On today's AAPI women leaders panel, we discussed learning to speak up. A 🧵 for introverts:

8 year-old me could have been a contender for the world’s most introverted introvert. That I might one day become a division chief would surprise (and terrify) her. 1/ I was intensely shy as a child. It didn’t help that I was one of only 2 Asian-American students at school. My shyness was reinforced by cultural expectations. High praise as a child was to be called ‘guai’ (乖), obedient & well-behaved. Speaking back to adults was not ‘guai’. 2/

A privilege to write this article in @Clin_Trials with @CRWUSOM Dean Emerita Dr. Pamela Davis appliedclinicaltrialsonline.com/view/pandemic-…

A 🧵 on why gender equity in clinical research matters #WomenInMedicine 1/n @Clin_Trials The #COVID19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on women physicians and researchers, exacerbating long-standing issues of gender inequality in medicine gender.stanford.edu/news-publicati… 2/n

An editorial in @CellCellPress: although women make up ~35-38% of potential senior authors in the US, only 17.4% of manuscripts accepted to Cell in 2021 were submitted by women: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This should surprise no one. Here are a few reasons why. #WomenInSTEM 1/n Science faculty exhibit gender biases, rating an applicant ‘John’ as more competent than an identical applicant ‘Jennifer’ and offering ‘John’ a higher salary. Sadly male and female faculty are equally likely to exhibit bias pnas.org/content/109/41… 2/n

With our publication in @NatureMedicine on pandemic-related barriers to the success of women in research, I’d like to shine a spotlight on gender equity for women physician-scientists, who face cumulative barriers imposed in medicine AND science rdcu.be/cHd4a 1/n Gender equity in medicine has been elusive. Women make up 48% of medical school graduates but only 25% of full professors and 18% of department chairs aamc.org/data-reports/d… 2/n

OK I found my words. I am howling with rage tonight at the rising tide of violence and hate crimes directed towards Asians in America, punctuated by the horrific shootings yesterday in Georgia at 3 Asian-owned business that claimed 8 lives, including those of 6 Asian women. We are expected to be quiet, polite, and obedient. But as minorities Asians experience profound racism and discrimination. As a child I was kicked, punched, spat upon, called “Chink" on my way to school, yet I was led to believe this was just an expected part of being different.