Women in immunology: 2020 and beyond

Schwartzberg, Pamela L.; Shah, Nirali N.; Taylor, Naomi

doi:10.1038/s41590-020-0618-4

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“…A large amount of suggested actions to broaden participation in STEM can be found in the literature. Recommendations have been compiled by women in STEM ( 40 ), specialists in distinct fields [e.g., women in immunology ( 41 )], or international agencies such as UNESCO ( 42 ). Moreover, recommendations have been systematically reviewed from national reports ( 43 ), and synthesized from conferences focusing on specific fields [e.g., women in neuroscience ( 44 )].…”

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Raising awareness of sex and gender bias in artificial intelligence and health

Buslón,

Cortés,

Catuara-Solarz

et al. 2023

Front. Glob. Womens Health

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Historically, biomedical research has been led by and focused on men. The recent introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in this area has further proven this practice to be discriminatory for other sexes and genders, more noticeably for women. To move towards a fair AI development, it is essential to include sex and gender diversity both in research practices and in the workplace. In this context, the Bioinfo4women (B4W) program of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (i) promotes the participation of women scientists by improving their visibility, (ii) fosters international collaborations between institutions and programs and (iii) advances research on sex and gender bias in AI and health. In this article, we discuss methodology and results of a series of conferences, titled â€œSex and Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence and Health, organized by B4W and La Caixa Foundation from March to June 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. The series consisted of nine hybrid events, composed of keynote sessions and seminars open to the general audience, and two working groups with invited experts from different professional backgrounds (academic fields such as biology, engineering, and sociology, as well as NGOs, journalists, lawyers, policymakers, industry). Based on this awareness-raising action, we distilled key recommendations to facilitate the inclusion of sex and gender perspective into public policies, educational programs, industry, and biomedical research, among other sectors, and help overcome sex and gender biases in AI and health.

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Raising awareness of sex and gender bias in artificial intelligence and health

Buslón,

Cortés,

Catuara-Solarz

et al. 2023

Front. Glob. Womens Health

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“…Such disparities are most remarkable in high-impact journals. These differences can lead to the underrepresentation of women at higher levels of science (8).…”

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Editorial: Women in primary immunodeficiencies

Kilic

2023

Front. Immunol.

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Women scientists have made many contributions to the scientific arena regarding human health and diseases. They have made great efforts to reveal the secrets in the science of immunology, developing new experimental methods and showing effective treatment alternatives. While focusing on the mysteries of the defense systems of many living organisms in nature, women scientists have adopted the principle of pursuing their vital interests. Women scientists have made significant advances in genetics, molecular biology, microbiome, genomics, imaging, responses to infectious diseases, drug development, and identification of genetic disorders underlying primary and secondary immunodeficiencies (1-4). We are proud to have outstanding female immunologists who have made significant strides in autoimmunity, cancer immunology, vaccines, allergy, and the importance of epithelial barriers, cellular and systems biology, too many to count.Increasingly, women have risen to leadership positions in areas such as laboratory supervisors, study protocol leaders, institute directors, university rectors, foundation and association presidents, and pharmaceutical company CEOs.Of the more than 700 laureates of a Nobel, only 30 have been received by women. The first woman to receive a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie with her spouse for their work on spontaneous radiation. Lastly, Tu Youyou received Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015. She demonstrated the effectiveness of Artemisinin in malaria cases resistant to chloroquine treatment, and it is thought that she signed one of the most critical pharmacological discoveries of half a century because of this success.Rosalind Elsie Franklin (1920 -1958) was a British chemist whose x-ray diffraction studies provided crucial clues to the structure of DNA and quantitatively confirmed the Watson-Crick DNA model. Her work was essential to understanding the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. She photographed the double helix structure of DNA. Unfortunately, Franklin's contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA were largely unrecognized during her life. It has been suggested that Franklin would have ideally been awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry, along with Wilkins, after her death. Throughout her 16-year career, Franklin published steadily: 19 articles on coals and carbons, five on DNA, and 21 on viruses.

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