Dive Brief:
- When graded based on factors like the amount of research focused on diseases of the poor, whether discoveries are affordably marketed, and whether that research is made available to scientists in developing countries, U.S. universities largely receive Cs and Ds.
- No U.S. university got an A or A+ based on how well it does global health research, but Johns Hopkins did get an A-, according to the New York Times.
- Emory, the University of Washington’s Seattle campus, and Harvard earned the only B+ grades in the U.S., with five other schools receiving Bs and many more Cs and Ds.
Dive Insight:
This is the second release of the university report card on global equity and biomedical research. The first was in 2013, when the University of British Columbia was the only A- and a handful of U.S. universities got Bs but no higher. This year, Canada has its own report card, as do several European nations. A total of 59 schools in the United States were graded and two, the University of Cincinnati and Wake Forest University, failed outright.