Challenging Long Held Beliefs About Race and Medicine

Advancing diversity and equity in healthcare starts with the laboratory. At the ASCP 2023 Annual Meeting in Long Beach, California, Dr. Andrea Deyrup, professor of pathology at Duke University School of Medicine, presented an educational session on Race in Robbins, the pathology textbook that every medical student uses. She shared her insights about scientific flaws in race-based medicine and a path to systemic change.