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Will COVID-19 result in a giant step backwards for women in academic science?
Shamseer, Larissa; Bourgeault, Ivy; Grunfeld, Eva; Moore, Ainsley; Peer, Nazia; Straus, Sharon E; Tricco, Andrea C.
  • Shamseer L; Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, 209 Victoria Street, East Building, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada. Electronic address: Larissa.shamseer@unityhealth.to.
  • Bourgeault I; School of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Ottawa, 120 University Private, Social Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada.
  • Grunfeld E; Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, 500 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1V7, Canada.
  • Moore A; Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, 100 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8P 1H6, Canada.
  • Peer N; Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, 209 Victoria Street, East Building, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada.
  • Straus SE; Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, 209 Victoria Street, East Building, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada; Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Toronto, 6 Queen's Park Crescent West, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H2, Canad
  • Tricco AC; Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, 209 Victoria Street, East Building, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada; Epidemiology Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Institute for Health, Management, and Evaluation, Univers
J Clin Epidemiol ; 134: 160-166, 2021 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1118537
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COVID-19 has disproportionately placed women in academic science on the frontlines of domestic and clinical care compared to men. As a result, women in science are publishing less and potentially acquiring less funding during COVID-19 than compared to before. This widens the pre-existing gap between men and women in prevailing, publication-based measures of productivity used to determine academic career progression. Early career women and those with intersectional identities associated with greater inequities, are facing unique challenges during this time. We argue that women will fall further behind unless academic reward systems adjust how and what they evaluate. We propose several strategies that academic institutions, funders, journals, and men in academic science can take.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Publishing / Career Mobility / Biomedical Research / Efficiency / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Language: English Journal: J Clin Epidemiol Journal subject: Epidemiology Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Publishing / Career Mobility / Biomedical Research / Efficiency / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Language: English Journal: J Clin Epidemiol Journal subject: Epidemiology Year: 2021 Document Type: Article