Researchers dig into the data on gender equity in science and medicine

The Lancet is out with a new issue on gender equity in science, medicine, and global health. Here's a look at the takeaways of three papers in the issue:

• Research gaps: Only 1 in 3 biomedical studies include data on sex differences, which can limit how applicable the findings are in the real world. The study also found that women authors were more likely than their male counterparts to report data on sex.
• Gender harassment: Four leaders in science, health, and medicine penned a letter calling for a movement to eliminate sexual and gender harassment in the field. “The health of our patients requires that systemic inequities be addressed. Now is the time for Time’s Up in health care,” they write.
• Academic diversity: Researchers analyzed gender and ethnicity of faculty at 15 leading social science and public health universities in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. They found that despite policies and action plans to improve diversity, there were still wide disparities in the top academic positions.