Ethical Science Communication to the Public: New Concerns for Societies and Publishers

“Building a More Connected Scholarly Community” The last 19+ months have been a fascinating contradiction, making us feel both painfully disconnected and also perhaps more bonded than ever before. How can we take the strengths we already possessed as a community, fold in lessons learned during the pandemic, and aim for being an even stronger, broader, and more connected community? Our Annual Meeting brings together academics, funders, librarians, publishers, service providers, technologists, and countless others with a communal interest and stake in the dissemination of scholarly information. We look forward to the 44th Annual Meeting as an opportunity to reconnect and to connect anew.

David Mellor is the Director of Policy at the Center for Open Science and works to ensure that ideal practices in scientific research, such as data sharing, protocol transparency, and replication; are recognized and rewarded for scientists working to get published, funded, and hired. David's background training is in ecology and citizen science, and received his PhD from Rutgers University.

With a PhD in medical physiology and specialization in the neurosciences, and as Head, Global Stakeholder Engagement at Cactus Communications, Donald is actively involved in supporting the publication needs of the academic and publishing communities, managing workflows across global time zones, and raising the level of awareness and professionalism of good publication practices, worldwide. As such, he understands the logistics of scholarly publishing, peer review, as well as the global outsourcing of author support and research communication services, and is a major player in shaping perceptions, defining workflows, and delivering quality.

Sara Serritella, Director of Communications, Institute for Translational Medicine; Lecturer at The University of Chicago and The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Sara Serritella is an award-winning investigative journalist turned Director of Communications at the Institute for Translational Medicine that’s powered by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and she is a lecturer at The University of Chicago and UChicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine. Sara enjoys teaching science communication to physicians, researchers, faculty, medical students, and undergraduates, and her high-energy presentations grace the stages of global and national conferences. She leads The New Normal™ and Save Da Hoomans™ campaigns, a collaboration with The University of Chicago, Northwestern University, University of Illinois at Chicago, Rush, Loyola University Chicago, and others that has won national awards while increasing awareness of and participation in health research. As a partner at Vantius and licensed private detective, Sara’s favorite high-profile cases are helping to exonerate wrongfully-convicted individuals. She translates the behavioral science and experience connecting with people of all backgrounds to her work in scicomm and education. Sara is also a proud alum of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing Communications, and she has reported at media outlets across the country and contributed to Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting. Sara is a lover of rescue pit bulls, yoga, travel, and awesome alliteration.