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Falling off the academic bandwagon
Author(s) -
Martinez Elisabeth D.,
Botos Jeannine,
Dohoney Kathleen M.,
Geiman Theresa M.,
Kolla Sarah S.,
Olivera Ana,
Qiu Yi,
Rayasam Geetha Vani,
Stavreva Diana A.,
CohenFix Orna
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/sj.embor.7401110
Subject(s) - bandwagon effect , falling (accident) , political science , medicine , environmental health , law
Women constitute approximately 45% of the postdoctoral fellows in the biomedical sciences at universities and research institutions in the uSa, but a much lower percent age of women hold faculty positions. in the uS national institutes of Health (niH; Bethesda, MD) intramural research program, for example, women make up only 29% of the tenure-track investiga tors and hold just 19% of the tenured sen ior investigator appointments. a similar disparity between the ratio of men and women in independent faculty positions exists in most academic institutions across the uSa (nelson, 2005; nSF, 2004, 2006), and statistics from Europe show a similar trend of women disappearing from the higher echelons of academia (E c, 2006). the transition from postdoctoral fellow to faculty is a period during which a wor rying number of women leave academic research. Several recent surveys have tried to identify factors that lead to the attrition of women from the life sciences and engi