ATS Health Equity and Diversity Committee
Advocacy for Diversity
- Created a booklet on respiratory health equality to serve as a resource for all ATS members.
- Identified potential themes and authors for the preparation of a series of manuscripts related to health equality, and in turn orchestrated the publication of 7 of these articles in a special edition of the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
- Implemented a survey to evaluate diversity within the ATS membership.
- Creation of the ATS Health Equity & Diversity Fellowship.
- Efforts to encourage the ATS assemblies to incorporate health equity into their objectives and efforts.
- Organized an NIH- and ATS-sponsored Workshop on Health Equality (led by Dr. Juan C. Celedón) during the 2015 ATS International Conference. A workshop report is being prepared for publication.
- Sponsored an ATS/ERS Symposium on Health Equality in Migrants and Refugees during the 2017 ATS International Conference.
- Sponsored the creation of the ATS Innovations in Health Equality Award for senior and junior candidates.
