Viewpoint: A challenge to academic health centers and the National Institutes of Health to prevent unintended gender bias in the selection of clinical and translational science award leaders

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-206

  Carnes, Molly ^a,c   Bland, Carole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BIOMEDICINE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STEREOTYPY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33846651517     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31802d939f     Document Type: Short Survey

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