Impact of Gender and Race on Academic Achievements for Neurology Faculty.
Sima Patel1, Parneet Grewal2, Christa O'hana Nobleza3, Neishay Ayub4, Doris Kung5, Suma Shah6, Myriam Abdennadher7, Halley Alexander8, Natasha Frost9, Seema Nagpal10, Sarah Durica11, June Yoshii-Contreras12, Katherine Zarroli13, Padmaja Sudhakar14, Chen Zhao15, Sol De Jesus16, Deborah Bradshaw17, Nicole Brescia18, Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer19, Laura Tormoehlen20, Sneha Mantri21, Laurie Gutmann22, Ailing Yang23, Annie He24, Cythnia Zheng1, Virginia Howard25, Julie Silver26, Alyssa Westring27, Sasha Alick-Lindstrom28, Jane Allendorfer29
1University of Minnesota, 2Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, 3Baptist Medical Group, 4Brown Neurology, 5Baylor College of Medicine, 6Duke University Medical Center, 7Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, 8Wake Forest Baptsit Health, 9University of Wisconsin Department of Neurology, 10Stanford Cancer Center, 11Oklahoma university, 12UC san diego, 13University of Florida-Jacksonville, 14Kentucky Neuroscience Institute, 15Penn State Hershey Medical Center, 16Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, 17SUNY Upstate Medical University, 18Neurology, Upstate Medical University, 19Cleveland Clinic, 20Indiana University, 21Duke University, 22University of Indiana, 23BIDMC, 24UT Southwestern, 25University of Alabama At Birmingham, 26Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 27Depaul, 28UT Southwestern Medical Center, 29U of Alabama At Birmingham, Neurology
Objective:
To evaluate the impact of gender and race on academic achievements for neurology faculty.
Background:
Intersectionality data for gender and race of neurology faculty with respect to academic achievements are lacking. We hypothesize the greatest discrepancies in achievement exist for women who are black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC).
Design/Methods:
The Women in Neurology Collaborative Study survey was administered to 19 US academic neurology centers. Participants self-reported achievement related to rank, leadership positions, publications, funded projects, awards, and speakerships. Regression analyses examined intersectional effects between Gender (woman, man) and Race (BIPOC, White) on achievement variables. Significant results are reported as odds ratio percentage (p<0.05).
Results:
The 431 faculty participants consisted of 21% BIPOC women (BW), 36% White women (WW), 12% BIPOC men (BM), and 31% White men (WM). The odds of being a full professor are lower for BW (23%), WW (39%), and BM (41%) compared to WM; odds of holding leadership positions are lower for BW (44%) and WW (72%) compared to WM; odds for number of publications over last 5 years are lower for BW (59%) and BM (48%) compared to WM; odds for number of funded projects are lower for BW (29%), WW (52%), and BM (38%) compared to WM; odds for number of awards are lower for BW (28%), WW (49%), and BM (37%) compared to WM; odds of guest speakership opportunities are lower for BW (33%), WW (49%), and BM (24%) compared to WM.
Conclusions:
The odds of academic achievement are consistently lower for BIPOC women, White women, and BIPOC men compared to White men, with the greatest discrepancy for BIPOC women. The current climate must change to ensure our ability to recruit and retain women and BIPOC faculty in neurology.