Dataset Information

Sex differences in academic rank in allergy/immunology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Female physicians are significantly less likely than male physicians to be full professors, even after accounting for age, experience, specialty, and measures of research and clinical productivity.

Objective

We sought to evaluate sex differences in academic rank in the allergy and immunology workforce.

Methods

We used a cross-sectional physician data set containing the allergist's sex, age, years since residency, faculty appointment, authored publications, National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding, clinical trial investigation, and Medicare reimbursement to investigate sex differences in the academic allergy and immunology workforce using multilevel logistic regression models.