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Nanda JP, Clark RS, Harrison JA, Ouyang P, Lacanienta C, Himmelfarb C. Community-academic partnerships to embrace and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion in translational science: Evidence of successful community engagement. J Clin Transl Sci 2023; 7:e188. [PMID: 37745925 PMCID: PMC10514689 DOI: 10.1017/cts.2023.601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Community-Research Advisory Councils (C-RAC) provide a unique mechanism for building sustainable community-academic partnership, fostering bidirectional understanding of complex research issues, disseminating timely research findings, and thereby improving public trust in science. Created in 2009, the Johns Hopkins C-RAC has a mission to achieve diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) of stakeholders across the entire research continuum. It has nurtured over a decade of partnership among community and academic stakeholders toward addressing health disparity, health equity, structural racism, and discrimination. Evidence of successful strategies to ensure DEI in partnership and lessons learned are illustrated in this special communication.
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- Joy P. Nanda
- Community Research Advisory Council, Johns Hopkins Institute of Clinical and Translational Research, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Community Research Advisory Council, Johns Hopkins Institute of Clinical and Translational Research, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Community Research Advisory Council, Johns Hopkins Institute of Clinical and Translational Research, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Community Research Advisory Council, Johns Hopkins Institute of Clinical and Translational Research, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Community Research Advisory Council, Johns Hopkins Institute of Clinical and Translational Research, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Community Research Advisory Council, Johns Hopkins Institute of Clinical and Translational Research, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Smith OM, Davis KL, Pizza RB, Waterman R, Dobson KC, Foster B, Jarvey JC, Jones LN, Leuenberger W, Nourn N, Conway EE, Fiser CM, Hansen ZA, Hristova A, Mack C, Saunders AN, Utley OJ, Young ML, Davis CL. Peer review perpetuates barriers for historically excluded groups. Nat Ecol Evol 2023; 7:512-523. [PMID: 36914773 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-01999-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
Abstract
Peer review is central to the scientific process and scientists' career advancement, but bias at various stages of the review process disadvantages some authors. Here we use peer review data from 312,740 biological sciences manuscripts across 31 studies to (1) examine evidence for differential peer review outcomes based on author demographics, (2) evaluate the efficacy of solutions to reduce bias and (3) describe the current landscape of peer review policies for 541 ecology and evolution journals. We found notably worse review outcomes (for example, lower overall acceptance rates) for authors whose institutional affiliations were in Asia, for authors whose country's primary language is not English and in countries with relatively low Human Development Indices. We found few data evaluating efficacy of interventions outside of reducing gender bias through double-blind review or diversifying reviewer/editorial boards. Despite evidence for review outcome gaps based on author demographics, few journals currently implement policies intended to mitigate bias (for example, 15.9% of journals practised double-blind review and 2.03% had reviewer guidelines that mentioned social justice issues). The lack of demographic equity signals an urgent need to better understand and implement evidence-based bias mitigation strategies.
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- Olivia M Smith
- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
- Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Urban L, De Niz M, Fernández-Chiappe F, Ebrahimi H, Han LKM, Mehta D, Mencia R, Mittal D, Ochola E, Paz Quezada C, Romani F, Sinapayen L, Tay A, Varma A, Yahia Mohamed Elkheir L. eLife's new model and its impact on science communication. eLife 2022; 11:84816. [PMID: 36476569 PMCID: PMC9731567 DOI: 10.7554/elife.84816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The eLife Early-Career Advisory Group discusses eLife's new peer review and publishing model, and how the whole process of scientific communication could be improved for the benefit of early-career researchers and the entire scientific community.
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- Lara Urban
- Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, Helmholtz AI, Technical University of MunichMunichGermany
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- Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires – CONICET – Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBuenos AiresArgentina
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- Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Tehran University of Medical SciencesTehranIslamic Republic of Iran
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- Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of MelbourneParkvilleAustralia
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- Department of Biosystems, KU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL)Sante FeArgentina
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- Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of LausanneLausanneSwitzerland
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- Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research InstituteKisumuKenya
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- Departamento de Química Ambiental, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica de la Santísima ConcepciónConcepciónChile
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore
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- National Centre for Biological SciencesBangaloreIndia
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Rye KA, Davidson NO, Burlingame AL, Guengerich FP. Working toward reducing bias in peer review. J Lipid Res 2021; 62:100124. [PMID: 34592244 PMCID: PMC8523846 DOI: 10.1016/j.jlr.2021.100124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Rye KA, Davidson NO, Burlingame AL, Guengerich FP. Working Toward Reducing Bias in Peer Review. Mol Cell Proteomics 2021; 20:100152. [PMID: 34592424 PMCID: PMC8523867 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2021.100152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Begasse de Dhaem O, Kiarashi J, Armand CE, Charleston L, Szperka CL, Lee YS, Rajapakse T, Seng EK, VanderPluym JH, Starling AJ. Ten Eleven things to facilitate participation of underrepresented groups in headache medicine research. Headache 2021; 61:951-960. [PMID: 34125956 PMCID: PMC10091268 DOI: 10.1111/head.14124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Department of Neurology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Headache Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia & Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, USA.,Department of Psychology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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Wedekind L, Noé A, Mokaya J, Tamandjou C, Kapulu M, Ruecker A, Kestelyn E, Zimba M, Khatamzas E, Eziefula AC, Mackintosh CL, Nascimento R, Ariana P, Best D, Gibbs E, Dunachie S, Hadley G, Ravenswood H, Young B, Kamau C, Marsh K, McShane H, Hale R, McPhilbin E, Ovseiko PV, Surender R, Worland C, White LJ, Matthews PC. Equity for excellence in academic institutions: a manifesto for change. Wellcome Open Res 2021; 6:142. [PMID: 34381874 PMCID: PMC8343400 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16861.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Higher academic institutions in the UK need to drive improvements in equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) through sustainable practical interventions. A broad view of inclusivity is based on an intersectional approach that considers race, geographical location, caring responsibilities, disability, neurodiversity, religion, and LGBTQIA+ identities. We describe the establishment of a diverse stakeholder group to develop practical grass-roots recommendations through which improvements can be advanced. We have developed a manifesto for change, comprising six domains through which academic institutions can drive progress through setting short, medium, and long-term priorities. Interventions will yield rewards in recruitment and retention of a diverse talent pool, leading to enhanced impact and output.
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- Lauren Wedekind
- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Health Economics, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Equality and Diversity Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital, LMU, Munich, Germany
- Regional Infectious Diseases Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- International Health and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Medawar Building, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- International Health and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Medawar Building, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School (OUCAGS), John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
- Harris Manchester College, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Africa Oxford Initiative, Medawar Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
- NIHR BRC, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- MaynardLeigh Associates, London, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Radcliffe Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- Division of Health Economics, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- KEMRI Wellcome Trust, Kilifi, Kenya
- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), Hanoi, Vietnam
- Equality and Diversity Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital, LMU, Munich, Germany
- Regional Infectious Diseases Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
- University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
- International Health and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Medawar Building, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School (OUCAGS), John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
- Department of Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
- Department of Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
- Harris Manchester College, Oxford, UK
- Africa Oxford Initiative, Medawar Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- NIHR BRC, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
- MaynardLeigh Associates, London, UK
- Radcliffe Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
- Department of Social Policy, Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Social Policy, Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
- Harris Manchester College, Oxford, UK
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Willis LM, Mehta D, Davis A. Twelve Principles Trainees, PIs, Departments, and Faculties Can Use to Reduce Bias and Discrimination in STEM. ACS Cent Sci 2020; 6:2294-2300. [PMID: 33376790 PMCID: PMC7760482 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c01120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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There is an overwhelming amount of evidence demonstrating that people from marginalized groups, including women, racialized and Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ individuals, continue to face substantial discrimination in STEM, manifested as both overt bias and unconscious bias. These biases result in discrimination against individuals in marginalized groups, and independent biases collectively contribute to a culture that systematically discriminates against people from marginalized groups. Representation from marginalized groups in postsecondary degrees in natural science and engineering has not substantially improved in over a decade. A set of 10 concrete principles are presented that trainees, principle investigators, departments, and faculties can use to enhance the participation and lived experiences of people in marginalized groups in STEM.
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