Gender differences in endowed chairs in Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences from the top-10 NIH-funded medical schools in the US

• Published in: Psychiatry research 2022-11, Vol.317, p.114805-114805, Article 114805
• Main Authors: Roubinov, Danielle, Gold, Jessica A., Jia, Lena S., Griffith, Kent A., Dahiya, Priya, Jagsi, Reshma, Mangurian, Christina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Academic medicine; Academic psychiatry; Behavioral Sciences; Endowed chair; Faculty; Faculty, Medical; Female; Gender disparity; Gender equity; Humans; Male; National Institute of Health; Psychiatry; Schools, Medical; Sex Factors; United States
• ISSN: 0165-1781; 1872-7123
• DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114805

•This is the first study to explore gender disparities in Psychiatry endowed chairs.•Overall models found that women were more likely to hold endowed chairs than men.•For faculty with an MD, gender was not associated with holding an endowed chair.•For faculty with a PhD, women were more likely to hold endowed chairs than men. The current study examined gender differences in endowed chairs within Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences across the top 10 NIH-funded Schools of Medicine. The names of full professors with and without endowed chairs were collected and a multivariable logistic regression model was constructed to predict having an endowed chair considering gender, primary degree, NIH funding, and citation number. Secondary analyses repeated the models separately for individuals holding an MD or MD/PhD versus those with a non-MD doctoral degree (i.e., PhD). There were 715 full professors (36% women) and 115 endowed chairs (35% women). When adjusting for primary degree type, funding, and citations, women were significantly more likely to hold an endowed chair than men. Secondary models indicated that findings differed based on primary degree type. Among those with an MD or MD/PhD, gender was not associated with holding an endowed chair while among faculty with a PhD, women full professors were significantly more likely to hold an endowed chair than men. These results diverge from a prior study of Departments of Medicine in which endowed chairs were found to favor men.