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

Affiliations

• ¹ Hampton Roads Center for Dermatology, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Electronic address: valerieharvey10@gmail.com.
• ² Division of Dermatology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
• ³ Center for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Washington, District of Columbia.
• ⁴ Department of Dermatology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia.
• ⁵ Mount Auburn Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• ⁶ Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Innovative Dermatology, Plano, Texas.
• ⁷ Department of Urban Health and Population Science, Center for Urban Bioethics, The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• ⁸ Department of Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
• ⁹ Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina.
• ¹⁰ Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Dermatology, Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ¹¹ Dermatology, Cosmetic & Laser Surgery, Rockville, Maryland; Dermatology, Cosmetic & Laser Surgery, Fairfax, Virginia; Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
• ¹² Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• ¹³ Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• ¹⁴ Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Georgia Dermatology Partners, Snellville, Georgia.
• ¹⁵ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
• ¹⁶ Callender Dermatology & Cosmetic Center, Glenn Dale, Maryland; Department of Dermatology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia.