The proposal «has a clear and
implicit agenda of preventing any usage, even legitimate usage of experimental animals,» he says.
Approximately equal numbers
of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 %
of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage
of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 %
of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 %
of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because
of the
implicit bias it introduces to the research
agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance
of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.
Schwartz views painting as a way
of making sense, a way
of making
implicit experience explicit,
of giving form to what is unformulated: «I don't set out with a preconceived
agenda or narrative when I paint, but work to be mindful about discovering meaning in my process, my way
of going about making a painting.»