Representation of Women on National Institutes of Health Study Sections

Anna Volerman; Vineet M Arora; John F Cursio; Helen Wei; Valerie G Press

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.37346

Representation of Women on National Institutes of Health Study Sections

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Feb 1;4(2):e2037346. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.37346.

Authors

Anna Volerman^{1

2}, Vineet M Arora¹, John F Cursio³, Helen Wei⁴, Valerie G Press^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
² Section of Academic Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Public Health Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
⁴ Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines the proportion of women represented on National Institutes of Health study sections and whether there is an association with research funding levels.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Logistic Models
Multivariate Analysis
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)*
Research Personnel / statistics & numerical data*
Research Support as Topic / statistics & numerical data*
Sex Distribution
United States
Women*