This is a “preproof” accepted article for Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. This version may be subject to change during the production process. 10.1017/cts.2020.575 This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work. TITLE: Building a framework for inclusion in health services research: Development of and pre- implementation faculty and staff attitudes toward the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) plan at Mayo Clinic Felicity T. Enders, Ph.D., M.P.H. 1 , Elizabeth H. Golembiewski, Ph.D., M.P.H. 2 , Laura M. Pacheco-Spann, M.S. 3 , Megan Allyse, Ph.D. 2 , Michelle M. Mielke, Ph.D. 4,5 , Joy Balls-Berry, Ph.D. 6 1. Division of Biostatistics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA 2. Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA 3. Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA 4. Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA 5. Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA 6. Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA Corresponding Author: Felicity T. Enders, Ph.D., M.P.H. enders.felicity@mayo.edu Conflicts of Interest: Dr. Mielke receives research funding from the National Institutes of Health, an unrestricted research grant from Biogen, and consults for Brain Protection Company. https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2020.575 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 34.239.44.189, on 23 Apr 2021 at 19:08:09, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms.