The mission of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee in the Society for Epidemiologic Research is to foster the diversity of our membership and work towards the engagement of all members, from diverse backgrounds at all stages of their careers, in the Society’s activities, with the intent of enhancing discovery in public health.
Representation and inclusion among members and affiliates of the Society for Epidemiologic Research: Findings from the 2021 Diversity and Inclusion Survey
We conducted a representation and inclusion survey among SER affiliates in 2021, following up on a similar 2018 survey. In 2021, we observed broad representation from diverse groups across multiple dimensions. However, across both surveys we found persistent underrepresentation of several marginalized groups, including Black or African American and Hispanic/Latinx people. Some groups reported feeling excluded in both the 2018 and 2021 surveys, and there was disproportionately high representation from a subset of higher-ranked US academic institutions. Opportunities to work towards achieving SER’s diversity and inclusion aims include increasing outreach to epidemiology trainees and Minority Serving Institutions, addressing cultural and financial barriers to participation through programs like SERvisits and international conferences, and improving access for epidemiologists with disabilities.
Statement on Racism from SER
The Society for Epidemiologic Research condemns racism and anti-Black violence in all of its forms. We are committed to working toward racial justice and equity in the field of epidemiology, in our communities, and in society as a whole.
Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Hoda S. Abdel Magid
Diversity and Inclusion Co-Chair
Hoda S. Abdel Magid is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at the University of Southern California (USC). Dr. Abdel Magid joins USC from Stanford University, where she completed postdoctoral training in the Department of Epidemiology & Population Health and the Veterans Health Administration. She received her Masters of Health Science in Environmental Epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2015 and her Doctorate in Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2018 with a focus in Social Epidemiology. Her current research aims to understand chronic disease risk behaviors and leverages spatial epidemiology to examine health disparities among socially-marginalized communities. At USC, Dr. Abdel Magid also holds faculty appointments in the Dornsife Spatial Sciences Institute and the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Contact
Assistant Professor
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences
University of Southern California
Soto Street Building, 312D
1845 N Soto Street, MC 9239
Los Angeles CA 90089
Email: hmagid@usc.edu
Stefania Papatheodorou
Diversity and Inclusion Co-Chair
Coming Soon!
Contact
Coming Soon!
Yvette Cozier
Diversity and Inclusion Co-Chair
Dr. Cozier is an investigator on the Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS) and the BWHS Sarcoidosis Study at the Slone Epidemiology Center. Her research interests include social and genetic determinants of health in African-American women — specifically, the influence of psychosocial stressors (e.g., racism, neighborhood socioeconomic status), and genetics in the development of cancer, cardiometabolic, and immune-mediated diseases (sarcoidosis, lupus). Additional research interests include oral health, and the role that religiosity/spirituality and the faith community, particularly the black church, plays in health promotion/disease prevention in the Black community.
Contact
Associate Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Email: yvettec@bu.edu
Phone: (617)-734-6006
Website: Yvette Cozier
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION MEMBERS
Abhismitha Ramesh
Alexis Reeves
Anne Marie Jukic
Camila Tomkins
Cara L Frankenfeld
Caroline Thompson
Collette Ncube
Domonique Reed
Eleanor Hayes-Larson
Felicia Pugh
Frances Dean
Honor Bixby
Kaitlyn Lawrence
Kevin Martinez-Folgar
Kieran O’Brien
Lidia Minguez Alarcon
Lindsay Fernandez-Rhodes
Marynia Kolak
Molly Rosenberg
Nour Makarem
Pauline Mendola
Sharia Ahmed
Sophie Selbe
Victor Puac-Polanco
Yu-Han Chiu Yueh-Ying Han