Much has been written recently on gender disparities in medicine and the negative
outcomes that result for women. The impetus for examining these disparities is manifold …

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 …

Abstract The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM)
Program for Women is designed to promote the careers of senior female leaders in …

Background: Academic medicine has initiated changes in policy, practice, and programs
over the past several decades to address persistent gender disparity and other issues …

Purpose: To evaluate the experience of gender discrimination among a limited sample of
women in academic medicine, specifically, the role of discrimination in hindering careers …

Importance The persistence of inequities that disadvantage women physicians remains
empirically underexplained. Understanding the cultural factors that are associated with …

In this perspective piece, we describe a multifactorial phenomenon whereby academic
women physicians become invisible in the mid-career stage. Barriers, both small and large …

Background: The percentage of women graduating from US medical schools has increased
dramatically over the past 30 years, but the distribution of women and men across faculty …

Background: Women represent a persistently low proportion of faculty in senior and
leadership roles in medical schools, despite an adequate pipeline. Objectives: This article …

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 …