A call to action: The need to update population descriptors in dermatology research studies with the use of an inclusive skin classification system

Valerie M. Harvey; Stafford G. Brown; Cheryl M. Burgess; Angel S. Byrd; Caryn B.C. Cobb; Seemal R. Desai; Candrice R. Heath; Tarannum Jaleel; Amy J. McMichael; Yvette Miller-Monthrope; Hema Sundaram; Junko Takeshita; Susan C. Taylor; Jonathan S. Weiss; Jane Yoo; Valerie D. Callender

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2025.01.029

A call to action: The need to update population descriptors in dermatology research studies with the use of an inclusive skin classification system

Valerie M. Harvey, Stafford G. Brown, Cheryl M. Burgess, Angel S. Byrd, Caryn B.C. Cobb, Seemal R. Desai, Candrice R. Heath, Tarannum Jaleel, Amy J. McMichael, Yvette Miller-Monthrope, Hema Sundaram, Junko Takeshita, Susan C. Taylor, Jonathan S. Weiss, Jane Yoo, Valerie D. Callender

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Original language	English
Journal	Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2025.01.029
State	Accepted/In press - 2025

Keywords

diversity
ethnicity
Fitzpatrick
race
skin classification

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Harvey, V. M., Brown, S. G., Burgess, C. M., Byrd, A. S., Cobb, C. B. C., Desai, S. R., Heath, C. R., Jaleel, T., McMichael, A. J., Miller-Monthrope, Y., Sundaram, H., Takeshita, J., Taylor, S. C., Weiss, J. S., Yoo, J., & Callender, V. D. (Accepted/In press). A call to action: The need to update population descriptors in dermatology research studies with the use of an inclusive skin classification system. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2025.01.029

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