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Members of underserved groups face a significantly
increased risk of dying prematurely, developing major
chronic diseases and experience poor health care
compared to other races and/or ethnic groups. Teams of
researchers with biomedical and clinical backgrounds are
needed to focus their intellectual talents on solving
these health disparities. The Biomedical Faces of
Sciences (BFS) ProgramŽ will motivate middle and high
school students to pursue careers in fields which can
lead to a better understanding of these diseases and
ultimately their cure. The BFS role model scientists
will open up exciting fields, like Cardiology, Cell
Biology, Genomics, Immunology, Nephrology and infectious
diseases like HIV/AIDS. BFS scientists, along with other
scientists, physicians and other researchers apart of
the BFS database main mission is to encourage and
motivate students to seek career paths which lead to
PhDs, MDs, and MD PhDs in biomedical and clinical
sciences. Ultimately, students experiencing the BFS
program will learn how they can become "health
messengers" to improve health outcomes and ultimately,
eliminate health disparities in their communities.
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