Promoting the Pipeline of Diverse Individuals Within Gastroenterology: Reflections From AGA FORWARD Program Scholars

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has long focused on health care disparities and is committed to achieving health equity through broad initiatives, such as the AGA Equity Project.1 Globally and in the United States, racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately burdened by digestive disease. Chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma are more prevalent in racial and ethnic minority groups.2–4 African American people have the highest incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer.

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