About the Authors
- Ruth E. Zambrana
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Affiliation Department of Women’s Studies, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Lenny López
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* E-mail: Lenny.lopez@ucsf.edu
Affiliation Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Gniesha Y. Dinwiddie
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Affiliation African American Studies Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Roberta M. Ray
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Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Charles B. Eaton
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Affiliation Family Medicine & Epidemiology, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Lawrence S. Phillips
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared the following interests: Dr. Phillips: Advisory Panel, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Employee, Veterans Administration; Research Support, Novo Nordisk, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company, PhaseBio, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Sanofi, Merck, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation; Other Relationship (expert witness), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RZ LL GD. Performed the experiments: RR. Analyzed the data: RZ LL RR. Wrote the paper: RZ LL RR GD LP CE SWS.