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Research, Funding, and Publication for Women in Pediatrics

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In this chapter, we lay out the challenges that women face when pursuing a research career in pediatrics, and in academic medicine generally. Specifically, we review the concept of the “leaky pipeline,” which reduces the numbers of women in the more senior research positions. We identify structural elements of an academic career in research, such as training, funding, and peer review publication process, and promotion may contribute to the leaky pipeline. Modifying these structural elements to eliminate existing gender bias is critical to “sealing the leak” in the pipeline.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics and the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, USA

    Karen M. Wilson

  2. Center for Translational Research, Children’s National Research Institute, Children’s National Hospital, The George Washington University, Society for Pediatric Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA

    Beth A. Tarini

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  1. Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM), Office of Faculty Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Nancy D. Spector

  2. Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Jennifer K. O'Toole

  3. Drexel University College of Medicine, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM), Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Barbara Overholser

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Wilson, K.M., Tarini, B.A. (2022). Research, Funding, and Publication for Women in Pediatrics. In: Spector, N.D., O'Toole, J.K., Overholser, B. (eds) Women in Pediatrics . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98222-5_11

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