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Science faculty’s subtle gender biases favor male students

In a randomized double-blind study 127 science faculty from research-intensive universities rated the application materials of a student—who was randomly assigned...

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Faculty Perceptions of Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in Academic Medicine

The following study, published in Annals of Internal Medicine examines the prevalence of gender-based discrimination and sexual harassment among medical school...

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Mediators of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mentored K Award Receipt Among U.S. Medical School Graduates.

Individuals in some racial or ethnic groups are less likely to receive federal funding from Mentored K career development award. The authors of this study seeks to...

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Inadequate Progress for Women in Academic Medicine: Findings from the National Faculty Study

This study explores the gender climate in academic medicine as perceived by representatives to the AAMC, GWIMS, and GDI, through a series of semistructured...

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Striving for Gender Equity in Academic Medicine Careers: A Call to Action

Women represent approximately half of students entering medical schools and more than half of those entering PhD programs. In the following commentary, the authors...

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Sponsorship: A Path to the Academic Medicine C-suite for Women Faculty?

Despite increases in the percentages of women medical school graduates and faculty over the past decade, women physicians and scientists remain underrepresented in...

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Why Do Faculty Leave? Reasons for Attrition of Women and Minority Faculty from a Medical School: Four-Year Results

166 medical school faculty who left the School of Medicine between 2001 and 2005 completed a survey about their reasons for leaving. The 3 most common overall...

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National Research Study Finds Large Gaps in U.S. Physician Compensation

The following article summarizes the Physician Compensation Report, a comprehensive survey of US physician compensation based on more than 65,000 verified US...

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Gender Pay Gaps Widen for Newly Trained Physicians

Researchers at the Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS) analyzed starting salary trends for physicians who completed graduate medical education (GME) training...

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Female doctors adjust lives to accommodate home

Female physicians are more likely to make professional adjustments to accommodate their responsibilities at home. Nearly half of the spouses of male physicians...

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