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PERSPECTIVE article

Front. Neurol.
Sec. Neurotrauma
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1383713
This article is part of the Research Topic Women in Neurotrauma 2023 View all 10 articles

Gender and race in neurotrauma: Part 1-identifying inequalities in leadership, academics, and clinical trial management

Provisionally accepted
Isabella F. Churchill Isabella F. Churchill 1Tea Sue Tea Sue 1Ann M. Parr Ann M. Parr 2Eve C. Tsai Eve C. Tsai 3*
  • 1 Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
  • 2 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
  • 3 Division of Neurosurgery, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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    Gender and racial equality, or the lack thereof, is a constantly recurring theme in neurosurgery and under-investigated and reported in neurotrauma literature. This perspective piece addresses the underrepresentation and challenges faced by women and racial minorities in neurosurgery, and within the workforce of neurotrauma, specifically. The literature demonstrates that there is still a scarcity of women and racial minorities in neurosurgery leadership positions and that women are less likely to receive invited papers. The persistent challenges in navigating gender and racial dynamics in neurosurgery/neurotrauma underscore the need for progress in advancing intersectionality within the field, emphasizing the importance of addressing inequalities. Several strategies to improve gender and racial diversity in neurotrauma workforce, leadership and academics are presented. Funding: None Contributions: IFC and TS-conceptualization, writing, original draft and visualization. APconceptualization, writing-review and editing. ECT-conceptualization, writing-review and editing and supervision.

    Keywords: Clinical Trial, gender, diversity, Leadership, academics

    Received: 07 Feb 2024; Accepted: 16 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Churchill, Sue, Parr and Tsai. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Eve C. Tsai, Division of Neurosurgery, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, K1Y 4E9, Ontario, Canada

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