Diversity Corner
CEGIR Diversity Historical Statement
In response to longstanding, systemic racial, cultural and gender injustices that have affected health care delivery, CEGIR developed a committee to focus on diversity and inclusion in our research and education activities. These efforts intend to improve the care for underrepresented populations with EGIDs.
CEGIR Diversity Mission Statement
We will develop an understanding of cultural, ethnic and racial diversity and structural racism, particularly as it pertains to underrepresented populations of patients with eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases (EGIDS); strive to examine systemic and implicit biases; identify associated barriers to our research; and integrate the knowledge into our research studies and educational initiatives, so that we can better serve all patients with EGIDs.
CEGIR Diversity Vision Statement
CEGIR actively promotes a culture of diversity and inclusivity in its membership, in its innovative research studies and its educational initiatives.
Updated Guidance on the Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals
In response to their February 2021 report, The Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals, Annette Flanagin, RN, MA, Tracy Frey, BA, and Stacy L. Christiansen, MA, in partnership with the AMA Manual of Style Committee, provide additional recommendations and suggestions that encourage fairness, equity, consistency, and clarity in use and reporting of race and ethnicity in medical and science journals. These new and amended recommendations are informed by feedback from reviewers, scholars, and researchers that were issued in response to the February 2021 report.
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Race, Ethnicity, and Racism in the Nutrition Literature: An Update for 2020
Nutrition researchers and clinicians examine the use of “race” to describe research participants and populations, the limitations this distinction poses, and steps for the medical community to prevent these biases from impacting research and treatment.
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Burden of Allergic Diseases in Racial and Ethnic Structurally Oppressed Communities within Canada and United States: A Scoping Review
CEGIR investigator Benjamin Wright, MD, presents on Burden of Allergic Diseases in Racial and Ethnic Structurally Oppressed Communities within Canada and United States: A Scoping Review.
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Increasing the Diversity of Research Populations
CEGIR investigator Amy Klion, MD, presents on Using a multicultural and multilingual awareness-raising strategy to enhance enrollment of racially underrepresented minoritized communities – the PassITON trial.
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Use of Race in Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines
CEGIR investigator Vincent Mukkada, MD, presents on Use of Race in Pediatric Clinical Practice.
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Comparing Eosinophilic Esophagitis in a Black and Non-Black Pediatric Cohort
CEGIR investigator Pooja Mehta, MD, presents on Comparing Eosinophilic Esophagitis in a Black and Non-Black Pediatric Cohort.
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CEGIR Diversity Committee January 2021 Presentation
Inspired by the article Race, ethnicity, and racism in the nutrition literature: an update for 2020, which appeared in the December 2020 edition of The American Journal for Clinical Nutrition, Dominique Bailey, MD, and Amy Klion, MD, presented to participating researchers on the topic, highlighting the limitations in the use of race and ethnicity data, recommendations to prevent these biases from infiltrating research, treatment, and literature, and a call to consider how such variables might impact our work.
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Child Opportunity Index (COI) and Asthma
CEGIR investigator J. Pablo Abonia, MD, presents on Child Opportunity Index (COI) and Asthma across regions in Wisconsin, Georgia, and Ohio.
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2022 CEGIR Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Committee
CEGIR investigator Dominique Bailey, MD, presented this retrospective on the activities and findings of the CEGIR Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Committee at the consortium's February 2022 annual meeting.
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CEGIR Diversity Committee August 2021 Presentation
Glenn Furuta, MD, presents an update on the CEGIR Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Committee, including accomplishments, the future direction, and planning for the Diversity Wheel Workshop Agenda.
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