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    Gender composition of editorial boards in Pakistani Medline-indexed journals: a disaggregated analysis Open PDF 
    (Pakistan Medical Association, 2026-06-25)
    Editorial boards determine the direction and scope of journals. The objective of this study was to assess the gender composition of the editorial boards of four Pakistani Medline-indexed journals using a descriptive cross-sectional study design. Gender composition of the editorial boards of four Pakistani Medline-indexed journals was assessed using a descriptive cross-sectional study design. The publicly available official editorial board pages were accessed and analysed for: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (JPMA), Journal of Ayub Medical College (JAMC), Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (JCPSP), and Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PJPS). Cumulatively, 163 individuals comprised the editorial boards in these journals, out of which 112 (68.7%) were males. JPMA had the largest editorial team with 59 individuals, and JCPSP had the smallest team with 25 individuals. The most and least gender-diverse editorial teams were reported by JPMA and JAMC, with 22 (37.3%) and 6 (20.7%) women, respectively. Results augur the need for gender-sensitive training programmes to promote gender balance in the editorial boards of the country's medical journals.
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    Individual Strategies and Institutional Solutions: Advancement of Asian Women in Academic Surgery Open PDF 
    (Elsevier BV, 2026-10)
    Nair, Nritya
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    Sanghera, Jaspinder S.
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    Liapis, Ioannis
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    Sirianno, Marcus P.
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    Tripathi, Manish
    INTRODUCTION: Asian women remain underrepresented in academic surgical leadership, despite increasing diversity among trainees and junior faculty over recent decades. While prior work has identified structural and cultural barriers to advancement, less is known about how individuals navigate these barriers and what solutions are necessary to promote retention and career progression. This qualitative study explores Asian women surgeons' perspectives on actionable strategies to promote retention and advancement. METHODS: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Asian women surgeons recruited via a national surgical society. Transcripts were analyzed using grounded theory to identify participant-reported strategies to navigate barriers and institutional and systemic solutions identified as necessary for meaningful change. RESULTS: Twenty Asian women surgeons participated: 60% were academic faculty, 10% were faculty who had transitioned to private practice and 30% were trainees; 65% graduated from an American medical school. Participants described individual strategies including behavioral modification, self-promotion, proactive pursuit of mentorship and sponsorship, cultivating diverse mentorship and peer support networks, and perseverance within an inequitable system. Institutional solutions described included transparent and inclusive promotion pathways, equity-oriented policies, infrastructure and resource distribution, proactive and accountable leadership, increasing diversity beyond demographic representation, addressing racism and sexism and broader institutional initiatives like targeted support for mid-career faculty, and structured mentorship and sponsorship programs. CONCLUSIONS: While Asian women employ a range of individual strategies to advance in academic surgery, lasting progress requires institutional and structural change to reduce subjectivity in advancement, equitably distribute resources and opportunities, and hold leadership accountable for creating inclusive, supportive academic environments.
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    Twenty years of silence: shining a light on gender disparities in academic medical leadership in India Open PDF 
    (BMJ, 2026-03-03)
    Gulati, Kamal
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    Davies, Julie
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    Kumar, Sachin
    INTRODUCTION: Under-representation of women in senior academic medicine positions fails to mirror the over-representation of women entering medical schools. More women medical professors are needed as leadership role models to facilitate gender equity in the curriculum, research and medical services for national well-being. We seek to understand this gender gap in India by highlighting gender disparities in a premier Indian medical school and by advocating multi-level interventions in academic medicine. METHODS: We statistically analysed documentary data of all faculty ranks from 2004-2005 to 2022-2023 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi to illustrate women faculty's representation in different disciplines (clinical, paraclinical and surgical) and leadership positions. First, we used trend analysis to project the time to gender parity across ranks. We then adopted cross-tabulation analysis to calculate the relative odds of women faculty holding academic ranks and leadership positions compared with their male counterparts. RESULTS: The findings revealed significant gender inequities across all faculty ranks. The total percentage of women faculty in 2004-2005 was 24.2% compared with 27.5% in 2022-2023. Leadership positions also showed significant gender disparity (χ2=18.20, p<0.0001115) as women occupied 16% of senior roles in the last two decades. The overall trend indicated a decline in the proportion of women in senior academic medical leadership roles over time. CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights persistent gender disparities over 20 years for women faculty's career trajectories in academic medicine. We propose six multilevel recommendations for gender parity in academic medical leadership in India.