Rethinking the use of population descriptors in dermatology trials and beyond: disentangling race and ethnicity from skin color

Valerie M. Harvey, Jenna C. Lester, Tarannum Jaleel, Junko Takeshita, Amy J. McMichael, Yvette Miller-Monthrope, Nina G. Jablonski, Jade Lewis, Andrew F. Alexis, Stafford G. Brown, Cheryl M. Burgess, Angel S. Byrd, Suephy C. Chen, Caryn Cobb, Roxana Daneshjou, Seemal R. Desai, Candrice R. Heath, Chidubem A.V. Okeke, Hema Sundaram, Susan C. Taylor, Jonathan S. Weiss, Jane Y. Yoo, Valerie D. Callender

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DOI: 10.1007/s00403-025-04219-6
Published: 2025-04-19
Container: Archives of Dermatological Research
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1007/s00403-025-04219-6,
  title = {Rethinking the use of population descriptors in dermatology trials and beyond: disentangling race and ethnicity from skin color},
  author = {Valerie M. Harvey and Jenna C. Lester and Tarannum Jaleel and Junko Takeshita and Amy J. McMichael and Yvette Miller-Monthrope and Nina G. Jablonski and Jade Lewis and Andrew F. Alexis and Stafford G. Brown and Cheryl M. Burgess and Angel S. Byrd and Suephy C. Chen and Caryn Cobb and Roxana Daneshjou and Seemal R. Desai and Candrice R. Heath and Chidubem A.V. Okeke and Hema Sundaram and Susan C. Taylor and Jonathan S. Weiss and Jane Y. Yoo and Valerie D. Callender},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Archives of Dermatological Research},
  doi = {10.1007/s00403-025-04219-6},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-025-04219-6}
}

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TI  - Rethinking the use of population descriptors in dermatology trials and beyond: disentangling race and ethnicity from skin color
AU  - Valerie M. Harvey
AU  - Jenna C. Lester
AU  - Tarannum Jaleel
AU  - Junko Takeshita
AU  - Amy J. McMichael
AU  - Yvette Miller-Monthrope
AU  - Nina G. Jablonski
AU  - Jade Lewis
AU  - Andrew F. Alexis
AU  - Stafford G. Brown
AU  - Cheryl M. Burgess
AU  - Angel S. Byrd
AU  - Suephy C. Chen
AU  - Caryn Cobb
AU  - Roxana Daneshjou
AU  - Seemal R. Desai
AU  - Candrice R. Heath
AU  - Chidubem A.V. Okeke
AU  - Hema Sundaram
AU  - Susan C. Taylor
AU  - Jonathan S. Weiss
AU  - Jane Y. Yoo
AU  - Valerie D. Callender
PY  - 2025
JO  - Archives of Dermatological Research
DO  - 10.1007/s00403-025-04219-6
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Harvey, V. M., Lester, J. C., Jaleel, T., Takeshita, J., McMichael, A. J., Miller-Monthrope, Y., Jablonski, N. G., Lewis, J., Alexis, A. F., Brown, S. G., Burgess, C. M., Byrd, A. S., Chen, S. C., Cobb, C., Daneshjou, R., Desai, S. R., Heath, C. R., Okeke, C. A., Sundaram, H., Taylor, S. C., Weiss, J. S., Yoo, J. Y., & Callender, V. D. (2025). Rethinking the use of population descriptors in dermatology trials and beyond: disentangling race and ethnicity from skin color. Archives of Dermatological Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-025-04219-6

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