Gender Disparities Among Award and Grant Recipients in Annual Infectious Disease Society Meetings.

IF 4.7 3区医学 Q1 INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Infectious Diseases and Therapy Pub Date : 2025-04-03 DOI:10.1007/s40121-025-01144-z

Digbijay Kunwar, Ili Margalit, Elda Righi, Asma Nasim, Dafna Yahav, Noam Tau

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Abstract

Introduction: Gender inequity in medical academic forums persists despite attempts to ensure better gender equality. In this study, we aimed to assess the proportion of female award and grant winners in both the ESCMID global and IDWeek conferences.

Methods: Female award and grant winners in infectious diseases conferences (2009-2023) were evaluated. Data were collected from the conferences' program book and websites. Gender for each award or grant recipient was assessed using Genderize.io or, if inconclusive, manually. We summarized proportions of women award/grant winners by society and over time.

Results: Between 2009 and 2023, 39% (34/88) of ESCMID award winners and 57% (858/1504) of grant winners were women; For IDWeek, 32% (39/122) of award winners and 68% (17/25) of grant winners were women. For both societies there was a clear increase in women's representation from 2009 to 2014, with stabilization thereafter.

Conclusions: Representation of women in conferences has vastly improved over the years, though additional policies and programs are needed to reduce the remaining gender disparities.

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Infectious Diseases and Therapy Medicine-Microbiology (medical)

CiteScore

8.60

自引率

1.90%

发文量

136

审稿时长

6 weeks

期刊介绍： Infectious Diseases and Therapy is an international, open access, peer-reviewed, rapid publication journal dedicated to the publication of high-quality clinical (all phases), observational, real-world, and health outcomes research around the discovery, development, and use of infectious disease therapies and interventions, including vaccines and devices. Studies relating to diagnostic products and diagnosis, pharmacoeconomics, public health, epidemiology, quality of life, and patient care, management, and education are also encouraged. Areas of focus include, but are not limited to, bacterial and fungal infections, viral infections (including HIV/AIDS and hepatitis), parasitological diseases, tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases, vaccinations and other interventions, and drug-resistance, chronic infections, epidemiology and tropical, emergent, pediatric, dermal and sexually-transmitted diseases.