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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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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Paper 3 examines the diversity present in human genetic studies. Representation in study design can enhance study findings and generalizability!
cell.com/cell/fulltext/…
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Paper 4 examines philosophical arguments for the inclusion of social determinants in health research. If the discipline isn't self-reflective we could lose sight of our purpose!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
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Paper 5 examines how we measure diversity when looking at institutional initiatives. Expanding diversity may mean the need for new methods development!
ijme.net/archive/7/comp…
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Our D&I playlist was not meant to be exhaustive, but just a start to conversations on why D&I is important to the discipline of epidemiology. We hope you enjoy reading through the papers! Let us know what insights you gain from them!
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