A full century after the passing of the 19th amendment, the composition of today's medical
school classes reflects the gender balance of the US population. Of the country's 92,733 …

For the first time in history, women constitute more than half–50.7% to be exact–of the United
States medical student population. 1, 2, 3 Despite strides made towards gender equality in …

In 1960, only about 5 percent of medical students in the United States were women; today,
the numbers of women and men in medical school are approximately equal. This apparent …

More than a decade ago, women achieved parity with men in the number of matriculants to
medical school, nearly one-third of the faculty of medical schools were women, and there …

In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from medical school in the
United States. Today, women make up 35% of the US physician workforce, and among …

Earlier this year, I was named the first female dean of the Duke University School of
Medicine, an event that National Public Radio summed up in the headline:“Andrews Makes …

Earlier this year, Dr. Anna Wåhlin made headlines for sending a $3.6 million submarine
beneath the ice shelf of Thwaites glacier to study—for the first time ever—how warming …

Gender-based bias and conflation of gender and status are root causes of disparities in
women's health care and the slow advancement of women to leadership in academic …

During the 2019–2020 application cycle—the most recent year for which data is publicly
available—more than 53.5% of applications to MD-granting medical schools came from …

In this issue of the Journal, Nonnemaker reports on a study of the likelihood that women will
pursue full-time careers in academic medicine and the likelihood of their advancement to the …