“…In addition to the positive outcomes reported above, through our collaboration, the Cardiovascular Analytics Group was able to reduce gender inequalities, raising the interest of female colleagues in academic medicine, breaking down barriers to mentorship for earlycareer female talents and promoting engagement. 3,4 In fact, one of the mentees (SL) has recently successfully submitted a research portfolio of first author publications on diabetes risk models for a parttime PhD, without taking any additional time out of training. 5 The same candidate is also completing an additional research-based Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree using another set of publications on the development of predictive risk models in cardiac ion channelopathies.…”