Tag: gender disparities
Women in Neurointervention: How do we boost representation within “male-dominated” field?
Female representation in the neurointerventional world may be growing, but Johanna Fifi (Mount Sinai, New York, USA) and Anne-Christine Januel (Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse,...
Research indicates women are less likely to be routed to comprehensive...
Despite having worse stroke symptoms and living within comparable distances to comprehensive stroke centres (CSCs), women with large vessel occlusion (LVO) acute ischaemic stroke...
Female physicians in neurointerventional surgery: Breaking down barriers
In the latter stages of 2022, the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) released a position statement advocating pregnancy and parental leave policies in neurointerventional...
Trend toward gender parity in faculty “has not translated” to stroke...
The favourable trend toward gender parity that has been seen within neurology faculty over the past decade “has not translated” to the leadership of...
Spinal cord stimulation and other modalities will benefit from greater understanding...
Despite their clear significance in pain management, gender differences relating to the ways patients respond to neuromodulation therapies are relatively poorly understood and underpinned...
Collavidence: A global project looking to break down longstanding barriers in...
As per its own mission statement, Collavidence wants to “make medical research collaboration and funding easier, more accessible and more transparent”, paying mind to...
Progress update on Women in Neuromodulation: Achievements and obstacles
In light of recent progress made in alleviating gender disparities within the neuromodulation field, Magdalena Anitescu (Chicago, USA), Anne Fennimore (Boca Raton, USA), Kiran...
Female sex “should be considered an independent risk factor” for new...
A preliminary report lends evidence to support female sex being considered as an independent risk factor for new stroke occurrence after carotid revascularisation in...
