Representation of Women in Cardiovascular Clinical Trial Leadership

Kara J Denby; Natalie Szpakowski; Julie Silver; Mary Norine Walsh; Steve Nissen; Leslie Cho

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.2485

Representation of Women in Cardiovascular Clinical Trial Leadership

JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Oct 1;180(10):1382-1383. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.2485.

Authors

Kara J Denby¹, Natalie Szpakowski¹, Julie Silver², Mary Norine Walsh³, Steve Nissen¹, Leslie Cho¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Cardiology, St Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Abstract

This quality improvement study describes representation of women within leadership committees of clinical trials and in lead authorship positions of ensuing cardiovascular trial publications.

MeSH terms

Cardiologists / statistics & numerical data*
Cardiovascular Diseases / therapy
Clinical Trials as Topic / statistics & numerical data*
Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic
Female
Humans
Leadership*
Male
Physicians, Women / statistics & numerical data*