Share this article Share this article LONDON, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, is pleased to announce that Dr. Hannah Valantine, Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and former National Institutes of Health (NIH) Chief Scientific Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity has been appointed to the company's independent Inclusion and Diversity Advisory Board. Dr. Valantine will join nine other distinguished research leaders who are members of the Elsevier Inclusion and Diversity Board. Established in March 2020 and chaired by Kumsal Bayazit, Elsevier CEO, and Dr. Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet, the Board aims to create a more equitable research ecosystem through standards, best practices and initiatives that support long-term, measurable change. These include actions to bring about greater balance in gender, racial, ethnic and geographic representation in academic research, for example on editorial boards, in peer review and scientific conferences. The Board also promotes standards and policies to ensure that research is funded, designed, conducted and reported in an equitable and inclusive manner.