You’re from … where, again? A critical assessment of institutional diversity in the Society for Epidemiologic Research

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2020-06-30
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Bovbjerg, Marit L.
Misra, Dawn
Snowden, Jonathan M.
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The Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) has recently taken laudable steps toward increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion within the society, including participation in the annual meeting. In this essay, we argue that there is one critical piece of the diversity and inclusion equation that is, however, overlooked: institution. At the 2019 Annual Meeting, a mere 8 institutions accounted for a disproportionate number of both oral concurrent sessions and symposium speakers. This lack of institutional diversity, unless addressed, will hinder SER’s ability to address other aspects of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Cultural diversity , Scientific societies , Universities
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Bovbjerg, M. L., Misra, D. and Snowden, J. M. (2020) 'You’re from … where, again? A critical assessment of institutional diversity in the Society for Epidemiologic Research', American Journal of Epidemiology, kwaa106 (4pp). doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaa106
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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. All rights reserved. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in the American Journal of Epidemiology, following peer review. The version of record [Bovbjerg, M. L., Misra, D. and Snowden, J. M. (2020) 'You’re from … where, again? A critical assessment of institutional diversity in the Society for Epidemiologic Research', American Journal of Epidemiology, kwaa106 (4pp), doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaa106] is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaa106