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Did you know that the D&I committee put together a playlist? You can find it here: epiresearch.org/2019/08/27/ser….
The goals were to understand how diversity and inclusion played into multiple levels of the epidemiological research/career process.
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The goals were to understand how diversity and inclusion played into multiple levels of the epidemiological research/career process.
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Paper 1 examined gender gaps in evaluations of Canadian Health Research grants. Biases at any point in the publication or grant process could lead to disparities in who is producing knowledge in epidemiology!
thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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Paper 2 examined public health literature's explicit naming of institutional racism. If researchers don't explicitly name racism as a social determinant it may suggest racism isn't an important determinant to study!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…
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The D&I Committee has a number of contributions to the #SER2020 program! Our committee members proposed innovative and inclusive ideas for symposia, round tables, and workshops! Here's a sneak peak at what is coming your way for #SER2020!
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The "Creating Inclusive Classrooms and Curricula in Epidemiology" workshop is happening at #SER2020! Great opportunity epidemiology teachers to learn about the latest in inclusive practices!
Lead by Anjum Hajat, Yvette Cozier, and @Dr_S_Jefferson
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Lead by Anjum Hajat, Yvette Cozier, and @Dr_S_Jefferson
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The D&I committee will also be leading a round table at #SER2020 called "Learning How to Become a Leader" featuring a number of diverse leaders in the field of epidemiology.
This round table is being lead by David Lopez
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This round table is being lead by David Lopez
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Did you know that a recent major effort of the D&I committee was a member survey to better understand representation and engagement? One of the first manuscripts from that survey was recently published in @AmJEpi!
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The @societyforepi member survey on diversity was a tremendous effort - to design, implement, analyze, and publish. Thanks to all those who participated!
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We learned a tremendous amount about who members are and what their experiences at #SER have been.
Snapshots:
-Most SER members were White and female (as were survey respondents).
-Members from 8 institutions composed 25% of SER’s membership.
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Snapshots:
-Most SER members were White and female (as were survey respondents).
-Members from 8 institutions composed 25% of SER’s membership.
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A campus with large representation at @societyforepi, Johns Hopkins University, recently got rid of legacy undergrad admissions. This is an example of a structural intervention to increase diversity.
What are other examples?
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What are other examples?
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This piece was suggested by our wonderful twitter-less member Anjum Hajat! Thank you Anjum!
Another example is @BUSPH's dropping of the GRE requirement for applications.
bu.edu/sph/2019/07/30…
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