Analysis of Faculty Gender and Race in Scholarly Achievements in Academic Neurology

Sima I Patel¹, Parneet Grewal², Christa O'Hana S Nobleza³, Neishay Ayub⁴, Kim-Eng Ky⁵, Doris H Kung⁶, Suma Shah⁷, Myriam Abdennadher⁸, Halley B Alexander⁹, Natasha Frost¹⁰, Kamala Rodrigues¹¹, Sarah Durica¹², Seema Nagpal¹³, June Yoshii-Contreras¹⁴, Katherine Zarroli¹⁵, Padmaja Sudhakar¹⁶, Chen Zhao¹⁷, Sol De Jesus¹⁷, Deborah Bradshaw¹⁸, Nicole Brescia¹⁸, Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer¹⁹, Laura Tormoehlen²⁰, Laurie Gutmann²⁰, Sneha Mantri²¹, Ailing Yang²², Annie He²², Cynthia Zheng¹, Mark Fiecas²³, Julie K Silver²⁴, Alyssa F Westring²⁵, Sasha Alick-Lindstrom²², Jane B Allendorfer²⁶

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¹ Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA.
² Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
³ Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center/Baptist Medical Group, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
⁵ School of Statistics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁷ Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁸ Department of Neurology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁹ Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
¹¹ Neurology, Stanford Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
¹² Department of Neurology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
¹³ Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
¹⁶ Kentucky Neuroscience Institute and Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Neurology, Penn State Health, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
¹⁸ Department of Neurology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
²⁰ Department of Neurology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
²¹ Department of Neurology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
²² Department of Neurology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
²³ Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
²⁴ Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
²⁵ Department of Management & Entrepreneurship, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
²⁶ Departments of Neurology and Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

PMID: 38985654
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2023.0983

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Analysis of Faculty Gender and Race in Scholarly Achievements in Academic Neurology

Sima I Patel et al. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 Nov.

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. 2024 Nov;33(11):1464-1475.

doi: 10.1089/jwh.2023.0983. Epub 2024 Jul 10.

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA.
² Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
³ Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center/Baptist Medical Group, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
⁵ School of Statistics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁷ Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁸ Department of Neurology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁹ Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
¹¹ Neurology, Stanford Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
¹² Department of Neurology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
¹³ Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
¹⁶ Kentucky Neuroscience Institute and Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Neurology, Penn State Health, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
¹⁸ Department of Neurology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
²⁰ Department of Neurology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
²¹ Department of Neurology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
²² Department of Neurology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
²³ Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
²⁴ Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
²⁵ Department of Management & Entrepreneurship, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
²⁶ Departments of Neurology and Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

PMID: 38985654
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2023.0983

Abstract

Background: Intersection of gender and race and/or ethnicity in academic medicine is understudied; we aim to understand these factors in relation to scholarly achievements for neurology faculty. Methods: Faculty from 19 US neurology departments completed a survey (2021-2022) to report rank, leadership positions, publications, funded projects, awards, and speaker invitations. Regression analyses examined effects of gender, race, and their intersectionality on these achievements. Women, Black/Indigenous/People of Color (BIPOC), and BIPOC women were comparator groups. Results: Four hundred sixty-two faculty responded: 55% women, 43% men; 31% BIPOC, 63% White; 21% BIPOC women, 12% BIPOC men, 36% White women, 31% White men. Men and White faculty are more likely to be full professors than women and BIPOC faculty. The number of leadership positions, funded projects, awards, and speaker invitations are significantly greater in White compared to BIPOC faculty. Relative to BIPOC women, the number of leadership positions is significantly higher among BIPOC men, White women, and White men. Publication numbers for BIPOC men are lower, number of funded projects and speaker invitations for White women are higher, and number of awards among White men and White women is higher compared to BIPOC women. Discussion: Our study highlights that inequities in academic rank, award number, funded projects, speakership invitations, and leadership roles disproportionately impacted BIPOC women. More studies are needed to evaluate gender and race and/or ethnicity intersectionality effects on faculty achievements, reasons for inequities, recognition, and potential solutions.

Keywords: career advancement; equity; ethnicity; intersectionality; promotion; racial disparities.

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