Inclusive language in scientific publishing: Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Cell Press’s inclusive language speaker series brings together researchers with various perspectives on inclusive language in science and seeks to provide our editors and employees the perspectives needed to make the language of scientific publishing more accurate and inclusive. We're proud to now be able to share this series with the broader scientific community.
This session focused on the use of the terms “race,” “ethnicity,” and “ancestry” in scientific research and featured three speakers: Sonia Anand, Alice Popejoy, and Courtney Bonam. Sonia Anand is a Professor of Medicine at McMaster University. She also serves as the Canada Research Chair in Ethnic Diversity and Cardiovascular Health and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada in Population Health. Alice Popejoy is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the University of California, Davis Health and a member of the NIH ClinGen Ancestry and Diversity Working Group. Courtney Bonam is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz where she also works with the Student Success Equity Research Center. The talk was moderated by Shankar Iyer, editor of Trends in Microbiology.
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