1. Gender bias in academia: A lifetime problem that needs solutions
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Adrienne L. Fairhall, Rosa Dominguez-Faus, Nancy Kopell, Ilina Bhaya-Grossman, Brooke Staveland, Katarina Slama, Mark A. Gorenstein, Robert T. Knight, Richard Jimenez, Joni D. Wallis, Athina Tzovara, Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas, Jack J. Lin, Ignacio Saez, Dylan Riley, Maria Ivanova, Yvonne M. Fonken, Ivan Skelin, Chris Holdgraf, Déborah Marciano, Julia W. Y. Kam, Celeste Kidd, Danielle S. Bassett, Nicholas E. Myers, Adeen Flinker, Zachariah R. Cross, Soyeon Jun, Anaïs Llorens, Enitan T Marcelle, Anna C. Nobre, Anat Perry, Sabine Kastner, Stephanie Martin, Shlomit Yuval-Greenberg, Karita E. Ojala, Nina F. Dronkers, Laura J. Kray, Colin W. Hoy, Stephanie K. Riès, William K. Chang, Aurélie Bidet-Caulet, Ludovic Bellier, Xiao Jing Wang, Anne Kristin Solbakk, Elizabeth A. Buffalo, University of California [Berkeley] (UC Berkeley), University of California (UC), University of Bern, Centre de recherche en neurosciences de Lyon - Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of South Australia [Adelaide], University of California [Davis] (UC Davis), New York University School of Medicine (NYU), New York University School of Medicine, NYU System (NYU)-NYU System (NYU), University of Oxford, Seoul National University [Seoul] (SNU), Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf = University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf [Hamburg] (UKE), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ), Stanford University, San Diego State University (SDSU), University of California [Irvine] (UC Irvine), University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington [Seattle], Boston University [Boston] (BU), University of Oslo (UiO), New York University [New York] (NYU), NYU System (NYU), Tel Aviv University (TAU), Princeton University, Otten, Lisa, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes (INS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Llorens, Anaïs, Tzovara, Athina, Bellier, Ludovic, Bhaya-Grossman, Ilina, Cross, Zachariah R, and Dronkers, Nina F
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Gender Equity ,Male ,academic institutions ,Gender equity ,Universities ,Inequality ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Sexism ,MEDLINE ,gender equity ,Article ,Gender bias ,Psychology ,Humans ,000 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,media_common ,Neurology & Neurosurgery ,Research ,[SCCO.NEUR]Cognitive science/Neuroscience ,General Neuroscience ,[SCCO.NEUR] Cognitive science/Neuroscience ,Neurosciences ,510 Mathematik ,[SHS.GENRE] Humanities and Social Sciences/Gender studies ,Mental health ,Research Personnel ,Brain Disorders ,Mental Health ,Good Health and Well Being ,Balance (accounting) ,Cognitive Sciences ,Female ,Demographic economics ,Generic health relevance ,610 Medizin und Gesundheit ,[SHS.GENRE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Gender studies ,Diversity (politics) - Abstract
International audience; Despite increased awareness of the lack of gender equity in academia and a growing number of initiatives to address issues of diversity, change is slow, and inequalities remain. A major source of inequity is gender bias, which has a substantial negative impact on the careers, work-life balance, and mental health of underrepresented groups in science. Here, we argue that gender bias is not a single problem but manifests as a collection of distinct issues that impact researchers’ lives. We disentangle these facets and propose concrete solutions that can be adopted by individuals, academic institutions, and society
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- 2021