In this Community Page, we learn how a scientific community leverages social networking tools to connect a group of dispersed scientific researchers in Ciencia Puerto Rico; this effort fosters innovative research and educational collaborations and changes the way scientists interact with the public

Colón-Ramos, Daniel A.

Craig, David

Díaz-Muñoz, Greetchen

Díaz-Muñoz, Samuel L.

Feliú-Mójer, Mónica

Flores-Otero, Jacqueline

Fortis-Santiago, Yaihara

González-Espada, Wilson

Guerrero-Medina, Giovanna

López, Marcos

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Díaz-Muñoz, Samuel L

Colón-Ramos, Daniel A

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Supporting Diversity in Science through Social Networking

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Science is disproportionately produced at research centers within a few select regions [1,2]. This distribution contributes to ‘‘brain drain’’—the cultural and geographical separation of researchers from their communities of origin [3]. In places lacking research centers, brain drain precludes achieving a critical mass of scientific expertise and the development of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Displaced scientists gradually become disconnected from their home communities and colleagues, presenting a challenge to maintaining research collaborations that could benefit their communities of origin. Insidiously, dispersion also presents socio-cognitive challenges to scientists who see themselves as underrepresented in the larger culture of science [4–6]

Feliu-Mojer, Monica

Gonzalez-Espada, Wilson

Diaz-Munoz, Greetchen

Lopez, Marcos

Diaz-Munoz, Samuel L.

Colon-Ramos, Daniel A.

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Supporting Diversity in Science through Social
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Giovanna Guerrero-Medina

Mónica Feliú-Mójer

Wilson González-Espada

Greetchen Díaz-Muñoz

Marcos López

Samuel L. Díaz-Muñoz

Yaihara Fortis-Santiago

Jacqueline Flores-Otero

David Craig

Daniel A. Colón-Ramos

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