PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Portuallo, Marie E.
AU  - Lu, David Y.
AU  - Alicea, Gretchen M.
AU  - Bolling, Joel
AU  - Lee, Rebecca
AU  - McQuade, Jennifer
AU  - Warner, Allison Betof
AU  - Davies, Michael
AU  - Weeraratna, Ashani
AU  - Villanueva, Jessie
AU  - Rebecca, Vito W.
TI  - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Melanoma Research Community
AID  - 10.1101/2022.09.24.509278
DP  - 2022 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 2022.09.24.509278
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2022/09/30/2022.09.24.509278.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2022/09/30/2022.09.24.509278.full
AB  - Last October, within the 2021 SMR congress, we held the inaugural Diversity in Science Session. The goal of the session was to discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion in the melanoma research community and strategies to promote the advancement of underrepresented melanoma researchers. An international survey was conducted to assess the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) climate among researchers and clinicians within the Society for Melanoma Research (SMR). The findings suggest there are feelings and experiences of inequity, bias, and harassment within the melanoma community that correlate with one’s gender, ethnic/racial group, and/or geographic location. Notably, significant reports of inequity in opportunity, discrimination, and sexual harassment demonstrate there is much work remaining to ensure all scientists in our community experience an academic workplace culture built on mutual respect, fair access, inclusion, and equitable opportunity.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.