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Authoring the lead commentary in the current special issue of Nature devoted to diversity, School faculty member Esteban Burchard, MD, MPH, asserts that the clinical and biomedical research infrastructure “needs to be retooled” to include more diverse patient populations in studies.

Desai, a bioengineer who focuses on the design, fabrication, and use of advanced micro/nano biosystems, was chosen as a 2009 Emerging Scholar in Physiology by Diverse Issues in Higher Education.