Our team (currently all women, but all genders welcome!) is evaluating the differential impacts of COVID-19 within academic medicine, focusing specifically on gender disparities across several domains pre- and post-COVID, including research productivity, visibility and media exposure, and university service. More specifically, projects are examining 1) the impact of gender on grant and IRB submissions, 2) the impact of gender on research highlighted in the form of press releases (across the 5 top schools of medicine in the U.S.), 3) the impact of gender on research highlighted in departmental tweets (across the top 5 departments of medicine in the U.S.), and 4) the impact of gender on hours of volunteer service.

For those interested in this research opportunity, we would ask for a commitment of 4 hours per week for a minimum of 12 weeks to assist with data collection, primarily data coding and entry. Trainees would have the opportunity to extend the training opportunity past the end of this initial commitment and assist as the project progresses to data analysis and presentations/publications. If you have interest in participating, please send your CV and CITI certificate to [email protected].

Lauren M. Haack, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor and Attending Psychologist
UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences