Race is a social construct, commonly used in epidemiologic research to adjust for
confounding. However, adjustment of race may mask racial disparities thereby perpetuating …

Increasing diversity and inclusion among organizational membership has become a focus
for many professional societies, including the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER). In …

Objective To describe the perception of professional climate in health services and policy
research (HSPR) and efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the HSPR …

This study explored the potential of eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in raising user
awareness of algorithmic bias. This study examined the popular “explanation by example” …

To mitigate the structural and institutional biases that contribute to inequities in health, we
need a diverse cadre of individuals to feel included and advance within our field in order to …

The perverseness of racial and ethnic inequities in the United States continues to implore
the investigation of their causes. While there have been improvements in the health of the …

In this commentary, we discuss themes that emerged from our symposium about what
modern epidemiology as a science may learn from the COVID-19 pandemic. We reflect on …

We present interpretations of the idea that “epidemiologists count” in response to the current
status of membership and diversity and inclusion efforts within the Society for …

In recent years, a growing body of research in positive epidemiology has sought to expand
the traditional focus of epidemiologic research beyond risk factors for disease and towards a …

Affiliations: 1 Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University
of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. 2 Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of …