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Acknowledgments: The authors would like to acknowledge the study coordinators and AASK centers in addition to the authors who completed the retention questionnaire. They are as follows: Syeeda Akther-Rahman, University of California, San Diego; Missy Douglas, Emory University; Linda Miladinovich, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; Shichen Xu, Howard University; Melba Miller, Martin Luther King-Drew Medical Center; Karen Phillips, Meharry Medical Center; Linda Fondren, Rush University Medical Center; Carolyn Johnson, University of Alabama; Leanna Burgin, University of Florida; Antoinette Doss, University of Miami; Denise Cornish-Zirker, University of Michigan; and Annie Richardson, University of Southern California.

Notes: Morehouse School of Medicine received support for this project by Grant Number 5P20RR11104 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Medical University of South Carolina received NIH support for this study from Grant Number RR01070.

Donna Dowie MD

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