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. 2022 Apr;305(4):1019-1031.
doi: 10.1002/ar.24735. Epub 2021 Aug 21.

The imperative for scientific societies to change the face of academia: Recommendations for immediate action

Melissa A Carroll  1 , Shawn Boynes  2 , Loydie A Jerome-Majewska  3 , Kimberly S Topp  4
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The imperative for scientific societies to change the face of academia: Recommendations for immediate action

Melissa A Carroll et al. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2022 Apr.
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Abstract

As organizations that facilitate collaboration and communication, scientific societies have an opportunity, and a responsibility, to drive inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility in science in academia. The American Association for Anatomy (AAA), with its expressed and practiced culture of engagement, can serve as a model of best practice for other professional associations working to become more inclusive of individuals from historically underrepresented groups. In this publication, we acknowledge anatomy's exclusionary past, describe the present face of science in academia, and provide recommendations for societies, including the AAA, to accelerate change in academia. We are advocating for scientific societies to investigate inequities and revise practices for inclusivity; develop and empower underrepresented minority leadership; and commit resources in a sustained manner as an investment in underrepresented scientists who bring diverse perspectives and lived experiences to science in academia.

Keywords: disability; diversity; gender; minority; underrepresented.

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