Who Resembles a Scientific Leader-Jack or Jill? How Implicit Bias Could Influence Research Grant Funding

doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031295

. 2018 Feb 20;137(8):769-770.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031295.

Who Resembles a Scientific Leader-Jack or Jill? How Implicit Bias Could Influence Research Grant Funding

Christine Kolehmainen¹, Molly Carnes^{2

3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ William S. Middleton Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI (C.K.).
² Department of Medicine (M.C.) mlcarnes@wisc.edu.
³ Center for Women's Health Research (M.C.).
⁴ School of Medicine and Public Health; and Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (M.C.).
⁵ Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI) (M.C.), College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

PMID: 29459461
PMCID: PMC5822732
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031295

Who Resembles a Scientific Leader-Jack or Jill? How Implicit Bias Could Influence Research Grant Funding

Christine Kolehmainen et al. Circulation. 2018.

. 2018 Feb 20;137(8):769-770.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031295.

Authors

Christine Kolehmainen¹, Molly Carnes^{2

3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ William S. Middleton Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI (C.K.).
² Department of Medicine (M.C.) mlcarnes@wisc.edu.
³ Center for Women's Health Research (M.C.).
⁴ School of Medicine and Public Health; and Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (M.C.).
⁵ Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI) (M.C.), College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

PMID: 29459461
PMCID: PMC5822732
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031295

No abstract available

Keywords: bias; cardiologists; cardiovascular diseases; research support as topic; sexism; women.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: No Conflict of Interest

Cited by

The Effect of an Orthopaedic Surgeon's Attire on Patient Perceptions of Surgeon Traits and Identity: A Cross-Sectional Survey.
Goldstein SD, Klosterman EL, Hetzel SJ, Grogan BF, Williams KL, Guiao R, Spiker AM. Goldstein SD, et al. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2020 Aug;4(8):e20.00097-11. doi: 10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-20-00097. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2020. PMID: 32769708 Free PMC article.
Research Conducted in Women Was Deemed More Impactful but Less Publishable than the Same Research Conducted in Men.
Murrar S, Johnson PA, Lee YG, Carnes M. Murrar S, et al. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2021 Sep;30(9):1259-1267. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2020.8666. Epub 2021 Mar 12. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2021. PMID: 33719578 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Cardiovascular Leaders Are Made, not Born.
Sadayappan S. Sadayappan S. Circ Res. 2019 Feb 15;124(4):484-487. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.118.314611. Circ Res. 2019. PMID: 30763211 Free PMC article.
Highlighting Counterstereotypical Scientists in Undergraduate Life Science Courses.
Costello RA, Ewell SN, Adams PE, Aranda ML, Curry A, De Jesus MM, Dunk RDP, García-Ojeda ME, Gutzler SJ, Habersham LRA, Kjelvik MK, Mateen M, Metzger KJ, Mulligan KX, Owens MT, Pigg RM, Quillin K, Rice MM, Sovi S, Schultheis EH, Schultz J, Theobald EJ, Tracey E, Tripp B, Yang S, Zemenick A, Ballen CJ, Ovid D. Costello RA, et al. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2025 Jun 1;24(2):es1. doi: 10.1187/cbe.24-02-0082. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2025. PMID: 40184170 Free PMC article.
Gender, Race, and Grant Reviews: Translating and Responding to Research Feedback.
Biernat M, Carnes M, Filut A, Kaatz A. Biernat M, et al. Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2020 Jan;46(1):140-154. doi: 10.1177/0146167219845921. Epub 2019 May 15. Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2020. PMID: 31088206 Free PMC article.

See all "Cited by" articles

References

1. Blumenthal DM, Olenski AR, Yeh RW, Yeh DD, Sarma A, Schmidt ACS, Wood MJ, Jena AB. Sex differences in faculty rank among academic cardiologists in the United States. Circulation. 2017;135:506–517. - PMC - PubMed
1. Lewis SJ, Mehta LS, Douglas PS, Gulati M, Limacher MC, Poppas A, Walsh MN, Rzeszut AK, Duvernoy CS, Women ACC. Changes in the professional lives of cardiologists over 2 decades. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69:452–462. - PubMed
1. Hosek SDCA, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Kofner A, Rampahl N, Scott J, Berry SH. RAND Technical Report. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation; 2005. Gender differences in major federal external grant programs.
1. Carnes M, Bartels CM, Kaatz A, Kolehmainen C. Why is John more likely to become department chair than Jennifer? Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc. 2015;126:197–214. - PMC - PubMed
1. Pier EL, Raclaw J, Kaatz A, Brauer M, Carnes M, Nathan MJ, Ford CE. ‘Your comments are meaner than your score’: score calibration talk influences intra- and inter-panel variability during scientific grant peer review. Res Eval. 2017;26:1–14. - PMC - PubMed

Publication types

Actions

MeSH terms

Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions

Grants and funding

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources
Other Literature Sources
- scite Smart Citations
Medical
- MedlinePlus Health Information

[1] Blumenthal DM, Olenski AR, Yeh RW, Yeh DD, Sarma A, Schmidt ACS, Wood MJ, Jena AB. Sex differences in faculty rank among academic cardiologists in the United States. Circulation. 2017;135:506–517. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Blumenthal DM, Olenski AR, Yeh RW, Yeh DD, Sarma A, Schmidt ACS, Wood MJ, Jena AB. Sex differences in faculty rank among academic cardiologists in the United States. Circulation. 2017;135:506–517. - PMC - PubMed

[3] Lewis SJ, Mehta LS, Douglas PS, Gulati M, Limacher MC, Poppas A, Walsh MN, Rzeszut AK, Duvernoy CS, Women ACC. Changes in the professional lives of cardiologists over 2 decades. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69:452–462. - PubMed

[4] Lewis SJ, Mehta LS, Douglas PS, Gulati M, Limacher MC, Poppas A, Walsh MN, Rzeszut AK, Duvernoy CS, Women ACC. Changes in the professional lives of cardiologists over 2 decades. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69:452–462. - PubMed

[5] Hosek SDCA, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Kofner A, Rampahl N, Scott J, Berry SH. RAND Technical Report. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation; 2005. Gender differences in major federal external grant programs.

[6] Hosek SDCA, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Kofner A, Rampahl N, Scott J, Berry SH. RAND Technical Report. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation; 2005. Gender differences in major federal external grant programs.

[7] Carnes M, Bartels CM, Kaatz A, Kolehmainen C. Why is John more likely to become department chair than Jennifer? Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc. 2015;126:197–214. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Carnes M, Bartels CM, Kaatz A, Kolehmainen C. Why is John more likely to become department chair than Jennifer? Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc. 2015;126:197–214. - PMC - PubMed

[9] Pier EL, Raclaw J, Kaatz A, Brauer M, Carnes M, Nathan MJ, Ford CE. ‘Your comments are meaner than your score’: score calibration talk influences intra- and inter-panel variability during scientific grant peer review. Res Eval. 2017;26:1–14. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Pier EL, Raclaw J, Kaatz A, Brauer M, Carnes M, Nathan MJ, Ford CE. ‘Your comments are meaner than your score’: score calibration talk influences intra- and inter-panel variability during scientific grant peer review. Res Eval. 2017;26:1–14. - PMC - PubMed

Save citation to file

Email citation

Add to Collections

Add to My Bibliography

Your saved search

Create a file for external citation management software

Your RSS Feed

Who Resembles a Scientific Leader-Jack or Jill? How Implicit Bias Could Influence Research Grant Funding

Affiliations

Who Resembles a Scientific Leader-Jack or Jill? How Implicit Bias Could Influence Research Grant Funding

Authors

Affiliations

Conflict of interest statement

Similar articles

Cited by

References

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Other Literature Sources

Medical