Gender, Professional Experiences, and Personal Characteristics of Academic Radiation Oncology Chairs: Data to Inform the Pipeline for the 21st Century.

CONCLUSIONS: Female RO Chairs are as equally qualified as men in terms of productivity or leadership skills, but they face distinct challenges in the context of a gender-structured society. The observation of higher grant funding among women at the time of Chair appointment suggests a possible need for interventions such as unconscious bias training to ensure that selection processes do not unnecessarily hold women to a higher bar.
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Source: Physics in Medicine and Biology - January 23, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: Beeler WH, Griffith KA, Jones RD, Chapman CH, Holliday EB, Lalani N, Wilson E, Bonner JA, Formenti SC, Hahn SM, Kalnicki S, Liu FF, Movsas B, Thomas CR, Jagsi R Tags: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys Source Type: research