Kimberly Acquaviva 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) Profile picture
Preppy, nerdy, queer @UVA professor striving to make healthcare LGBTQIA+ inclusive. Quaker. Views are my own & don't represent my employer AT ALL.

Sep 25, 2020, 7 tweets

Have you ever wondered how diverse an authorship team could be if there were NO gatekeeper and all were welcome to participate?

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We're still waiting to confirm 4 co-authors but, of the ones we've confirmed so far:

21% identify as a person of color and/or under-represented minority

26% identify as a person with a disability

36% identify as LGBTQ+

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All co-author recruitment was done via Twitter, and 100% of the collaboration was done using Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Forms.

No zoom calls, phone calls, or meetings.

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Time from start to finish: 14 days for the first article.

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The co-authors currently live in:

- United States
- Switzerland
- UK
- Canada
- Israel

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The co-authors include physicians working in adult hematology and oncology, internal medicine, general surgery, outpatient palliative care, and pediatrics, as well as
an oncology clinical nurse specialist, a clinical nurse leader student, and several MD and MD/PhD students.

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Just thought I'd share this info for those who've been following along over the past 2 weeks. This has been so much fun!

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