A Data-Based Approach to Evaluate Representation by Gender and Affiliation in Key Presentation Formats at the SER Annual Meeting

Am J Epidemiol. 2021 Apr 8:kwab080. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwab080. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Society for Epidemiologic Research's (SER) annual meeting is a major forum for sharing new research and promoting participants' career development. As such, evaluating representation in key presentation formats is critical. For the 3,257 presentations identified at the 2015-2017 SER annual meetings, we evaluated presenter characteristics, including gender, affiliation, subject area and h-index, and representation in three highlighted presentation formats: platform talks (n=382), invited symposium talks (n=273) and serving as a Concurrent Contributed Session or symposium chair (n=188). Data were abstracted from SER records, abstract booklets and programs. Gender was assessed using GenderChecker software and h-index using Scopus Application Programming Interface (API). Log-binomial models adjusted for participant characteristics and conference year. In adjusted models, women were less likely than men to present an invited symposium talk (RR 0.60, 95% CI 0.45, 0.81) versus those with accepted abstracts. Researchers from U.S. public universities, U.S. government institutions and international institutions were less likely to present a symposium talk or chair a Concurrent Contributed Session or symposium than researchers from U.S. private institutions. Research areas most represented in platform talks were epidemiologic methods, social epidemiology and cardiovascular epidemiology. Findi...
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