This month we are joined by Kelly Yoo and Meenu Krishnakumar from Stanford, who will discuss their work on MySuppleHub. Over half of US adults use dietary supplements, yet the evidence supporting many products remains fragmented, uneven in quality, and often influenced by industry funding. MySuppleHub, developed by the Snyder Lab in the Department of Genetics at Stanford, approaches this problem as an open science opportunity. The platform combines a citation-linked supplement encyclopedia with community surveys, polls, and self-reported experiences, creating a shared evidence base in which participants can both contribute their experiences and benefit from a growing body of accessible, evidence-informed information.

The Bay Area Open Science Group is a growing community for Bay Area academics and researchers interested in incorporating open science into their research, teaching, and learning. Targeting students, faculty, and staff at UCSF, Berkeley, and Stanford, the goal of the community is to increase awareness of and engagement with all things open science, including open access articles, open research data, open source software, and open educational resources. Through this work the group hopes to connect researchers with tools they can use to make the products and process of science more equitable and reproducible.

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