Despite significant progress in recent decades, the recruitment, advancement, and
promotion of women in academia remain low. Women represent a large portion of the talent …

Objective Greater numbers of women in medicine have not resulted in more women
achieving senior positions. Programs supporting the recruitment, promotion, and retention of …

Women are under-represented in academic medicine. We reviewed the empirical evidence
focusing on the reasons for women's choice or rejection of careers in academic medicine …

Background In response to the landmark report “Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the
Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering,” the NIH Office of Research on …

Background: Women have entered academic medicine in significant numbers for 4 decades
and now comprise 20% of full-time faculty. Despite this, women have not reached senior …

Purpose A scarcity of women in leadership positions in academic medicine has persisted
despite their increasing numbers in medical training. To understand the barriers confronting …

Over the past 25 years, the number of women graduating from medical schools in the United
States and Canada has increased dramatically to the point where roughly equal numbers of …

Women represent approximately half of students entering medical schools and more than
half of those entering PhD programs. When advancing through the academic and …

The term “glass ceiling” refers to women's lack of advancement into leadership positions
despite no visible barriers. The term has been applied to academic medicine for over a …

Despite good intentions and occasional interventions by leaders in higher education,
women are still underrepresented in academic leadership positions, both absolutely and …