Speaking out About Gender Imbalance in Invited Speakers Improves Diversity

Overview

Journal Nat Immunol

Date 2017 Apr 19

PMID 28418385

Citations 26

Authors

Robyn S Klein

Rhonda Voskuhl

Benjamin M Segal

Bonnie N Dittel

Thomas E Lane

John R Bethea

Monica J Carson

Carol Colton

Susanna Rosi

Aileen Anderson

Laura Piccio

Joan M Goverman

Etty N Benveniste

Melissa A Brown

Seema Kaushalya Tiwari-Woodruff

Tajie H Harris

Anne H Cross

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