Women in clinical autonomic research and the autonomic societies: how far have we come in thirty years?

A recent I Clinical Autonomic Research i special issue highlighting sex differences in autonomic cardiovascular control was spearheaded by women leaders in the field who are also members of the I Clinical Autonomic Research i editorial board [[17]]. We also determined the number of men and women in leadership positions for the following boards and societies: I Clinical Autonomic Research i editorial board (1991-2020), AAS board of directors (1992-2020), the EFAS council (1998-2020), and ISAN executive committee (1997-2019). Women were also underrepresented in leadership positions such as the ISAN executive committee, EFAS board, and Clinical Autonomic Research editorial board, although parity was recently achieved for the AAS board (c). Accordingly, the autonomic community, including the American Autonomic Society (AAS), the European Federation of Autonomic Societies (EFAS) and the International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience (ISAN), has made a huge impact on the lives of thousands of women. [Extracted from the article]