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“apart from the stigma, ‘the timing of medical school courses and clinical rotations may limit whether students are able to participate in these mental health activities even if they are offered”

“How you speak, how you present yourself, is very culturally dependent, and to have people who are in a position of power over you getting to dictate whether you’re being a good physician or not based on seemingly superficial attributes I think is dangerous,” Christophers said.

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“Though early in her academic and scientific career, Briana has already established herself as a thought-leader and a strong advocate for diversity in the physician-scientist pathway.“

The authors note that if a student is from a family that does not have social or professional ties that can help in securing advisors and research opportunities, they are at a disadvantage in the M.D.-Ph.D. application process. Sometimes a student doesn’t have connections due to cultural barriers, they write.

“Briana Christophers, a second-year student at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, said it makes no sense that race would make someone more susceptible to disease, although economic and social factors play a significant role.”

“In the face of this research, medical students are urging schools to rethink curricula that treat race as a risk factor for disease. Briana Christophers, a second-year student at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, said it makes no sense that race would make someone more susceptible to disease, although economic and social factors play a significant role.”

“As a future physician who wants everyone to have the best possible foundation from which to live healthfully, I was outraged that migrants seeking help were in these conditions.”

"I am in shock as an alum. The Black Justice League students have been calling for this since '15, threatened [with] disciplinary action [including] suspension/expulsion, gaslit by events/committees/Trustees report. Students put themselves on the line, Princeton doesn't get the credit here," Christophers wrote.

Christophers adds: “For far too long, talented and capable people have been shut out of becoming physicians, many of them because the tools to do so were not there. Applicants from groups underrepresented in medicine are asking for a just chance to make their own difference, be it in their home communities or in other medical spheres.”

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“I’ll echo that – maybe not a particular moment but a series of little moments that happen all the time on the Twitter page. There’s a lot of pre-medical Latinas or medical students who are following the page and engaging with the hashtag.”

“While at the summit, I stumbled upon a tweet from a fellow woman of color who said she wasn’t sure if she wanted to apply to an M.D.-Ph.D. program because she thought she didn’t have a chance,” Christophers said. “I ended up reaching out to her to learn her story. Afterwards I thought, what image are we projecting that a person with multiple publications who has presented at multiple conferences doesn’t think she is qualified? How do we convince more people to apply without questioning their qualifications?”

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