The Association of American Medical Colleges has published its breakdown of U.S. medical school faculty and department chairs by race and ethnicity in 2022, and it shows a lack of Black, Hispanic and Asian representation, according to a July 26 report from Stat News.
The percentage of each race and ethnicity holding full-time faculty, full professor and department chair positions at medical schools in 2022:
Black/African American
Full-time faculty: 4.3 percent
Full professor: 2.3 percent
Department chair: 4 percent
Hispanic/Latino
Full-time faculty: 3.7 percent
Full professor: 2.7 percent
Department chair: 3.9 percent
Asian
Full-time faculty: 22.8 percent
Full professor: 15.4 percent
Department chair: 11.1 percent