Introducing the Microbes and Social Equity Working Group: Considering the Microbial Components of Social, Environmental, and Health Justice.

Autor: Ishaq SL; University of Maine, School of Food and Agriculture, Orono, Maine, USA., Parada FJ; Centro de Estudios en Neurociencia Humana y Neuropsicología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile., Wolf PG; Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA., Bonilla CY; Gonzaga University, Department of Biology, Spokane, Washington, USA., Carney MA; grid.134563.6University of Arizona, School of Anthropology, Tucson, Arizona, USA., Benezra A; Stevens Institute of Technology, Science and Technology Studies, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA., Wissel E; grid.189967.8Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA., Friedman M; American International College of Arts and Sciences of Antigua, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, West Indies., DeAngelis KM; Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA., Robinson JM; University of Sheffield, Department of Landscape Architecture, Sheffield, United Kingdom., Fahimipour AK; Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruzgrid.205975.c, Santa Cruz, California, USA.; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, California, USA., Manus MB; Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA., Grieneisen L; Department of Genetics, Cell, and Development, grid.17635.36University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA., Dietz LG; University of Oregon, Biology and the Built Environment Center, Eugene, Oregon, USA., Pathak A; School of the Environment, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA., Chauhan A; School of the Environment, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA., Kuthyar S; Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA., Stewart JD; Department of Ecological Science, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Dasari MR; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Damegrid.131063.6, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA., Nonnamaker E; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Damegrid.131063.6, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA., Choudoir M; Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA., Horve PF; University of Oregon, Biology and the Built Environment Center, Eugene, Oregon, USA., Zimmerman NB; University of San Francisco, Department of Biology, San Francisco, California, USA., Kozik AJ; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA., Darling KW; Social Science Program, University of Maine at Augusta, Augusta, Maine, USA.; University of Maine, Graduate School of Biomedical Science & Engineering, Bangor, Maine, USA., Romero-Olivares AL; Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA., Hariharan J; Field of Soil and Crop Sciences, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA., Farmer N; grid.94365.3dNational Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA., Maki KA; grid.94365.3dNational Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA., Collier JL; School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, grid.36425.36Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA., O'Doherty KC; Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada., Letourneau J; Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA., Kline J; Eugene, Oregon, USA., Moses PL; Robert Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA.; Finch Therapeutics, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA., Morar N; Environmental Studies Program, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA.; Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: MSystems [mSystems] 2021 Aug 31; Vol. 6 (4), pp. e0047121. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 27.
DOI: 10.1128/mSystems.00471-21
Abstrakt: Humans are inextricably linked to each other and our natural world, and microorganisms lie at the nexus of those interactions. Microorganisms form genetically flexible, taxonomically diverse, and biochemically rich communities, i.e., microbiomes that are integral to the health and development of macroorganisms, societies, and ecosystems. Yet engagement with beneficial microbiomes is dictated by access to public resources, such as nutritious food, clean water and air, safe shelter, social interactions, and effective medicine. In this way, microbiomes have sociopolitical contexts that must be considered. The Microbes and Social Equity (MSE) Working Group connects microbiology with social equity research, education, policy, and practice to understand the interplay of microorganisms, individuals, societies, and ecosystems. Here, we outline opportunities for integrating microbiology and social equity work through broadening education and training; diversifying research topics, methods, and perspectives; and advocating for evidence-based public policy that supports sustainable, equitable, and microbial wealth for all.
Databáze: MEDLINE