Examples of AJEDI Adaptations to Tiny Earth
Excerpted from Miller, Kerr, and Handelsman (accepted manuscript)
| CURE Learning Objective | AJEDI Adaptation | Recommended Assessment or Activity to Address the AJEDI Adaptation |
|---|---|---|
| Distinguish between control and treatment groups in experiments | Explain how racism, bias, and white centering in research design lead to health inequities | How racism and bias in experimental design has led to negative changes in health care access or outcomes? |
| Explain the importance of studying clinically relevant microbes | Describe the historical context of racial oppression in relation to clinical research in microbiology | How has racial oppression impacted clinical research on clinically relevant microbes, antibiotics, or antibiotic resistance? |
| Connect the discovery of antibiotics with the rise of antibiotic resistance | Propose roles of microbiologists in addressing and dismantling racism | How, from a racial perspective, would a new antibiotic be (a) tested fairly and (b) available equitably? How is your proposed approach different from what happened in historically biased experiments (e.g. Tuskegee Syphilis Study)? |