Peer review of funding applications for health research in ethnic minority groups must improve
For higher quality, more inclusive health research and better health outcomes for ethnic minority groups, we must advance the peer review process for funding applications, write Laura Kudrna and colleagues Many ethnic minority groups in the UK have worse overall health outcomes. It is widely agreed that we must do more to improve their health by increasing representation in research and tackling systemic and interpersonal racism in medicine and wider society.1 The short term costs of including minority groups in more research are mitigated by billions in longer term savings associated with bet...