Gender Inequality

Despite a nearly sex-balanced allergy workforce and strategic efforts to address inequality, there remains a persistent sex disparity in award recognition, according to a letter published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Mid-career medical faculty women reported higher rates of both personal and work-related burnout compared with men, according to survey results published in JAMA Network Open.

Female immigrant and Puerto Rican minority medical graduates experienced racial/ethnic and gender discrimination in the U.S. at higher rates than their male counterparts, according to study results presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Historically, women have received far fewer rheumatology awards than men, a trend that is changing — albeit slowly.

Global progress in women as senior authors in cancer research remains modest compared with men, according to research published in BMJ Oncology.

Gender bias occurs across the board in the ophthalmic field, just as in any other.

Women in medicine reported an overall perception of academic medicine as a “male-centric system misaligned with the needs of women,” according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

The prevalence of training physicians’ experience of sexual harassment decreased, though the prevalence of sexual coercion doubled, with three in four female interns experiencing sexual harassment in 2023, according to study results.

The proportion of female surgeon-scientists increased between 2012 and 2022 but remained underfunded with certain NIH grants compared with their male counterparts, according to study findings published in JAMA Surgery.

First-generation medical students reported experiencing increased adversity with inadequate institutional support during undergraduate medical training, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.