Policy ForumAddressing the nephrology workforce shortage via a novel undergraduate pipeline program: the Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program (KDSAP) at 10 years
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All the authors declared no competing interests.
Acknowledgments
JL is supported by the Ben J. Lipps Research Fellowship from the American Society of Nephrology. MZ is supported by a National Institutes of Health National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases T32 award DK007199.
Author Contributions
RS, JL, RC, M-YJ, and L-LH designed the study. RS, JL, RC, AC, SB, JP, and AR acquired the data. RS, M-YJ, RC, AC, SB, SSM, MZ, and JL analyzed and interpreted the data. M-YJ, RS, and SSM analyzed the statistics. RS, M-YJ, RC, AC, SB, MZ, JL, and KS wrote the draft.
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M-YJ, RS, and RC are equally contributing co–first authors.
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