Ashley C Griffin1, Tiffany I Leung2, Jessica D Tenenbaum3, Arlene E Chung1,4,5,6. 1. Carolina Health Informatics Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. 2. Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands. 3. Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA. 4. Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. 5. Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. 6. Program on Health and Clinical Informatics, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study sought to describe gender representation in leadership and recognition within the U.S. biomedical informatics community. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data were collected from public websites or provided by American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) personnel from 2017 to 2019, including gender of membership, directors of academic informatics programs, clinical informatics subspecialty fellowships, AMIA leadership (2014-2019), and AMIA awardees (1993-2019). Differences in gender proportions were calculated using chi-square tests. RESULTS: Men were more often in leadership positions and award recipients (P < .01). Men led 74.7% (n = 71 of 95) of academic informatics programs and 83.3% (n = 35 of 42) of clinical informatics fellowships. Within AMIA, men held 56.8% (n = 1086 of 1913) of leadership roles and received 64.1% (n = 59 of 92) of awards. DISCUSSION: As in other STEM fields, leadership and recognition in biomedical informatics is lower for women. CONCLUSIONS: Quantifying gender inequity should inform data-driven strategies to foster diversity and inclusion. Standardized collection and surveillance of demographic data within biomedical informatics is necessary.
OBJECTIVE: This study sought to describe gender representation in leadership and recognition within the U.S. biomedical informatics community. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data were collected from public websites or provided by American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) personnel from 2017 to 2019, including gender of membership, directors of academic informatics programs, clinical informatics subspecialty fellowships, AMIA leadership (2014-2019), and AMIA awardees (1993-2019). Differences in gender proportions were calculated using chi-square tests. RESULTS: Men were more often in leadership positions and award recipients (P < .01). Men led 74.7% (n = 71 of 95) of academic informatics programs and 83.3% (n = 35 of 42) of clinical informatics fellowships. Within AMIA, men held 56.8% (n = 1086 of 1913) of leadership roles and received 64.1% (n = 59 of 92) of awards. DISCUSSION: As in other STEM fields, leadership and recognition in biomedical informatics is lower for women. CONCLUSIONS: Quantifying gender inequity should inform data-driven strategies to foster diversity and inclusion. Standardized collection and surveillance of demographic data within biomedical informatics is necessary.
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