School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Public Health Rep. 2023 May-Jun;138(3):546-554. doi: 10.1177/00333549221097653. Epub 2022 Jun 8.
This study is a follow-up to a study in 2020 that reviewed changes in the racial and ethnic composition of public health students, graduates, and faculty among Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)-member institutions. In the current study, we evaluated how the racial and ethnic composition among biostatistics and epidemiology students, graduates, and faculty changed from 2010 to 2020.
We analyzed data on race and ethnicity of enrolled graduate students, graduates (master's and doctoral), and faculty at ASPPH-member institutions by using institutionally reported data from the ASPPH Data Center. We tabulated frequencies, percentages, and percentage-point changes by race and ethnicity. We measured differences between groups by using a test for difference in 2 proportions.
The number of enrolled students, graduates, and faculty in all departments increased during the study period, while the number of tenure-track faculty in biostatistics decreased. The percentage of enrolled Hispanic/Latino biostatistics graduate students increased from 5.6% in 2010 to 10.2% in 2020 ( = .007), and the percentage of epidemiology graduates increased from 8.8% to 13.8% ( = .008). We found no differences among other underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. Most biostatistics and epidemiology professors at all ranks were non-Hispanic White, despite substantial decreases. The percentage of underrepresented racial and ethnic minority biostatistics and epidemiology professors was constant across all ranks.
Although more Hispanic/Latino students are enrolled in and graduating from biostatistics and epidemiology departments at ASPPH-member institutions, we found no change among faculty. More work is needed to recruit and retain other (American Indian/Alaska Native, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander) underrepresented students and faculty.
本研究是对 2020 年一项研究的后续，该研究回顾了在公共卫生学生、毕业生和教员的种族和民族构成方面，协会成员机构的变化。在当前的研究中，我们评估了 2010 年至 2020 年期间，生物统计学和流行病学学生、毕业生和教员的种族和民族构成如何变化。
我们通过使用公共卫生协会数据中心的机构报告数据，分析了公共卫生协会成员机构的研究生、毕业生（硕士和博士）和教师的种族和民族数据。我们按种族和民族分类，列出了频率、百分比和百分比变化。我们使用差异检验来衡量组间的差异。
在研究期间，所有系的注册学生、毕业生和教员人数都有所增加，而生物统计学的终身教职教师人数则有所减少。注册的西班牙裔/拉丁裔生物统计学研究生人数从 2010 年的 5.6%增加到 2020 年的 10.2%（P =.007），而流行病学毕业生的比例从 8.8%增加到 13.8%（P =.008）。我们在其他代表性不足的少数族裔群体中没有发现差异。尽管非西班牙裔白人的比例大幅下降，但各层次的生物统计学和流行病学教授中绝大多数是非西班牙裔白人。在所有层次中，代表性不足的少数族裔和少数民族生物统计学和流行病学教授的比例保持不变。
尽管在公共卫生协会成员机构中，有更多的西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生注册并从生物统计学和流行病学专业毕业，但我们发现教师群体没有变化。需要做更多的工作来招募和留住其他（美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民、非裔美国人、夏威夷原住民/其他太平洋岛民）代表性不足的学生和教师。
