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Abstract Details

Gender’s Influence on Career Success of Physician-Scientists in Neurology
Research Methodology, 好色先生, and History
S44 - Research Methodology and 好色先生 (5:18 PM-5:30 PM)
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To determine the influence of gender on research career success amongst Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) graduates in neurology.
Ongoing concern over physician-scientist attrition has attracted significant attention. Research has documented an influx of women training to become physician-scientists over the past decade, but little about their research contributions and professional success as physician-scientists is known.  Although many studies have investigated gender disparities in research success in other medical specialties, gender disparity in the scientific achievement and professional advancement in neurology and neuroscience has received less attention. 
Gender differences in research outcomes were measured in a cohort of 108 graduates of the top NINDS and NIH-funded MSTPs from 2000 and 2010.  Three research success outcomes were collected from SCOPUS and NIH RePORT for each participant including 1) h indices, 2) federal grant award rates, and 3) research independence attainment (R01/R21).  A comparison of the performance of females versus males was made for each outcome.
MSTP students were predominantly male, with less than 1/3rd being female.  The percentage of males and females in the MSTP cohort with grant awards and research independence were similar.  A relationship between gender and h index factor was observed, in which males had higher h indexes.
The findings in this study help highlight that in neurology, fewer women than men enter the physician-scientist pipeline through the MSTP training pathway.  Because female neurologists with MSTP training have the same chance of research success as men with the same training, increasing the number of female MSTP graduates seems to be a logical strategy to develop more female physician-scientists and reduce gender disparity in academic neurology.
Authors/Disclosures
Jenna L. Brownrout
PRESENTER 		No disclosure on file
Wyatt P. Bensken (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) No disclosure on file
Taylor Gordon No disclosure on file
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Avindra Nath, MD, MBBS, FAAN (National Institutes of Health) The institution of Dr. Nath has received research support from National Institutes of Health. The institution of Dr. Nath has received research support from Target ALS. Dr. Nath has received intellectual property interests from a discovery or technology relating to health care.
Omar Khan, MD, FAAN Dr. Khan has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as an Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Advisory Board Member for Elsevier. Dr. Khan has received personal compensation in the range of $100,000-$499,999 for serving as a Director of Epilepsy Center with Veterans Affairs. An immediate family member of Dr. Khan has received personal compensation in the range of $100,000-$499,999 for serving as a Clinical Reviewer with FDA.