Representation of women among full-time tenure-line faculty members decreases with progression in rank, Audina M. Berrocal, MD, said in a keynote presentation at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.
Women accounted for 50% of assistant professorships, 45% of associate professorships and only 32.5% of full professorships, according to data from the American Association of University Professors.
There are increasing numbers of women enrolled in medical school, however, “So this is changing, and I think these changes are going to start coming from within,” Berrocal said.