The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The healthcare industry is built upon the principle of providing equal and quality care to all patients, regardless of their race, gender, socioeconomic status or any other characteristics. As ...

Implicit bias among health care providers factors into judgments and influences clinical decision making. The health of Americans has improved significantly over the past 50 years, as evidenced by an ...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether negative implicit attitudes and beliefs toward overweight persons exist among health professionals who specialize in obesity treatment, and to compare these findings ...

The idea that most people are implicitly biased is having a major impact on society. For instance, big companies like Starbucks are providing training to their employees to reduce implicit bias and ...

During the 2016 election, the phrase “implicit bias” entered the national dialogue when Hillary Clinton used the term during the debates to describe how she was seen and treated differently than male ...

One of our lifelong love affairs as humans is learning. Even the “pain” which, as per Aristotle’s observations, accompanies learning doesn’t deter us. In the name of growing our minds and skillsets, ...