Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) has launched a Call for Papers for its second special collection, which will focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning. Join host Alaina Webster as she welcomes CTS Associate Editors Dr. Mohamed Shahin and Dr. Qi Liu to discuss the types of submissions they’d most like to see as well as why submitting to a special collection could be a great visibility booster for your paper! The first handful of papers accepted for this collection are already available online, so be sure to check them out. If you have questions about submitting for this AI/ML collection, please contact Managing Editor Alethea Gerding at [email protected].
Tagged: translational science
Pharmacogenetics and Underrepresented Populations
Dr. Erica Woodahl is back as moderator to discuss “Applying an equity lens to pharmacogenetic research and translation to underrepresented populations” with Clinical and Translational Science authors Drs. Tiana Luczak and Jacob Brown. They break down the challenges to conducting pharmacogenetic studies in underrepresented populations, what steps researchers can take to overcome these obstacles, and why equitable studies for underrepresented groups is vital to the future of clinical pharmacology and translational science.
You can access Tiana and Jacob’s fully Open Access paper here.
ClinPharmPod: COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Sociodemographics
For this episode of ClinPharmPod, host Alaina Webster sits down with Dr. Don Willis, Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and moderator Dr. Erica Woodahl, Professor at the University of Montana and Associate Editor for Clinical and Translational Science (CTS). They discuss Don and his colleagues’ recent publication in CTS, “COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: Race/ethnicity, trust, and fear,” digging into how location, race, past racism, and current systemic racism factor into the willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.