Designing the Microbes and Social Equity Symposium: A Novel Interdisciplinary Virtual Research Conference Based on Achieving Group-Directed Outputs
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Coordinating Planning, Content, and Event Activities
3. Inviting Diverse Audiences
- Ensure the planning committee is organized and delegates responsibilities clearly;
- Coordinate content with speaker groups prior to the event for more cohesive presentations;
- Publicizing events to diverse audiences requires diverse formats and venues.
4. Meeting Program and Session Achievements
4.1. Session 1: Biopolitics and the Human Microbiome
- To understand an individual’s microbiome, one must understand their environment, and the social contexts which affect their choices and exposures;
- Geography can provide a wealth of environmental data for understanding host microbes;
- We must teach and combine humanities studies with microbiome/STEM studies to preclude siloing or the artificial separation of disciplines.
4.2. Session 2: Nutrition and Gut Microbiome
- Resolving food insecurity is an easy and effective way to improve host−microbial interactions;
- Food insecurity may have nuanced causes but we already have the resources to resolve it, we simply lack logistical organization to allocate them.
4.3. Session 3: Natural Resources and Access to Environmental Microbes
- Interactions with the environment are complex and difficult to study, though critical to understanding host microbiomes;
- Creative use of technology can increase data collection on an individual scale;
- Researchers trained to use large-scale environmental and geographic datasets can provide insight to microbiome research without having to collect massive numbers of environmental microbiome samples.
4.4. Session 4: Social and Environmental Stress
- Water systems can be a critical source of detrimental microbial exposure;
- Infrastructure on water systems management, especially wastewater management, is a key target for improving equitable distribution of resources and public health;
- Creative use of technology can increase data collection on an individual-scale.
4.5. Session 5: Access to Healthcare and the Microbiome
- Improving reproductive and peri-natal healthcare access is an easy and effective way to improve host-microbial interactions and health
- Access to and autonomy in reproductive healthcare is critical to human rights and equality
- Breastfeeding is an easy and effective way to improve host−microbial interactions and health, and we already have the resources to make this practice widespread, we simply lack logistical organization to allocate those resources.
5. Future Directions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Interests | Day 1: Biopolitics and the Human Microbiome | Day 2: Nutrition and the Gut Microbiome | Day 3: Natural Resources and Access to Environmental Microbes | Day 4: Social and Environmental Stress | Day 5: Access to Healthcare and the Microbiome |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Learn more about the microbiome | 15 (16.67%) | 20 (20.53%) | 14 (14.29%) | 13 (12.15%) | 13 (15.12%) |
Creating integrated curricula and education | 8 (8.89%) | 6 (7.06%) | 7 (7.14%) | 5 (4.67%) | 5 (5.81%) |
Bringing science into policy | 8 (8.89%) | 9 (10.59%) | 6 (6.12%) | 12 (11.21%) | 9 (10.47%) |
Connections with social equity | 23 (25.56%) | 16 (18.82%) | 20 (20.21%) | 16 (14.95%) | 8 (9.30%) |
Engaging with this on social media | 1 (1.11%) | 0 (0.00%) | 1 (1.02%) | 0 (0.00%) | 3 (3.49%) |
Engaging the community into research | 6 (6.67%) | 3 (3.53%) | 4 (4.08%) | 6 (5.61%) | 1 (1.16%) |
Evaluating research through the lens of social equity | 11 (12.22%) | 1 (1.18%) | 3 (3.06%) | 5 (4.67%) | 3 (3.49%) |
Identifying future research on this topic | 5 (5.56%) | 8 (9.41%) | 7 (7.14%) | 9 (8.41%) | 4 (4.65%) |
Mobilizing university resources on this topic | 2 (2.22%) | 1 (1.18%) | 1 (1.02%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) |
No response | 11 (12.22%) | 20 (23.53%) | 30 (30.61%) | 37 (34.58%) | 37 (43.02%) |
Total registrants | 90 | 85 | 98 | 107 | 86 |
Session | Registered | Attended |
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Day 1 (Monday): Biopolitics and the human microbiome | 109 | 59 (54%) |
Day 2 (Tuesday): Nutrition and the gut microbiome | 113 | 67 (59%) |
Day 3 (Wednesday): Natural resources and access to environmental microbes | 99 | 46 (46%) |
Day 4 (Thursday): Social and environmental stress | 107 | 44 (41%) |
Day 5 (Friday): Access to healthcare and the microbiome | 86 | 36 (42%) |
Total | 514 | 252 (49%) |
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Ishaq, S.L.; Wissel, E.F.; Wolf, P.G.; Grieneisen, L.; Eggleston, E.M.; Mhuireach, G.; Friedman, M.; Lichtenwalner, A.; Otero Machuca, J.; Weatherford Darling, K.; et al. Designing the Microbes and Social Equity Symposium: A Novel Interdisciplinary Virtual Research Conference Based on Achieving Group-Directed Outputs. Challenges 2022, 13, 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/challe13020030
Ishaq SL, Wissel EF, Wolf PG, Grieneisen L, Eggleston EM, Mhuireach G, Friedman M, Lichtenwalner A, Otero Machuca J, Weatherford Darling K, et al. Designing the Microbes and Social Equity Symposium: A Novel Interdisciplinary Virtual Research Conference Based on Achieving Group-Directed Outputs. Challenges. 2022; 13(2):30. https://doi.org/10.3390/challe13020030
Chicago/Turabian StyleIshaq, Suzanne L., Emily F. Wissel, Patricia G. Wolf, Laura Grieneisen, Erin M. Eggleston, Gwynne Mhuireach, Michael Friedman, Anne Lichtenwalner, Jessica Otero Machuca, Katherine Weatherford Darling, and et al. 2022. "Designing the Microbes and Social Equity Symposium: A Novel Interdisciplinary Virtual Research Conference Based on Achieving Group-Directed Outputs" Challenges 13, no. 2: 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/challe13020030