Welcome
Thank you for considering the COURAGE program. This site is designed to give you detailed information about our long-term goals, the application process, and for you to get to know a little bit more about our faculty and staff. We welcome you to contact us with any questions or requests for further information!
We offer a comprehensive longitudinal career advancement program, Creating Opportunities for Underrepresented Researchers to Achieve Growth and Excellence (COURAGE)
This is a collaboration between:
Why did we create COURAGE?
The biomedical research community in the United States suffers from a lack of racial and ethnic diversity
Underrepresented (UR) biomedical faculty leave research positions at a disproportionately high rate
Those from UR background face more challenges than majority counterparts throughout their careers
Investigators from UR backgrounds are more likely to conduct research in minority populations highlighting the pressing need to support their inclusion and advancement in obesity, nutrition, and diabetes (OND) research
The program will include:
