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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders (NHPIs or NHOPIs) are the least represented racial group in US medical schools-comprising less than 0.4% of entering students annually. Even in Hawaii, where NHPI individuals represent more than 25% of the state population, they account for less than 5% of physicians. 2 Despite being 1 of the 5 federally recognized major racial groups, NHPIs are often the forgotten minority group that is underrepresented in multiple facets of medicine, including the physician workforce and clinical research.
Kekoa Taparra (Wed,) studied this question.