Eurosurveillance seminar: Diversity and inclusion in research and scholarly publishing (from ESCAIDE 2024)

Topic outline

• Diversity and inclusion in research and scholarly publishing

  Diversity and inclusion in research and scholarly publishing

  This session was held as a part of ESCAIDE 2024, ECDC's annual conference on applied infectious disease epidemiology. 

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  You can find more information about ESCAIDE here: https://www.escaide.eu, and about ECDC's work here: https://ecdc.europa.eu.
• Objectives

  Objectives

  After completing watching this video, participants should be able to:
  

  • Explain sex and gender as determinants of health (showing how they can influence health outcomes and healthcare).
  • Provide a general overview on the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines and leverage these guidelines in research and study reporting.
  • Understand the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion, particularly in the research context.
  • List ways to foster research integrity based on the Cape Town Statement which aims to promote fairness, equity, and diversity in research.
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• Summary of the content

  Summary of the content

  Summary of the content

  This presentation is part of the Eurosurveillance seminar held at ESCAIDE 2024. The seminar entitled ‘Diversity and inclusion in research and scholarly publishing’ will address aspects related to sex and gender equity as well as research integrity in terms of promoting fairness, inclusion, and diversity when generating and reporting scientific findings.

  Moderators (learn more about the moderators on the ESCAIDE website)

  • Ines Steffens – Editor-in-chief of Eurosurveillance, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Sweden
  • Matthew J Kuehnert – Deputy editor-in-chief of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United States

  Speakers (learn more about the speakers on the ESCAIDE website)

  • Shirin Heidari – Geneva Graduate Institute and GENDRO, Switzerland
  • Gowri Gopalakrishna – Maastricht University, Netherlands
• Additional resources

  Additional resources
  • URLEvaluating diversity in infectious disease epidemiological observational studies - e-learning

    You may want to increase your knowledge on the topic by completing a micro-learning course that introduces participants to improve the transparent reporting of the extent of diversity in a studied population sample.
    

  • URLCheck other ESCAIDE materials on the Learning Portal
• Contacts

  Contacts

  For more information about ESCAIDE, please see www.escaide.eu, or contact the ESCAIDE team at escaide.conference@ecdc.europa.eu. 

  If you have questions regarding other training initiatives please contact: courses@ecdc.europa.eu.

  If you have technical issues please contact ECDC Helpdesk - ICT Front Office ICT.FrontOffice@ecdc.europa.eu.

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