About Elsevier Products & Solutions Services Shop & Discover Elsevier Connect View by community or topic Home Elsevier Connect Working toward racial and social equity: research and commentary Working toward racial and social equity: research and commentary Free access to curated research related to systemic racism, healthcare bias, racial violence, law enforcement reform and social justice movements By The Elsevier Community - July 23, 2020 - Updated February 24, 2021 Preprints Published research Commentary Related resources At Elsevier, we have been deeply affected by the protests in the United States and the growing awareness of systemic racism and inequality. In the words of our CEO, Kumsal Bayazit: We need to re-examine Elsevier’s role in research … and how (we) can make an active and positive contribution to accelerate equity, inclusion and diversity. This resource center is just one of the steps we are taking in partnership with the research community. Here, you will find research and commentary related to racial and social equality with an emphasis on the Black experience in America. Content is curated by a team of our journal editors and publishers and members of our African Ancestry Network, and it will be continually updated. All resources are free to access. Of course, racism and social inequality are universal realities that transcend time and affect people around the world. We believe that scientific research and innovation are fundamental to achieving a sustainable and equitable future.To that end, Elsevier, with our parent company RELX, is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, dedicated to advancing human rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We hope you find the resources here useful, whether you're a researcher, healthcare professional, professor, student, policymaker or community leader. We wish to thank our African Ancestry Network colleagues for their guidance in preparing this resource. SSRN's Race & Social Inequity hub Visit SSRN's Racial & Social Inequity hub SSRN’s Race & Social Inequity hub highlights early-stage research related to systemic racism, bias in healthcare, racial violence, law enforcement reform, and social justice movements. This hub presents curated insights from many disciplines that might inform the ongoing conversation about race and culture that was triggered by the murder of George Floyd and subsequent global protests. It is our hope that these insights from fields of study such as criminal justice, anthropology, political science and philosophy will help eradicate racism and bring about lasting change. It is important to note that these papers have not been edited or benefited from the pivotal role of peer-review, which validates and improves the quality of final published journal articles. SSRN, Elsevier’s world-leading platform devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of early-stage research, is committed to advancing societal progress through quality knowledge and education. Research on SSRN is free to download and upload. Here is a curated selection of those articles. Selected preprints from SSRN's Race & Social Inequity Hub Research related to systemic racism, bias in healthcare, racial violence, law enforcement reform, and social justice movements Systemic racism Joseph Pilari: Asking the Hard Questions: Truth, Reconciliation, and Corporate America (July 16, 2020) David B. Oppenheimer: What Is 'Systemic Racism?' How Is It Different from Racist Acts Caused by Bigotry, Prejudice or Bias? (July 6, 2020) Systemic Classism, Systemic Racism: Are Social and Racial Justice Achievable in the United States? Connecticut Public Interest law Journal (May 27, 2009) View more categories Published research Articles in Elsevier's journals Research related to systemic racism, bias in healthcare, racial violence, law enforcement reform, and social justice movements Bias and racial disparities in healthcare Black and minority mental health in the UK: Challenges and Solutions, Forensic Science International: Mind and Law (Nov 2, 2020) Executive Summary and Call to Action: Maternal Mortality Summit at National Medical Association Meeting, July 28, 2019 in Honolulu, Hawaii Obstetrics and Gynecology Section of the National Medical Association, Journal of the National Medical Association (August 2020) Race in cancer health disparities — theme issue, The American Journal of Pathology (Feb 2018). Articles include Colorectal Cancer Disparity in African Americans, The American Journal of Pathology. I Can’t Breathe: The Continued, Disproportionate Exclusion of Black Physicians in the United States Radiation Oncology Workforce, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics (July 12, 2020) — with podcast Special collection: Black/African American Health Disparities, American Journal of Preventive Medicine (July 13, 2020) Assessing differential impacts of COVID-19 on black communities, Annals of Epidemiology (July 2020) On Answering the Call to Action For COVID-19: Continuing a Bold Legacy of Health Advocacy, Journal of the National Medical Association (June 2020) The White/Black hierarchy institutionalizes White supremacy in nursing and nursing leadership in the United States, Journal of Professional Nursing (May 16, 2020) Cancer-related diagnostic and treatment capabilities of hospitals in the context of racial residential segregation, Public Health (May 2020) Racial discrimination and child and adolescent health in longitudinal studies: A systematic review, Social Science & Medicine (April 2020) Appropriated racial oppression: Implications for mental health in Whites and Blacks, Social Science & Medicine (June 2019) Special collection: African American Men’s Health: Research, Practice, and Policy Implications, American Journal of Preventive Medicine (Nov 2018) Tackling racism as a “wicked” public health problem: Enabling allies in anti-racism praxis, Social Science & Medicine (Feb 2018) Transmitting Trauma: A systematic review of vicarious racism and child health, Social Science & Medicine (Feb 2018) America: equity and equality in health, Series from The Lancet journals (April 2017) View more categories Call for papers Gold Journal plans special issue: Racial and Social Disparities in Urology Disparities in health and care reflect a complex interaction between social, biologic, and health factors that are all driven by social determinants of health. In this context, social determinants of health are “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age,” and include economic stability, neighborhood/physical environment, education, food sources, community/social context, and healthcare systems available to patients." Recognizing the increased societal awareness of these issues, Urology is planning a special issue devoted to Racial and Social Disparities in Urology, edited by Yaw Nyame, MD, Assistant Professor of Urology, Department of Urology, University of Washington, and Tracy Downs, MD, Professor of Urology, Associate Dean for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, Department of Urology, University of Wisconsin. Read more Commentary Racial and ethnic equality — time for concrete action, The Lancet (Oct 10, 2020) The Lancet: advancing racial equality, The Lancet (Oct 10, 2020) "You saved my life.” — A Trainee's Reflection on COVID-19 and Social Justice, American Journal of Ophthalmology (Sept 19, 2020) COVID Highlights Another Crisis: Lack of Black Physicians and Scientists, Med (July 24, 2020) What Needs to Change in Academia to Increase the Number of Black Scientists and Engineers? Cell Systems (July 22, 2020) Cato T. Laurencin and Joanne M. Walker: A Pandemic on a Pandemic: Racism and COVID-19 in Blacks, Cell Systems (July 22, 2020) Carl Hart, PhD: Exaggerating Harmful Drug Effects on the Brain Is Killing Black People, Neuron (July 1, 2020) "We, too, are radiation oncologists." The authors of "Why Racial Justice Matters in Radiation Oncology" (clockwise from top left): Christina Hunter Chapman, MD, MS; Darlene Gabeau, MD, PhD; Chelsea Pinnix, MD, PhD; Curtiland Deville Jr., MD; Iris C. Gibbs, MD, and Karen M. Winkfield, MD, PhD. Why Racial Justice Matters in Radiation Oncology, Advances in Radiation Oncology (July 7, 2020) Addressing the Impact of Systemic Racism in Radiation Oncology: Advances in Radiation Oncology commits to addressing systemic, institutionalized racism in academic medicine, Advances in Radiation Oncology (July 7, 2020) Black Lives Matter: A statement from Materials Today, Materials Today (July 7, 2020) Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD: For Black Scientists, the Sorrow is also Personal, Cell (June 25, 2020) Inioluwa Deborah Raji: The Discomfort of Death Counts: Mourning through the Distorted Lens of Reported COVID-19 Death Data, Patterns (June 23, 2020) Medicine and medical science: Black lives must matter more, The Lancet (June 13–19, 2020) Ernesto Andrianantoandro: Being Black in the Ivory Tower, Cell Systems (June 19, 2020) Jordan Dworkin, Perry Zurn, Danielle S. Bassett: (In)citing Action to Realize an Equitable Future, Neuron (June 17, 2020) Science has a racism problem, the Cell Editorial Team (June 8, 2020) David J. Asai, PhD: Race Matters, Cell (May 14, 2020) The Violence Epidemic in the African American Community: A Call by the National Medical Association for Comprehensive Reform, Journal of the National Medical Association (Feb 2018) Elsevier condemns racism and discrimination Kumsal Bayazit, CEO June 19, 2020 4 mins Clinical insight Nursing professor takes on “dueling plagues” of COVID-19 and racial inequality Ian Evans August 24, 2020 Related stories and resources 100 inspiring Black scientists in America, Cell Press Cell Mentor blog (Feb 3, 2020) 100 more inspiring Black scientists in America, Cell Press Cell Mentor blog (June 19, 2020) Researcher stories Assessing COVID-19’s impact on Black communities Higher COVID-19 rates and deaths in predominantly Black counties are linked to social conditions and structural racism not underlying health conditions. Kendall Morgan, PhD February 18, 2021 10 mins Researcher stories A Harvard PhD candidate is helping women of color succeed in academia Ian Evans May 7, 2020 Interview Inclusive research and multilingualism are crucial for tackling critical health challenges Domiziana Francescon March 4, 2020 News Girls are using data analytics to figure out what’s fair – and what they are capable of April R. Williams and Alison Bert, DMA December 20, 2019 8 mins Solutions Scopus ScienceDirect Mendeley Evolve Knovel Reaxys ClinicalKey Researchers Submit your paper Find books & journals Visit Author Hub Visit Editor Hub Visit Librarian Hub Visit Reviewer Hub Subjects Health Life Sciences Physical sciences & engineering Social sciences & humanities About Elsevier About Careers Newsroom Events Publisher relations Advertising, reprints and supplements How can we help? 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