Gender Disparity in National Institutes of Health Funding Among Surgeon-Scientists From 1995 to 2020.-猫眼课题宝

DOI：

10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.3630

发表时间：

2023-03-01

期刊：

JAMA NETWORK OPEN

影响因子：

13.8

通讯作者：

中科院分区：

医学1区

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作者：

Nguyen, Mytien;Gonzalez, Luis;Chaudhry, Sarwat I.;Ahuja, Nita;Pomahac, Bohdan;Newman, Ashley;Cannon, Ashley;Zarebski, Shenika A.;Dardik, Alan;Boatright, Dowin

来源链接：

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10028489/

What was the gender distribution of National Institutes of Health funding among surgeon-scientists between 1995 and 2020? This cross-sectional study of 2078 surgeon-scientists who received National Institutes of Health funding between 1995 and 2020 found that despite an increase in proportion of women surgeon-scientists, women surgeons remained significantly underrepresented. Compared with surgeon-scientists who are men, women surgeon-scientists were significantly less likely to hold $750 000 or more in annual research funding. These findings suggest that substantial additional support for women surgeon-scientists is necessary to achieve a gender-diverse surgical research workforce. This cross-sectional study compares the distribution of National Institutes of Health (NIH) research project grants among surgeon-scientists over a 25-year period by gender. Surgical diseases account for approximately 30% of the global burden of disease. Gender diversity in biomedical research is critical to generate innovative patient-centered research in surgery. To examine the distribution of biomedical research funding by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) among women and men surgeon-scientists during a 25-year period. This cross-sectional study used publicly available data from the NIH RePORTER (Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools: Expenditures and Results) database for research project grants awarded to women and men surgeon-scientists who were principal investigators between 1995 and 2020. Data were retrieved between January 20 and March 20, 2022. The representation of women surgeon-scientists among academic surgeons was compared with the representation of men surgeon-scientists over time. Distribution of NIH funding to women and men surgeon-scientists was examined via 2 metrics: holding a large-dollar (ie, R01-equivalent) grant and being a super principal investigator (SPI) with $750 000 or more in total annual research funding. Statistical analysis was performed between April 1 and August 31, 2022. Between 1995 and 2020, 2078 principal investigator surgeons received funding from the NIH. The proportion of women academic surgeons who were surgeon-scientists remained unchanged during this same period (1995, 14 of 792 [1.8%] vs 2020, 92 of 3834 [2.4%]; P = .10). Compared with their men counterparts, women surgeon-scientists obtained their first NIH grant earlier in their career (mean [SD] years after first faculty appointment, 8.8 [6.2] vs 10.8 [7.9] years; P < .001) and were as likely to obtain large-dollar grants (aRR, 0.99 [95% CI, 0.95-1.03]) during the period 2016 to 2020. Despite this success, women surgeon-scientists remained significantly underrepresented among SPIs and were 25% less likely to be an SPI (aRR, 0.75 [95% CI, 0.60-0.95] during the period 2016 to 2020). The findings of this cross-sectional study of NIH-funded surgeons suggest that women surgeons remained underrepresented among surgeon-scientists over a 25-year period despite early career success in receiving NIH funding. This is concerning and warrants further investigation to increase the distribution of NIH funding among women surgeon-scientists.