Minority Groups

"Minority Groups" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A subgroup having special characteristics within a larger group, often bound together by special ties which distinguish it from the larger group.

Descriptor ID	D008913
MeSH Number(s)	I01.880.853.300
Concept/Terms	Minority Groups Minority Groups Group, Minority Groups, Minority Minority Group

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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Sociological Factors [I01.880.853]
Minority Groups [I01.880.853.300]

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Bar chart showing 124 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1998	1	1	2
1999	1	0	1
2000	1	1	2
2002	2	1	3
2003	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1
2005	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	1	0	1
2009	1	2	3
2010	1	4	5
2011	2	2	4
2012	2	1	3
2013	4	0	4
2014	5	1	6
2015	3	0	3
2016	3	4	7
2017	4	4	8
2018	0	3	3
2019	3	3	6
2020	3	5	8
2021	8	8	16
2022	2	11	13
2023	2	9	11
2024	5	2	7
2025	2	0	2

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Casten R, Kelley M, Lawal H, Lopez BL, Parks S, Perchiniak E, Rovner B. Inspiring Undergraduate Student Training in Alzheimer's Research (USTAR): Training the Next Generation of Aging Scientists. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 03; 73(3):894-899.

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Fones L, Fellheimer H, Pennington M, Hozack BA, Fletcher DJ, Beredjiklian PK. Trends of Underrepresented Minorities and Female Trainees in Orthopedic, Plastic, and Hand Surgery: Did We Do Better in 2023? J Hand Surg Am. 2025 12; 50(12):1522.e1-1522.e8.

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Torres-Small S, Davies C, Kumsa FA, Maroda A, Shaban-Nejad A, Gleysteen JP, Schwartz DL, Wood CB. Effects of Rurality, Socioeconomic Status, and Race on Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Outcomes. Laryngoscope. 2025 05; 135(5):1715-1723.

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Meyer K, Lockhart-Keene L. Instructional Insight into Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives. Occup Ther Health Care. 2025 Apr; 39(2):466-473.

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Nelson LB. Issues in Delivering Pediatric Eye Care to Financially Disadvantaged and Underrepresented Minority Groups. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2024 May-Jun; 61(3):156.

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Magura CM, Rubino MS, Bolaji T, Goldberg MB. Increasing Underrepresented Minority Representation in a General Surgery Residency Program Utilizing a 3-Phase Strategy. Am Surg. 2024 Nov; 90(11):2675-2678.

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Nguyen QT, Cabal V, Debbink M, Acosta D, Flattes VJ, Baluchi D, Ovuoba N, Cariello PF, Watts BT, Clouse ER, Nyman H, Taylor E, Kemeyou L, Lucero JE, Washington JC, Figueroa E, Campbell KM, Barbaar A, Ogbeide SA, Rodr?guez JE. Building an Equity-Centered Ecosystem: University of Utah Health as a Microcosm. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 06; 12(3):1500-1507.

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Khera N, Edwards ML, Song Y, Sun R, Manghani R, Shin H, Simantov R, Signorovitch J, Sivaraman S, Gergis U. Projected Impact of Omidubicel-onlv on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (Allo-HCT) Outcomes in Hematologic Malignancies. Adv Ther. 2024 04; 41(4):1637-1651.

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Bullock-Palmer RP, Flores Rosario K, Douglas PS, Hahn RT, Lang RM, Chareonthaitawee P, Srichai MB, Ordovas KG, Baldassarre LA, Burroughs MS, Henderson CS, Woodard PK, Pressoir K, Swaminathan M, Blankstein R, Daubert MA. Multimodality Cardiac Imaging and the Imaging Workforce in the United States: Diversity, Disparities, and Future Directions. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2024 02; 17(2):e016409.

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Weight N, Moledina S, Volgman AS, Bagur R, Wijeysundera HC, Sun LY, Chadi Alraies M, Rashid M, Kontopantelis E, Mamas MA. Socioeconomic disparities in the management and outcomes of acute myocardial infarction. Heart. 2023 12 20; 110(2):122-131.

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