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Stalled Progress: Medical School Dean Demographics

Autumn Nobles, Bianka Aceves Martin, Jaileessa Casimir, Sarah Schmitt and Geoffrey Broadbent
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2022, 35 (1) 163-168; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.01.210171
Autumn Nobles
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (AN); University of California Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA (BAM); City University of New York School of Medicine, New York, NY (JC); George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (SS, GB).
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Bianka Aceves Martin
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (AN); University of California Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA (BAM); City University of New York School of Medicine, New York, NY (JC); George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (SS, GB).
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Jaileessa Casimir
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (AN); University of California Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA (BAM); City University of New York School of Medicine, New York, NY (JC); George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (SS, GB).
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Sarah Schmitt
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (AN); University of California Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA (BAM); City University of New York School of Medicine, New York, NY (JC); George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (SS, GB).
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Geoffrey Broadbent
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (AN); University of California Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA (BAM); City University of New York School of Medicine, New York, NY (JC); George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (SS, GB).
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