Speaking out about gender imbalance in invited speakers improves diversity

Robyn S Klein; Rhonda Voskuhl; Benjamin M Segal; Bonnie N Dittel; Thomas E Lane; John R Bethea; Monica J Carson; Carol Colton; Susanna Rosi; Aileen Anderson; Laura Piccio; Joan M Goverman; Etty N Benveniste; Melissa A Brown; Seema Kaushalya Tiwari-Woodruff; Tajie H Harris; Anne H Cross

doi:10.1038/ni.3707

Speaking out about gender imbalance in invited speakers improves diversity

Nat Immunol. 2017 Apr 18;18(5):475-478. doi: 10.1038/ni.3707.

Authors

Robyn S Klein¹, Rhonda Voskuhl², Benjamin M Segal³, Bonnie N Dittel⁴, Thomas E Lane⁵, John R Bethea⁶, Monica J Carson⁷, Carol Colton⁸, Susanna Rosi⁹, Aileen Anderson¹⁰, Laura Piccio¹¹, Joan M Goverman¹², Etty N Benveniste¹³, Melissa A Brown¹⁴, Seema Kaushalya Tiwari-Woodruff⁷, Tajie H Harris¹⁵, Anne H Cross¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Internal Medicine, Pathology &Immunology, and Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
² Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
⁴ Blood Research Institute, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
⁵ Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
⁶ Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁷ Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, California, USA.
⁸ Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁹ Departments of Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science and Neurological Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
¹⁰ Departments of Physical Medicine &Rehabilitation, and Anatomy, and Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
¹¹ Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
¹² Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
¹³ Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Neuroscience, Center for Brain Immunology and Glia, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

PMID: 28418385
PMCID: PMC5775963
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3707

Abstract

Omissions of qualified women scientists from major meeting programs continue to occur despite a surge in articles indicating persistent gender-discriminatory practices in hiring and promotion, and calls for gender balance in conference organizing committees.

MeSH terms

Allergy and Immunology
Congresses as Topic*
Female
Humans
Interpersonal Relations*
Male
Sexism*
Speech

Abstract

MeSH terms

Grants and funding