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Take these steps to accelerate the path to gender equity in health sciences

Without action, parity is still half a century away. We cannot afford to wait that long.
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  1. Christina Mangurian

    1. Christina Mangurian is vice-dean for faculty and academic affairs at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine.

  2. Claire D. Brindis

    1. Claire D. Brindis is emerita director at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco.

Diversity in science is instrumental in achieving major breakthroughs. Without further accelerating gender parity and other types of diversity — including focusing on the needs of those in and working towards leadership roles — we will continue to lose valuable ground. At a time when academia faces some of its greatest workforce gaps in history, some of our brightest scholars are leaving institutions before reaching their full potential due to a lack of recognition.

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Nature 627, S21 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00757-7

This article is part of Nature Index 2024 Health sciences, an editorially independent supplement. Advertisers have no influence over the content.

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