CSE's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee: Celebrating Our First Year of Growth, Successes, and Future

Leonard Jack1, Otito Frances Iwuchukwu1, Peter J Olson1

  • 1LEONARD JACK, JR, PHD, MSc, Co-Chair, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, CSE, and Editor in Chief, Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy, Office of Medicine and Science, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. OTITO FRANCES IWUCHUKWU, RPh, PhD, MA, FCP, Co-Chair, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, CSE, and Associate Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. PETER J OLSON, ELS, Freelance Manuscript Editing Coordinator, JAMA Network. AMY RITCHIE JOHNSON, BA (she/they) Manuscript Editor, Radiology, Radiological Society of North America. PATRICIA K BASKIN, MS, Past President, Council of Science Editors; Executive Editor, Neurology Journals. MARY K BILLINGSLEY, ELS (she/her), Past President, Council of Science Editors; Managing Editor/Journal Department Director, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. JENNIFER LYNN DEYTON (she/her), President, Council of Science Editors; Senior Director and General Manager, J&J Editorial, Wiley Partner Solutions.

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