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. 2021 Feb 19;16(2):e0247154. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247154

Table 1. Summary of mission statements, value statements, and strategic plans at top 20 medical schools with a research mission.

Rank School name Mission statement addresses URM student representation Values statement addresses URM student representation Specific programs addressing URM student representation in strategic plan
1 Harvard University No No No
2 Johns Hopkins University No N/A N/A
3 University of Pennsylvania No N/A No
4 New York University No N/A N/A
5 Stanford University No No N/A
6 Columbia University No N/A N/A
7 Mayo Clinic School of Medicine No N/A N/A
8 University of California Los Angeles No No N/A
9 University of California San Francisco No N/A N/A
10 Washington University No N/A N/A
11 Cornell University No No Yes
12 Duke University No No No
13 University of Washington No Yes N/A
14 University of Pittsburgh No N/A N/A
15 University of Michigan No No No
16 Yale University No N/A N/A
17 University of Chicago No No N/A
18 Northwestern University No N/A N/A
19 Vanderbilt University No Yes N/A
20 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai No Yes N/A

N/A, not available; URM, underrepresented in medicine.