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Diversity 4.0 in the cardiovascular health-care workforce

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The disparities amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic present disturbing evidence that we are far from cardiovascular health-care equity. Individuals, leaders and institutions must prioritize research, policies and structures to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging — Diversity 4.0, a justice imperative, essential to advancing workforce excellence and cardiovascular health.

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Fig. 1: Excellence imperative for diversity: individual and institutional responsibility.

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R.B.S. has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 648131 and No. 847770 (AFFECT-EU), and from the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK e.V.) (81Z1710103), the German Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF 01ZX1408A) and ERACoSysMed3 (031L0239). E.J.B. receives funding from the NIH (2U54HL120163; R01HL092577; R01HL141434; R01AG066010; 1R01AG066914) and the AHA (18SFRN34110082).

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  1. Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center, Hamburg, Germany

    Renate B. Schnabel

  2. German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck, Hamburg, Germany

    Renate B. Schnabel

  3. Boston University and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA

    Emelia J. Benjamin

  4. Sections of Cardiovascular Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Emelia J. Benjamin

  5. Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

    Emelia J. Benjamin

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Schnabel, R.B., Benjamin, E.J. Diversity 4.0 in the cardiovascular health-care workforce. Nat Rev Cardiol 17, 751–753 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-020-00462-8

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