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Environmental epidemiologist @MasonCHHS studying women's reproductive health (tweets =mine) | @JohnsHopkinsSPH @smithcollege alum (she/her)

Sep 16, 2020, 7 tweets

Women are 57% of PhD pool. But look how we drop out in leadership. Need for better inclusion. @NIEHS Council Meeting

NAEHS Council addressing funding gap for Black researchers. So important to show the data. There is good news for closing disparity for K awards - 2013 vs 2018.

Improvement for R01s but still a 10% lower funding rate for Black researchers. More progress is needed. How can we do this?

Join the meeting here: niehs.nih.gov/news/webcasts/…

R01s for Black applicants - success rate after discussion and discussion rate are both lower

CSR is putting out a study later this year to understand on how bias may play a role in study sections. Other intervention targets considered. This excellent presentation is by @HannahValantine

If you read one article on #bias in science, choose this one
mmbr.asm.org/content/83/3/e…
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