Background In 2000, a landmark study showed that women who graduated from US medical
schools from 1979 through 1997 were less likely than their male counterparts to be …

When Dr. Lesley Barron was in medical school, she was told it would only be a matter of
time before women occupied top leadership positions in medicine. There was reason for …

Problem Although more female physicians and scientists are choosing careers in academic
medicine, women continue to be underrepresented as medical school faculty, particularly at …

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 …

Since the early 1970s, the numbers of women entering medical school and, subsequently,
academic medicine have increased substantially. However, women faculty have not …

Women in medicine have made progress since Elizabeth Blackwell: the first women to
receive her medical degree in the United States in 1849. Yet although women currently …

Women now make up 37 percent of medical school applicants, 34 percent of medical
students, 28 percent of residents, and 19 percent of full-time medical school faculty …

Women now constitute 43% of US medical students, 37% of residents, and 27% of full-time
medical school faculty. Less than 11% of women faculty are full professors, however …

Despite the fact that women now comprise half of the medical student and resident
populations, women remain underrepresented in prominent leadership positions in …