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The authors wish to thank Dr. Robert Rohrbaugh, Residency Program Director of the Yale Department of Psychiatry, for his support and validation of the concerns of underrepresented faculty and trainees.

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Calhoun, A., Parker, C.B. Comment on “US Psychiatry Faculty: Academic Rank, Gender and Racial Profile”. Acad Psychiatry 44, 636–637 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-020-01253-6

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