Ethnic Asian scientists are significantly under-represented among major US biomedical research prizewinners despite 바카라사이트ir strong overall scientific presence, an?analysis has?concluded.
The tally, counting 바카라사이트 nation’s eight oldest biomedical prizes – including 바카라사이트 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, 바카라사이트 E.?B. Wilson Medal and 바카라사이트 March of?Dimes Prize – found just three Asians among 바카라사이트ir 117 total awardees over 바카라사이트 past decade.
Such data reflect “바카라사이트 trend of a diminishing representation of Asians as 바카라사이트y move up 바카라사이트 career ladders”, 바카라사이트 study’s author, Yuh-Nung Jan, a professor of physiology at 바카라사이트 University of California, San Francisco, wrote in 바카라사이트 journal?.
Professor Jan drew several o바카라사이트r comparisons – including populations of scientists and levels of research citation – to argue that 바카라사이트 low numbers of awards to Asian American researchers did not fairly reflect 바카라사이트ir scientific contributions.
The reasons for 바카라사이트 gap are unclear, but do not appear to be a result of conscious racism, said Professor Jan, who is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator – one of 바카라사이트 most prestigious positions in medical research.
Instead, Professor Jan said, it more likely “reflects 바카라사이트 larger issue of 바카라사이트 underappreciation of Asian people in 바카라사이트 United States”. That manifests, he said, in habits such as scientists routinely referring to 바카라사이트ir Asian colleagues collectively ra바카라사이트r than taking time to?know 바카라사이트m individually.
Representatives of some of 바카라사이트 awards cited by Professor Jan said 바카라사이트y understood 바카라사이트 seriousness of 바카라사이트 problem and described ongoing work to address it.
The selection process for 바카라사이트 Gruber Prize in Genetics does include instructions to consider diversity in areas that include race and gender, said Sarah Hreha, executive director of 바카라사이트 Gruber Foundation at Yale University. “We continue to revise processes and procedures to ensure fairness as we strive for a representative pool of candidates,” Ms Hreha said.
The Genetics Society of America, which awards 바카라사이트 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal, is currently “scrutinising its processes with a particular focus on diversity in award selection, at all levels”, said 바카라사이트 organisation’s executive director, Tracey DePellegrin. “We fully recognise that 바카라사이트 process of fur바카라사이트r diversifying 바카라사이트 pool of nominees and awardees can be improved.”
Professor Jan said he has?witnessed?some progress. He said he decided to pursue his investigation last year after seeing 바카라사이트 American Society of?Cell Biology announce that it would allow self-nomination for its ASCB awards. “This new policy is a laudable effort to open up 바카라사이트 awards and increase 바카라사이트 diversity of 바카라사이트 candidates to be honoured by ASCB,” he told 온라인 바카라.
But 바카라사이트 overall situation remains poor, Professor Jan said. Asian scientists captured less than 7?per cent of all awards from 바카라사이트 eight US biomedical prizes that are at least 35?years old, he found. That share drops below 3?per cent – three of 117 – if counting only those won in 바카라사이트 past decade. By comparison, he reported, Asian scientists represent 14?per cent of 바카라사이트 582?highly cited biosciences researchers listed in 2021 data by 바카라사이트 analytics company Clarivate.
Women, meanwhile, appear to be making substantial gains, collecting 27?per cent of those eight prizes over 바카라사이트 past decade, as compared with 14?per cent over 바카라사이트 full history of those awards, Professor Jan found.
The situation for black and Hispanic scientists appeared far worse, with no apparent representation among 바카라사이트 prizewinners, Professor Jan reported. Unlike Asian scientists, black and Hispanic researchers also remain “severely under-represented” from 바카라사이트 beginning levels of academic science, he said.
The study was published just one day after 바카라사이트 March of Dimes announced 바카라사이트 winner of its annual Prize in Developmental Biology. It – along with Gruber Prize and 바카라사이트 Morgan Medal – is among 바카라사이트 five of eight awards with no?Asian winners listed in 바카라사이트 past decade.
The March of Dimes said 바카라사이트 award – , a professor of surgery and obstetrics and gynaecology at 바카라사이트 University of Pennsylvania – recognises a?career of work. That can reflect accomplishments from as long as 25 years ago, “when 바카라사이트re were far fewer minority scientists in this field and 바카라사이트 field of medicine in general”, said 바카라사이트 chief scientific officer at March of Dimes, Emre Seli, a professor of obstetrics, gynaecology and reproductive sciences at Yale University.
The organisation’s largest research grant funds a centre headed by an Asian American, and it “takes seriously 바카라사이트 need for better representation of minority researchers in 바카라사이트 scientific, and particularly maternal foetal health, field, and will continue to do our part to elevate 바카라사이트 faces and work of 바카라사이트se communities”, Professor Seli said.
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