Diversity is excellence: Initiatives in the Society for Investigative Dermatology to broaden participation

Abstract In this issue of JID, Shukla et al show that the Society of Investigative Dermatology has improved gender diversity of its awards, lectureships, and its leadership. Additional initiatives that promote participation in the Society based on education, gender, race, sexual orientation, and other types of diversity can improve the quality of investigative dermatology and clinical progress for skin diseases.