PHILADELPHIA — Aspiring doctor Danielle Johnson is spending her summer at the University of Pennsylvania, researching how to get more people of color to participate in clinical trials aimed at improving treatment of heart disease so they are proportionately represented.
Last summer, the Howard University student returned to Penn to study chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
“The research that I’ve done has really hit close to home for me,” said Johnson, 21, a rising senior at the historically Black college in Washington, D.C. “A lot of people in my family suffer from these chronic illnesses that we look at. It’s definitely solidified my interest in going into public health ... and serving underserved communities in the future.”
