A Research Gap in Pediatrics

In 2012 I drew the attention of the American Pediatric Society to the striking diوٴerence in the demographics of children in the United States and the pediatric academic workforce when I issued a call for action to increase minority representation within the fieOd of pediatrics and named it “Mind the Gap”. Нe canyon I described between the percentage of minority children in the United States and the number of pediatricians has narrowed little since that time and the impact of the diversity gap on pediatric research remains a challenge and tremendous opportunity.