Gender bias in academia: A lifetime problem that needs solutions

A Llorens, A Tzovara, L Bellier, I Bhaya-Grossman… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Despite increased awareness of the lack of gender equity in academia and a growing
number of initiatives to address issues of diversity, change is slow, and inequalities remain …

Disrupting gender norms in health systems: making the case for change

K Hay, L McDougal, V Percival, S Henry, J Klugman… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Restrictive gender norms and gender inequalities are replicated and reinforced in health
systems, contributing to gender inequalities in health. In this Series paper, we explore how …

Gender disparity in citations in high-impact journal articles

P Chatterjee, RM Werner - JAMA Network Open, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
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 …

Academic productivity differences by gender and child age in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic

RA Krukowski, R Jagsi, MI Cardel - Journal of Women's Health, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Background: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most faculty in science, technology,
engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) began working from home, including …

The diversity–innovation paradox in science

B Hofstra, VV Kulkarni… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Prior work finds a diversity paradox: Diversity breeds innovation, yet underrepresented
groups that diversify organizations have less successful careers within them. Does the …

Gender, race and parenthood impact academic productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic: from survey to action

F Staniscuaski, L Kmetzsch, RC Soletti… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is altering dynamics in academia, and
people juggling remote work and domestic demands–including childcare–have felt impacts …

The need for feminist intersectionality in digital health

CA Figueroa, T Luo, A Aguilera… - The Lancet Digital Health, 2021 - thelancet.com
Digital health, including the use of mobile health apps, telemedicine, and data analytics to
improve health systems, has surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. The social and …

[HTML][HTML] Promoting inclusive metrics of success and impact to dismantle a discriminatory reward system in science

SW Davies, HM Putnam, T Ainsworth, JK Baum… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Success and impact metrics in science are based on a system that perpetuates sexist and
racist “rewards” by prioritizing citations and impact factors. These metrics are flawed and …

Why so few, still? Challenges to attracting, advancing, and keeping women faculty of color in academia

JE Fox Tree, J Vaid - Frontiers in Sociology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
From its earliest beginnings, the university was not designed for women, and certainly not for
women of color. Women of color in the United States are disproportionately under …

Turning chutes into ladders for women faculty: A review and roadmap for equity in academia

MI Cardel, E Dhurandhar, C Yarar-Fisher… - Journal of Women's …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
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 …