TY - JOUR T1 - American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee essay contest: voices of the future JF - Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open JO - Trauma Surg Acute Care Open DO - 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000700 VL - 6 IS - Suppl 1 SP - e000700 AU - Karen Brasel Y1 - 2021/03/01 UR - http://tsaco.bmj.com/content/6/Suppl_1/e000700.abstract N2 - The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (AAST DEI) committee was established in 2019 by President David Spain. The work of the committee furthers the mission of the AAST: the AAST is dedicated to discovery, dissemination, implementation, and evaluation of knowledge related to acute care surgery (trauma, surgical critical care and emergency general surgery) by fostering research, education and professional development in an environment of fellowship, collegiality, inclusion, diversity and equity.One of the objectives of the committee is to provide career development opportunities for surgeon scholars and leaders from diverse backgrounds. The path to scholarship and leadership begins early, and one of the committee’s first activities was to sponsor an essay contest for medical students, residents and fellows that we hoped would go along with attendance … ER -