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Yale Public Health School: Black M.D.-Ph.D. Students Experience Higher Rates of Attrition Than Peers
August 02, 2023
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 2 -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news:

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A new study finds M.D.-Ph.D. program attrition is highest among Black students, which has impacts on the diversity and innovation of biomedicine.

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Black M.D.-Ph.D. students are 83% more likely than white students to leave medical school and 50% more likely to graduate with only an M.D., according to a new Yale-led study. The findings, researcher . . .

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