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Kim M, Kim Y, Sharrief AZ, Nguyen TP. Re-evaluating the gender gap: a cross-sectional analysis of accepted American Academy of Neurology annual meeting abstracts in 2020 and 2021. Front Res Metr Anal 2024; 9:1360367. [PMID: 38665144 PMCID: PMC11043524 DOI: 10.3389/frma.2024.1360367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Background and objective Prior studies reveal that invited speaker panels, editorial boards, authors of practice guidelines, and senior authors of published articles are disproportionately male in the neurology field. We aimed to analyze a gender gap in authorship of accepted abstracts to the American Academy of Neurology annual meetings in 2020 and 2021. Design/methods This is a cross-sectional study evaluating the proportions of female first and senior abstract authors in 2020 and 2021. Abstracts were reviewed manually (n = 3,211 in 2020; n = 2,178 in 2021). Data were collected regarding the gender of first and senior authors, subspecialties, and origin of research (USA, international, or corporate-affiliated). Then, we compared the percentages of female first and senior authors in the 2 years to assess for any short-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results Accepted abstracts with female first and senior authors comprised 46%, 34% in 2020, and the same in 2021, without change. Female senior authors had a significantly higher proportion of female first authors than their male senior author counterparts. The analysis of subspecialties with more than 100 abstracts showed the lowest percentages of female senior authors was oncology (24.7%), sleep (25.5%), headache (28.7%), and cerebrovascular disease (29%) in 2020. Cerebrovascular disease (29%) and behavioral neurology (24.7%) had the lowest percentage of female senior authors in 2021. In the analysis of the origin of research, corporate-affiliated authors had the lowest percentages of female first (34 and 36%) and senior authors (22.6 and 27.6%). Conclusion The gender gap in neurology was reaffirmed in regards to female senior authorship overall and in subgroups of abstracts including cerebrovascular disease, headache, behavioral neurology, sleep, oncology, and corporate-affiliated research.
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- Minseon Kim
- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, United States
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- Center for Healthcare Data, University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, United States
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Geng F, Ren Y, Hou H, Dai B, Scott JB, Strickland SL, Mehta S, Li J. Gender equity of authorship in pulmonary medicine over the past decade. Pulmonology 2023; 29:495-504. [PMID: 37210334 DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Gender disparity in authorship broadly persists in medical literature, little is known about female authorship within pulmonary medicine. METHODS A bibliometric analysis of publications from 2012 to 2021 in 12 journals with the highest impact in pulmonary medicine was conducted. Only original research and review articles were included. Names of the first and last authors were extracted and their genders were identified using the Gender-API web. Female authorship was described by overall distribution and distribution by country/region/continent and journal. We compared the article citations by gender combinations, evaluated the trend in female authorship, and forecasted when parity for first and last authorship would be reached. We also conducted a systematic review of female authorship in clinical medicine. RESULTS 14,875 articles were included, and the overall percentage of female first authors was higher than last authors (37.0% vs 22.2%, p<0.001). Asia had the lowest percentage of female first (27.6%) and last (15.2%) authors. The percentages of female first and last authors increased slightly over time, except for a rapid increase in the COVID-19 pandemic periods. Parity was predicted in 2046 for the first authors and 2059 for the last authors. Articles with male authors were cited more than articles with female authors. However, male-male collaborations significantly decreased, whereas female-female collaborations significantly increased. CONCLUSIONS Despite the slow improvement in female authorship over the past decade, there is still a substantial gender disparity in female first and last authorship in high-impact medical journals in pulmonary medicine.
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- F Geng
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Division of Respiratory Care, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- American Epilepsy Society, Programs, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Department of Health Sciences, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Sinai Health System, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Division of Respiratory Care, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Seguí-Moya E, Amorós-Torres A, Centeno-Álvarez C, Gutiérrez-Zurimendi G, Nuno de la Rosa I, Escudero-Fontano E, Sierra Del Río A, Moreno-Fontela MP, Sánchez-García M, Mir-Maresma MC, Musquera-Felip M, Ribal-Caparrós MJ, López-Díez E, González-Enguita C. Women in urology: what is their current situation in Spain? Actas Urol Esp 2023; 47:462-469. [PMID: 37442224 DOI: 10.1016/j.acuroe.2023.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the current state of women in urology in Spain. MATERIAL AND METHODS Descriptive study based on the results of an online survey sent between February and April 2020 through the database of the Residents and Young Urologists group (RAEU) of the Spanish Association of Urology (AEU). Characteristics of the survey and its results were analyzed. RESULTS In total, 257 responses were obtained from 210 women (81.71%) and 47 men (18.29%) belonging to 111 hospitals. Statistically significant differences were observed (p < 0.001) with a higher proportion of men in all categories except for the group of young female and male attendings (29-39 years, p = 0.789), and the group of female residents against male residents (p = 0.814). The number of men was higher in hospitals with subspecialty units except for the Pelvic Floor Unit, where no statistically significant difference was observed (p = 0.06). Regarding positions of responsibility, only 7 out of 111 hospitals had female Department Chiefs. CONCLUSIONS Women's representation in urology is increasing, mainly due to the younger generations. However, the access of these women to relevant positions is anecdotal.
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- E Seguí-Moya
- Neuro-Urology Department, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Londres, United Kingdom.
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- Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario de Torrevieja, Torrevieja, Alicante, Spain
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- Servicio de Urología, Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Urología, Hospital General Universitario de Elda, Elda, Alicante, Spain
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- Servicio de Urología, Hospital de la Vega Baja, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
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- Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio Urología, Hospital Universitario del Henares, Coslada, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitari de La Ribera, Alzira, Valencia, Spain
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- Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Urología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain
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- Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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Monson E, Ng K, Sibbick H, Berbiche D, Morvannou A. Gender disparity in prestigious speaking roles: A study of 10 years of international conference programming in the field of gambling studies. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0286803. [PMID: 37347772 PMCID: PMC10286988 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
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The objective of this study was to examine the distribution of prestigious speaking roles by gender at gambling studies conferences to better understand the state of gender representation within the field. Keyword searches were conducted in the fall of 2019. A total of 16 conferences that occurred between 2010-2019 and comprising 882 prestigious speaking opportunities were included. Quantitative analysis (i.e., t-tests, chi-squared posthoc tests) was undertaken to evaluate the representation of women speakers and if proportions were the same across genders for speakers. There were significantly less women than men within prestigious speaking roles at gambling studies conferences with only 30.2% of speakers being women (p < .001). This underrepresentation of women was consistent across conference location, speaker continent, speaker role, time, and across the majority of conferences. Women held prestigious speaking roles less frequently than men (M = 1.48 vs. 1.76; p < .001). A 9 to 1 (p < .001) ratio of men to women was found among top 10 most frequent prestigious speakers. While there was a higher proportion of women than men among student speakers and there was no significant gender disparity among early career researchers, there was a significantly lower proportion of women than men among speakers who hold more senior academic positions. There is an issue of gender disparity in prestigious speaking roles at conferences within the gambling studies field. This study highlights the need to counteract gender disparities and make room for diversity within the field.
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- Eva Monson
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Québec, Canada
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- Independent Researcher, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Québec, Canada
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- Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Département des Sciences de la Santé Communautaire, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Québec, Canada
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Rawlley B, Marchina S, Cappucci SP, Gogia B, Wang JY, Stillman A, Kumar S. Investigation on Gender Differences in Leadership of Stroke-Related Clinical Trials. Stroke 2023; 54:295-303. [PMID: 36300372 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.122.039173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gender disparities among principal investigators of clinical trials (CT) can have implications regarding the areas of investigation, methods, conduct, trial enrollment, and interpretation of results. An estimation of the gender gap in the leadership of stroke-related CTs from North America has to date not been undertaken. METHODS We extracted information about stroke-related CTs between 2011 and 2020 from www. CLINICALTRIALS gov and PubMed. We examined the gender distribution according to the academic credentials and the trial type. The gender of PIs and authors was determined using gender package in R, which identifies gender using historical data from the United States. Additionally, we obtained information from Association of American Medical Colleges and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education data resource books on the gender composition of full-time neurology faculty, neurology residents and vascular neurology fellows. RESULTS In these analyses of 821 CTs registered on Clinicaltrials.gov and 110 trials published on PubMed, we found that gender disparity among the PIs, first and last authors have persisted over the last decade without any significant trend toward parity (P>0.05). On examining the gender distribution according to academic credentials and trial type, we found that men were over-represented in the sub-group of PIs with an MD degree (78.11% versus 21.87%; P<0.01) and those leading acute stroke trials (86.04% versus 13.89%; P<0.01). We also found that a lower proportion of women neurology residents pursued a vascular neurology fellowship during this period (33.5% versus 42.5%; P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our results show that the favorable trend toward gender parity seen in Neurology faculty over the last decade has not translated to the same in the leadership of CTs. Our findings merit further investigation and a re-examination of efforts toward inclusion of women as leaders of stroke-related CTs.
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- Bharat Rawlley
- Department of Internal Medicine, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York (B.R.)
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (S.M., S.P.C., B.G., J.-Y.W., A.S., S.K.)
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (S.M., S.P.C., B.G., J.-Y.W., A.S., S.K.)
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (S.M., S.P.C., B.G., J.-Y.W., A.S., S.K.)
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (S.M., S.P.C., B.G., J.-Y.W., A.S., S.K.)
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (S.M., S.P.C., B.G., J.-Y.W., A.S., S.K.)
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (S.M., S.P.C., B.G., J.-Y.W., A.S., S.K.)
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Gender Inequalities in Citations of Articles Published in High-Impact General Medical Journals: a Cross-Sectional Study. J Gen Intern Med 2023; 38:661-666. [PMID: 35794309 PMCID: PMC9971413 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07717-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Besides the number of publications, the number of citations is another key metric often used to compare researchers with each other. While women researchers tend to have fewer publications than their men colleagues, the data is scarce for the number of citations. We aimed to determine whether there is a gender gap in citations. METHODS We used Web of Science to retrieve the number of citations per year for all research articles and reviews published between January 2015 and December 2019 in fourteen high-impact general medical journals (impact factor > 5). We used Gender API to identify the gender of the first/last authors. We compared the results by gender using multivariable negative binomial regressions (adjusting for intra-cluster correlations within journals). RESULTS The gender of the first/last author was determined for 13,218/13,350 (99%) and 11,894/12,026 (99%) articles, respectively. The proportion of women among first/last authors was 40% and 29%, respectively. The median number of citations per year was 5 (IQR = 11.3) for women and 6.8 (IQR = 17.8) for men for first authors (IRR = 1.5 [95% CI = 1.3-1.8], p value < 0.001), and 6 (IQR = 12.4) and 7.5 (IQR = 17.4) for last authors (IRR = 1.3 [95% CI = 1.2-1.5], p value < 0.001). Articles whose first and last authors were women were the least cited and those whose first and last authors were men were the most cited. CONCLUSION In this cross-sectional study, we found that articles authored by women were cited less often than those authored by men. Further studies are needed to explore the reasons for these gender differences in article citations.
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Meyer-Frießem C, Enax-Krumova E, Kruppa C. Between clinical practice, teaching and research - a project report on the development and implementation of a career mentoring curriculum for female clinician scientists. GMS JOURNAL FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION 2022; 39:Doc35. [PMID: 36119149 PMCID: PMC9469568 DOI: 10.3205/zma001556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Despite the high proportion of female medical students, the leading positions in almost all medical departments are still considerably less often held by female clinicians than by male. The aim of this project report is to introduce a career mentoring curriculum for female clinician scientists at Ruhr-University of Bochum in Germany. METHODS The career mentoring program was developed for young female clinician scientists who aim for a leading position in academic medicine. We describe and discuss herein its planning and implementation over two years (11/2020-11/2022) focusing on the needs of the target group. RESULTS The mentoring program is based on an agile twin-track strategy. It includes peer mentoring, content-related input and interdisciplinary three-to-one mentoring by the coordinators. Additionally, the mentees develop and conduct a scientific project to practice their acquired skills in a protected environment. The quality assurance system of the mentoring program includes a continuous evaluation of the mentees' satisfaction with the content and organisation of the program, whose results serve as the basis of the prompt adjustment of the latter. It also includes an evaluation of the sustainable impact of the program on the mentees' career development based on an adapted role matrix. The role matrix addresses the mentees to acquire the competencies required for them to become a successful clinician, scientist and academic teacher. CONCLUSIONS A 2-year innovative and unique career mentoring program for female clinician scientists was developed and already successfully launched. Making use of different mentoring strategies, the program has the potential to promote gender equality and encourage female physicians to pursue a career in academic medicine.
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- Christine Meyer-Frießem
- Ruhr-University Bochum, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil gGmbH Bochum, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr-University Bochum, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil gGmbH Bochum, Department of Anaesthesiology, Department of Neurology, Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr-University Bochum, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil gGmbH Bochum, Department of General and Trauma Surgery, Bochum, Germany
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Gamage I, Bolland MJ, Sadler L, Dalbeth N, Grey A. Diversity of invited speakers at endocrinology conferences. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2022; 96:907-913. [PMID: 34913500 DOI: 10.1111/cen.14652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess diversity of gender and geographical location of institutional affiliation among invited speakers at major international endocrinology conferences. DESIGN AND METHODS Descriptive study of characteristics of invited speakers at eight general and discipline-specific endocrinology conferences held annually in Europe and North America 2013-2019. Main outcomes were gender, geographical location of institutional affiliation and frequency of repeat presentations among invited speakers. RESULTS Of 2375 invited speakers who gave 3522 presentations, 843 (35.5%) were women. Five hundred and ninety-four (25.0%) speakers gave >1 presentation at any conference. The proportion of women speakers declined as the number of presentations per speaker increased. Of speakers giving two and seven presentations, respectively, 36.0% and 20.0% were women. 52.9% of speakers were from institutions in North America, and 25.6% from institutions in Western Europe. Fewer than 5% of speakers were from institutions in each of Eastern Europe, Asia, South America, Africa and Oceania. The proportions of speakers who were women and from each geographical area were unchanged over 7 years. Up to one in three speakers gave >1 presentation at an individual conference (range 9.9%-32.2%). CONCLUSIONS Women and speakers from institutions outside of North America and Western Europe are underrepresented among invited speakers at major international endocrinology conferences. Longitudinal data indicate no change in either speaker characteristic over the time period examined. These underrepresentations are more marked among speakers who give repeat presentations.
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- Isuru Gamage
- Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Shaik NF, Saherwala AA, Tzeng DL. Gender Parity in Authorship of Published Randomized Clinical Trials in Stroke Neurology From 2000 to 2021. JAMA Netw Open 2022; 5:e222423. [PMID: 35289864 PMCID: PMC8924718 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.2423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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This cross-sectional study examines proportions of male and female first and last authors in randomized clinical trials on stroke neurology published from 2000 to 2021.
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- Noor F. Shaik
- Department of Neurology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Neurology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Neurology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Le Boedec A, Anthony N, Vigneau C, Hue B, Laine F, Laviolle B, Bonnaure-Mallet M, Bacle A, Allain JS. Gender inequality among medical, pharmaceutical and dental practitioners in French hospitals: Where have we been and where are we now? PLoS One 2021; 16:e0254311. [PMID: 34242351 PMCID: PMC8270123 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Women are under-represented in senior academic and hospital positions in many countries. The authors aim to assess the place and the evolution of all appointed female and male health practitioners' working in French public Hospitals. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data of this observational study were collected from the National Management Centre (Centre National de Gestion) from 2015 up to January 1, 2020. First, the authors described demographic characteristics and specialties of all appointed medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry doctors' working as Hospital Practitioners, Associate Professors, and Full Professors in French General and University-affiliated Hospitals in 2020. Then, they retrospectively reported the annual incidence of new entrance according to gender and professional status from 1999 to 2019 thanks to the appointment date of all practitioners in activity between 2015 and 2020. RESULTS In 2020, 51 401 appointed practitioners (49.7% of female) were in activity in French public hospitals with a large majority being medical doctors (92.4%) compared to pharmacists (6%) and dentists (1.6%). Women represented 52.5% of the Hospital Practitioners, 48.6% of the Associate Professors, and 22.0% of the Full Professors (p < 0.001). There were disparities between the rates of female Full Professors in medicine (20.6%), pharmacy (36.1%), and dentistry (44.3%, p < 0.001). Women were appointed Hospital Practitioners and Associate Professors earlier than men (respectively 37.1 versus 38.8 years, p < 0.001 and 36.1 versus 36.5 years, p = 0.04), and at a later age among Full Professors (43.7 versus 41.9 years, p < 0.001). Compared to men, the annual proportion of appointed women varied significantly between 1999 and 2019 from 47.6% to 60.4% for Hospital Practitioners, from 50.0% to 44.6% for Associate Professors, and from 11.2% to 33.3% for Full Professors (p < 0.001 for trend). CONCLUSIONS Although more and more women occupy positions in French hospitals, there is still a gender gap regarding access to Full Professor status in medicine and pharmacy, but not in dentistry. The disparity in numbers makes comparison difficult. Despite a trend towards gender equality during the last twenty years, it has not yet been achieved regarding access to the highest positions.
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- Antoine Le Boedec
- Department of Ophthalmology, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France
- Rennes 1 University, France
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- Methodological Support and Biostatistics Unit, University Hospital, Saint Denis, Reunion Island, France
- National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Clinical Investigation Center 1410 Saint Pierre, Reunion Island, France
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- Rennes 1 University, France
- Department of Nephrology, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France
- National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), IRSET-UMR_S 1085, France
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- Department of Pharmacy, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France
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- Clinical Investigation Unit, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France
- Department of Hepatology, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France
- National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Clinical Investigation Center1414, France
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- Rennes 1 University, France
- Clinical Investigation Unit, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France
- National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Clinical Investigation Center1414, France
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- Rennes 1 University, France
- Department of Dental Surgery, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France
- National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), U1241 NuMeCAn, France
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- Rennes 1 University, France
- National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), IRSET-UMR_S 1085, France
- Department of Pharmacy, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France
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- Clinical Investigation Unit, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France
- National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Clinical Investigation Center1414, France
- Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular and Metabolism Division, Saint Malo Hospital, Saint Malo, France
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IMPORTANCE Women are less likely to be promoted and hold leadership positions in academic medicine. How often academic articles are cited is a key measure of scholarly impact and frequently assessed for professional advancement; however, it is unknown whether peer-reviewed articles written by men and women are cited differently. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether academic articles from high-impact medical journals written by men and women are cited differently. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS In this cross-sectional study of all original research and commentary articles from 5 high-impact medical journals (Annals of Internal Medicine, British Medical Journal, JAMA, JAMA Internal Medicine, and The New England Journal of Medicine) from 2015 to 2018, the gender of the primary and senior authors of each article were identified using an online database, and the number of times each article has been cited was identified using Web of Science. The number of citations by primary and senior author gender were then compared. Data were analyzed from July 2020 to April 2021. EXPOSURES Primary and senior authors' genders. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Number of citations per article. RESULTS Among 5554 articles, women wrote 1975 (35.6%) as primary author and 1273 of 4940 (25.8%) as senior author. Original research articles written by women as primary authors had fewer median (interquartile range) citations than articles written by men as primary authors (36 [17-82] citations vs 54 [22-141] citations; P < .001) and senior authors (37 [17-93] citations vs 51 [20-128] citations; P < .001). Articles written by women as both primary and senior authors had approximately half as many median (interquartile range) citations as those authored by men as both primary and senior authors (33 [15-68] citations vs 59 [23-149] citations; P < .001). Differences in citations remained in each year of the study and were less pronounced among commentary articles. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In this study, articles written by women in high-impact medical journals had fewer citations than those written by men, particularly when women wrote together as primary and senior authors. These differences may have important consequences for the professional success of women and achieving gender equity in academic medicine.
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- Paula Chatterjee
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Penn Presbyterian Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- The Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Hartzler AL, Leroy G, Daurelle B, Ochoa M, Williamson J, Cohen D, Stipelman C. Comparison of women and men in biomedical informatics scientific dissemination: retrospective observational case study of the AMIA Annual Symposium: 2017-2020. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2021; 28:1928-1935. [PMID: 34179991 PMCID: PMC8363783 DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocab097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Although the representation of women in science has improved, women remain underrepresented in scientific publications. This study compares women and men in scholarly dissemination through the AMIA Annual Symposium. MATERIALS AND METHODS Through a retrospective observational study, we analyzed 2017-2020 AMIA submissions for differences in panels, papers, podium abstracts, posters, workshops, and awards for men compared with women. We assigned a label of woman or man to authors and reviewers using Genderize.io, and then compared submission and acceptance rates, performed regression analyses to evaluate the impact of the assumed gender, and performed sentiment analysis of reviewer comments. RESULTS Of the 4687 submissions for which Genderize.io could predict man or woman based on first name, 40% were led by women and 60% were led by men. The acceptance rate was smilar. Although submission and acceptance rates for women increased over the 4 years, women-led podium abstracts, panels, and workshops were underrepresented. Men reviewers increased the odds of rejection. Men provided longer reviews and lower reviewer scores, but women provided reviews that had more positive words. DISCUSSION Overall, our findings reflect significant gains for women in the 4 years of conference data analyzed. However, there remain opportunities to improve representation of women in workshop submissions, panel and podium abstract speakers, and balanced peer reviews. Future analyses could be strengthened by collecting gender directly from authors, including diverse genders such as non-binary. CONCLUSION We found little evidence of major bias against women in submission, acceptance, and awards associated with the AMIA Annual Symposium from 2017 to 2020. Our study is unique because of the analysis of both authors and reviewers. The encouraging findings raise awareness of progress and remaining opportunities in biomedical informatics scientific dissemination.
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- Andrea L Hartzler
- Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Management Information Systems, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Data Warehouse, U Health University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Data Warehouse, U Health University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- American Medical Informatics Association, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Provider Informatics, Information Technology Services, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Conzen C, Hakvoort K, Clusmann H, Höllig A. Female Participation in Academic European Neurosurgery-A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Brain Sci 2021; 11:brainsci11070834. [PMID: 34201890 PMCID: PMC8301744 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11070834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The study aims to provide data on authors’ gender distribution with special attention on publications from Europe. Articles (October 2019–March 2020) published in three representative neurosurgical journals (Acta Neurochirurgica, Journal of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery) were analyzed with regard to female participation. Out of 648 publications, 503 original articles were analyzed: 17.5% (n = 670) of the 3.821 authors were female, with 15.7% (n = 79) females as first and 9.5% (n = 48) as last authors. The lowest ratio of female first and last authors was seen in original articles published in the JNS (12.3%/7.7% vs. Neurosurgery 14.9%/10.6% and Acta 23.0/11.5%). Articles originated in Europe made up 29.8% (female author ratio 21.1% (n = 226)). Female first authorship was seen in 20.7% and last authorship in 10.7% (15.3% and 7.3% were affiliated to a neurosurgical department). The percentages of female authorship were lower if non-original articles (n = 145) were analyzed (11.7% first/4.8% last authorships). Female participation in editorial boards was 8.0%. Considering the percentages of European female neurosurgeons, the current data are proportional. However, the lack of female last authors, the discrepancy regarding non-original articles and the composition of the editorial boards indicate that there still is a structural underrepresentation and that females are limited in achieving powerful positions.
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Hinson HE, Gonzales NR. On increasing the visibility of women and other groups underrepresented in medicine: To be it, you must see it. Neurology 2020; 95:991-992. [PMID: 33109626 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000011063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- H E Hinson
- From Neurology and Emergency Medicine (H.E.H.), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; and Department of Neurology (N.R.G.), University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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- From Neurology and Emergency Medicine (H.E.H.), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; and Department of Neurology (N.R.G.), University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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Singhal D, Bank AM, Poorman JA, Doshi TL, Parekh R, Parangi S, Hopf HW, Chandrabose R, Larson AR, Silver JK. Representation of women plenary speakers at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting. Neurology 2020; 95:e3045-e3059. [PMID: 33109622 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000011058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether women have been equitably represented among plenary speakers at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting by counting and categorizing speakers and comparing outcomes to AAN membership and US neurology workforce data. METHODS Lists of plenary speakers between 1958 and 2019 (62 years) were obtained from the AAN. The primary outcome measures were numbers and proportions of men and women in aggregate and among physicians. RESULTS We identified 635 plenary speakers, including 148 (23.3%) women. Specifically, women made up 14.6% (19 of 130) of presidential and 25.5% (129 of 505) of nonpresidential plenary session speakers. The inclusion of women plenary speakers was meaningfully higher (h = 0.33; difference 14.9%; 95% confidence interval 4.2%-26.7%) for nonphysicians (27 of 74 [36.5%]) than physicians (121 of 561 [21.6%]). Although at zero levels for Annual Meetings held between 1958 and 1990 and at mostly low but varying levels thereafter, the representation of women and women physicians has been at or above their proportions in the AAN membership and US neurology workforce since 2017. Comparison of representation by plenary session name revealed an unequal distribution of women, with women physicians concentrated in the Sidney Carter Award in Child Neurology presidential session. CONCLUSION Historically and recently, women and women physicians were underrepresented among AAN plenary speakers. As the AAN has taken active steps to address equity, women have been included in more representative proportions overall. However, notable gaps remain, especially in specific prestigious plenary sessions, and further research is needed to determine causality.
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- Divya Singhal
- From the Department of Neurology (D.S.), University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City; Department of Neurology (A.M.B.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Harvard Medical School; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Boston, MA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (T.L.D.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; American College of Cardiology (R.P.), Washington, DC; Massachusetts General Hospital (R.P.), Boston; Department of Surgery (S.P.), Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Department of Anesthesiology (H.W.H.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Department of Anesthesiology (R.C.), University of California San Diego; Department of Dermatology (A.R.L.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; and Brigham and Women's Hospital (J.K.S.), Boston, MA. Dr. Bank is now at the Department of Neurology, Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health, Hofstra Zucker School of Medicine, New York.
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- From the Department of Neurology (D.S.), University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City; Department of Neurology (A.M.B.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Harvard Medical School; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Boston, MA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (T.L.D.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; American College of Cardiology (R.P.), Washington, DC; Massachusetts General Hospital (R.P.), Boston; Department of Surgery (S.P.), Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Department of Anesthesiology (H.W.H.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Department of Anesthesiology (R.C.), University of California San Diego; Department of Dermatology (A.R.L.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; and Brigham and Women's Hospital (J.K.S.), Boston, MA. Dr. Bank is now at the Department of Neurology, Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health, Hofstra Zucker School of Medicine, New York
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- From the Department of Neurology (D.S.), University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City; Department of Neurology (A.M.B.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Harvard Medical School; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Boston, MA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (T.L.D.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; American College of Cardiology (R.P.), Washington, DC; Massachusetts General Hospital (R.P.), Boston; Department of Surgery (S.P.), Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Department of Anesthesiology (H.W.H.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Department of Anesthesiology (R.C.), University of California San Diego; Department of Dermatology (A.R.L.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; and Brigham and Women's Hospital (J.K.S.), Boston, MA. Dr. Bank is now at the Department of Neurology, Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health, Hofstra Zucker School of Medicine, New York
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- From the Department of Neurology (D.S.), University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City; Department of Neurology (A.M.B.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Harvard Medical School; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Boston, MA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (T.L.D.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; American College of Cardiology (R.P.), Washington, DC; Massachusetts General Hospital (R.P.), Boston; Department of Surgery (S.P.), Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Department of Anesthesiology (H.W.H.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Department of Anesthesiology (R.C.), University of California San Diego; Department of Dermatology (A.R.L.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; and Brigham and Women's Hospital (J.K.S.), Boston, MA. Dr. Bank is now at the Department of Neurology, Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health, Hofstra Zucker School of Medicine, New York
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- From the Department of Neurology (D.S.), University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City; Department of Neurology (A.M.B.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Harvard Medical School; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Boston, MA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (T.L.D.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; American College of Cardiology (R.P.), Washington, DC; Massachusetts General Hospital (R.P.), Boston; Department of Surgery (S.P.), Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Department of Anesthesiology (H.W.H.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Department of Anesthesiology (R.C.), University of California San Diego; Department of Dermatology (A.R.L.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; and Brigham and Women's Hospital (J.K.S.), Boston, MA. Dr. Bank is now at the Department of Neurology, Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health, Hofstra Zucker School of Medicine, New York
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- From the Department of Neurology (D.S.), University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City; Department of Neurology (A.M.B.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Harvard Medical School; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Boston, MA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (T.L.D.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; American College of Cardiology (R.P.), Washington, DC; Massachusetts General Hospital (R.P.), Boston; Department of Surgery (S.P.), Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Department of Anesthesiology (H.W.H.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Department of Anesthesiology (R.C.), University of California San Diego; Department of Dermatology (A.R.L.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; and Brigham and Women's Hospital (J.K.S.), Boston, MA. Dr. Bank is now at the Department of Neurology, Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health, Hofstra Zucker School of Medicine, New York
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- From the Department of Neurology (D.S.), University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City; Department of Neurology (A.M.B.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Harvard Medical School; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Boston, MA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (T.L.D.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; American College of Cardiology (R.P.), Washington, DC; Massachusetts General Hospital (R.P.), Boston; Department of Surgery (S.P.), Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Department of Anesthesiology (H.W.H.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Department of Anesthesiology (R.C.), University of California San Diego; Department of Dermatology (A.R.L.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; and Brigham and Women's Hospital (J.K.S.), Boston, MA. Dr. Bank is now at the Department of Neurology, Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health, Hofstra Zucker School of Medicine, New York
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- From the Department of Neurology (D.S.), University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City; Department of Neurology (A.M.B.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Harvard Medical School; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Boston, MA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (T.L.D.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; American College of Cardiology (R.P.), Washington, DC; Massachusetts General Hospital (R.P.), Boston; Department of Surgery (S.P.), Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Department of Anesthesiology (H.W.H.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Department of Anesthesiology (R.C.), University of California San Diego; Department of Dermatology (A.R.L.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; and Brigham and Women's Hospital (J.K.S.), Boston, MA. Dr. Bank is now at the Department of Neurology, Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health, Hofstra Zucker School of Medicine, New York
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- From the Department of Neurology (D.S.), University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City; Department of Neurology (A.M.B.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Harvard Medical School; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Boston, MA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (T.L.D.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; American College of Cardiology (R.P.), Washington, DC; Massachusetts General Hospital (R.P.), Boston; Department of Surgery (S.P.), Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Department of Anesthesiology (H.W.H.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Department of Anesthesiology (R.C.), University of California San Diego; Department of Dermatology (A.R.L.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; and Brigham and Women's Hospital (J.K.S.), Boston, MA. Dr. Bank is now at the Department of Neurology, Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health, Hofstra Zucker School of Medicine, New York
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- From the Department of Neurology (D.S.), University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City; Department of Neurology (A.M.B.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Harvard Medical School; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (J.A.P., J.K.S.), Boston, MA; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (T.L.D.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; American College of Cardiology (R.P.), Washington, DC; Massachusetts General Hospital (R.P.), Boston; Department of Surgery (S.P.), Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Department of Anesthesiology (H.W.H.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Department of Anesthesiology (R.C.), University of California San Diego; Department of Dermatology (A.R.L.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; and Brigham and Women's Hospital (J.K.S.), Boston, MA. Dr. Bank is now at the Department of Neurology, Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health, Hofstra Zucker School of Medicine, New York
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Simpkins AN, Busl KM, Amorim E, Barnett-Tapia C, Cervenka MC, Dhakar MB, Etherton MR, Fung C, Griggs R, Holloway RG, Kelly AG, Khan IR, Lizarraga KJ, Madagan HG, Onweni CL, Mestre H, Rabinstein AA, Rubinos C, Dionisio-Santos DA, Youn TS, Merck LH, Maciel CB. Proceedings from the Neurotherapeutics Symposium on Neurological Emergencies: Shaping the Future of Neurocritical Care. Neurocrit Care 2020; 33:636-645. [PMID: 32959201 PMCID: PMC7736003 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-020-01085-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Effective treatment options for patients with life-threatening neurological disorders are limited. To address this unmet need, high-impact translational research is essential for the advancement and development of novel therapeutic approaches in neurocritical care. "The Neurotherapeutics Symposium 2019-Neurological Emergencies" conference, held in Rochester, New York, in June 2019, was designed to accelerate translation of neurocritical care research via transdisciplinary team science and diversity enhancement. Diversity excellence in the neuroscience workforce brings innovative and creative perspectives, and team science broadens the scientific approach by incorporating views from multiple stakeholders. Both are essential components needed to address complex scientific questions. Under represented minorities and women were involved in the organization of the conference and accounted for 30-40% of speakers, moderators, and attendees. Participants represented a diverse group of stakeholders committed to translational research. Topics discussed at the conference included acute ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, neurogenic respiratory dysregulation, seizures and status epilepticus, brain telemetry, neuroprognostication, disorders of consciousness, and multimodal monitoring. In these proceedings, we summarize the topics covered at the conference and suggest the groundwork for future high-yield research in neurologic emergencies.
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- Alexis N Simpkins
- Department of Neurology, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Room L3-100, 1149 Newell Drive, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Room L3-100, 1149 Newell Drive, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Ellen and Martin Prosserman Centre for Neuromuscular Disorders, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- J. Phillip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Room L3-100, 1149 Newell Drive, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Center for Translational Neuromedicine, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
- Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Room L3-100, 1149 Newell Drive, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Pikula A, Catanese L, Bushnell CD, Caso V, Silver JK. How to Be Savvy About Gender Disparities in Academic Stroke Medicine: Five Practical Strategies. Stroke 2020; 51:e261-e265. [PMID: 32811376 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.120.029546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In the past decade, stroke medicine has evolved from discovery of innovative diagnostic tools to implementation of new treatments. These advances are projected to increase the demand for stroke neurologists in academic and clinical practices, but hopefully with equitable opportunities for everyone across the gender spectrum. Academic medicine provides opportunities to participate in clinical care, teaching, research, and administration. The early career stage is short-focused on finding an academic niche and developing new skills that will help you navigate the academic environment. A recent InterSECT article emphasized the critical role of women's leadership in stroke medicine. In this article, we reflect on workforce gender disparities and provide 5 practical strategies that may help women overcome barriers and advance their work mission.
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- Aleksandra Pikula
- Division of Neurology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada (A.P.)
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- Department of Medicine (Neurology), Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Canada (L.C.)
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- Department of Neurology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Health (C.D.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Emergency, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia, Italy (V.C.)
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- Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School (J.K.S.)
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