership opportunities for URM and women STEM members, improving global health research, and developing strategies to advance culturally competent healthcare.

Keywords: Diversity; Molecular imaging; Radiology; STEM.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cultural Diversity*
Engineering
Humans
Leadership*
Minority Groups
Molecular Imaging
Radiology / organization & administration*
Technology, Radiologic / organization & administration*
Women