Gender, race/ethnicity, and national institutes of health R01 research awards: Is there evidence of a double bind for women of color'

Academic Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1098-1107

  Ginther, Donna K ^a,b   Kahn, Shulamit ^c   Schaffer, Walter T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PROBABILITY; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84974801228     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001278     Document Type: Article

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