In a recent article, Modra and colleagues1 have highlighted the importance of balance and diversity throughout our workforce, including the scientific front end. The overlap of female under-representation in specialty medicine, research and scientific meeting presentations makes for harrowing reading. The prospect of remedy offers an exciting and worthwhile opportunity.
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- 1. Modra LJ, Austin DE, Yong SA, et al. Female representation at Australasian specialty conferences. Med J Aust 2016; 204: 385. <MJA full text>
- 2. Martin JL. Ten simple rules to achieve conference speaker gender balance. PLoS Comput Biol 2014; 10: e1003903.
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