Gender Inequality

Gender equity has been identified as a problem in academic medicine for decades — including publishing — and it marginalizes an entire crucial talent pool.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Healio Gastroenterology and its collaborators unveiled its newest class of Disruptive Innovators Award recipients during the 2023 American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting.

Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, and Avital Y. O’Glasser, MD, FACP, FHM, have published an anthology focused on the need for change and growth in addressing gender inequities in medicine.

Portraying professional women as superheroes who “do it all” can foster a narrative that can hold them back from career advancement, according to a presenter at the 2023 AWIR annual conference.

Laura B. Enyedi, MD, and Dagny Zhu, MD, discuss contract negotiations and the gender wage-gap in ophthalmology with Lisa Nijm, MD, JD.

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — Being an effective male ally for gender equality involves more than proclaiming to be an ally, but actively working to promote and mentor female colleagues, noted a presenter at the Scrubs and Heels Summit.

An analysis of hundreds of stroke trials shows significantly more men than women were registered as principal investigators from 2011 to 2020, with the most striking difference observed for acute stroke trials, researchers reported.

Female ophthalmologists may have a higher documentation burden than male ophthalmologists, which could lead to more burnout, according to a poster presented at Real World Ophthalmology.

An analysis of public awards data from professional cardiology societies shows that about 75% of awards are presented to white men, despite efforts to recognize women and people from underrepresented groups, researchers reported.

CHICAGO — Students at every level of medical training have implicit biases that favor people who are male, young, white, thin and non-LGBTQ+, according to research presented at the Women in Medicine Summit.