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Title of the article
Women in clinical autonomic research and the autonomic societies: how far have we come in thirty years?
List of authors
Chloe E. Taylor · Amy C. Arnold · Alessandra Fanciulli · Federica Provini · Qi Fu · Vaughan G. Macefeld · Debra E. Weese-Mayer · Cyndya Shibao · Nisha Charkoudian · Victoria E. Claydon
The journal in which the article is published
Clinical Autonomic Research
PMID: 33454833
doi: 10.1007/s10286-021-00768-8.
A brief summary
This article was an editorial written by predominantly women leaders of the key international autonomic societies, aiming to examine the roles and representation of women in autonomic neuroscience. Our analyses highlighted that while the autonomic societies have changed from being entirely dominated by males to now achieving gender parity in membership, women remain underrepresented in leadership roles. Publications and membership of the editorial board of a leading autonomic journal were also examined, and showed fewer women represented in authorship, particularly in the leadership roles represented by first and senior author, and fewer female members of the editorial board. These data highlight that, while there have been improvements in gender equity in the field over the last 30 years, there is still much more work to be done. Consideration of equity issues should be prioritised, and focused not only on gender equity, but representation and inclusion of other underrepresented groups, to ensure a rich and diverse community of autonomic clinicians and scientists working together to address pertinent autonomic issues in their research and clinical practice.
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