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INSIDE-OUT: Introduction of Speakers at IDWeek Events—Observing for Unconscious Bias Over Time
Marcelin, Jasmine R , Lyden, Elizabeth , Abdul‐Mutakabbir, Jacinda C. , Kullar, Ravina , Ristagno, Elizabeth H. , Time), the INSIDE-OUT Study Group (Introduction of Speakers at IDWeek Events—Observing for Unconscious Bias Over, Rajapakse, Nipunie , Patel, Megha, Miller, Amy M. , Oeltjen, Erin N, Semaj, Sophie, Sramek, Kyle T, Lindeman, Christopher J, Daubach, Eric C., Akinmoladun, Oladapo O, Wurtz, Paul J, Ristagno, Elizabeth H , Marcelin, Jasmine , Khazanchi, Rohan , Cawcutt, Kelly , Ha, David R , Florez, Narjust , Time), the INSIDE-OUT Study Group (Introduction of Speakers at IDWeek Events—Observing for Unconscious Bias Over, Patel, Megha, Akinmoladun, Oladapo O., Yang, Yuhong
Open Forum Infectious Diseases | January 17, 2025 | Volume: 12 | Issue: 2 | Pages: No page available
Abstract Background Specialty societies, including the Infectious Diseases Society of America, strive to address gender and racial inequities in professional advancement. Microaggressions remain a persistent and pervasive barrier to these goals. Nonprofessional speaker introductions are a manifestation of race- and gender-based microaggressions, which have not been previously assessed at IDWeek. We assessed disparities in speaker introductions at IDWeek over a 7-year period that included formal gender equity initiatives introduced in 2016. Methods We conducted a retrospective observational study of video-recorded IDWeek speaker introductions from 2013 to 2019. Trained coders reviewed presentation video archives to assess a primary outcome of nonprofessional introductions: when a speaker's professional title was not used as the first introduction. We used descriptive statistics, Fisher exact tests, Cochrane-Armitage trend tests, and multivariable logistic regression to characterize relationships between speaker introductions and presentation year, speaker demographics, and speaker-moderator demographic concordance. Results Of 1940 videos reviewed, 48.9% of IDWeek speakers received nonprofessional introductions during and before 2016 vs 41.5% of speakers after 2016 (P = .0013). There was an increasing linear trend in the frequency of professional introductions by speaker age group from 47.1% for age <40 years to 65.3% for age >60 years (P < .0001). White moderators more frequently used nonprofessional introductions than moderators from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine (47.7% vs 29.1%, P = .0014). Women-men speaker-moderator pairs had more nonprofessional introductions (54.6%, P < .001). Conclusions In the largest assessment of microaggressions in speaker introductions at a national medical specialty conference, we highlighted some progress over time and ample opportunity to further standardize equitable speaker introductions, especially for women and junior speakers
Demographic Representation Among Speakers and Program Committee Members at the IDWeek Conference, 2013–2021
Marcelin, Jasmine R , Khazanchi, Rohan , Lyden, Elizabeth, Florez, Narjust , Kullar, Ravina , Ristagno, Elizabeth H. , group, the Introduction of Speakers at IDWeek Events Observing for Unconscious Bias over Time (INSIDE-OUT) study, Rajapakse, Nipunie , Patel, Megha, Miller, Amy M. , Oeltjen, Erin N, Semaj, Sophie, Sramek, Kyle T, Lindeman, Christopher J, Daubach, Eric C., Akinmoladun, Oladapo O, Wurtz, Paul J, Marcelin, Jasmine , Lyden, Elizabeth , Cawcutt, Kelly , Ha, David R , Florez, Narjust , group, the Introduction of Speakers at IDWeek Events Observing for Unconscious Bias over Time (INSIDE-OUT) study, Patel, Megha, Akinmoladun, Oladapo O., Yang, Yuhong
Clinical Infectious Diseases | October 6, 2022 | Volume: 76 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 897-904
AbstractBackgroundIn 2016, the IDWeek program committee was charged with ensuring gender equity in speaker sessions. Whether this charge also resulted in more opportunities for historically underrepresented speakers is unknown.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective analysis of trends in the demographic composition of IDWeek speakers and program committee members between 2013 and 2021. We used descriptive statistics to summarize data, χ2 tests to compare speaker demographics between 2013–2016 (before 2016) and 2017–2021 (after 2016), and Cochran–Armitage tests for trend. Each speaker slot was considered an independent event.ResultsA total of 5482 speaker slots were filled by 3389 individuals from 2013 to 2021. There was a linear increase in female speakers from 38.6% in 2013 to 58.4% in 2021 (P < .001). The proportion of white speakers decreased overall from 84.9% in 2013 to 63.5% in 2021. Compared with white speakers, more slots were filled by Asian speakers after 2016 versus before 2016 (20.1% vs 14.8%, respectively; P < .001). Program committee members from 2013–2021 were >80% non-Hispanic white; <5% of committee members identified as black, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, or Hispanic. More program committee slots were filled by women after 2016 than before 2016 (52.7% vs 33.9%; P = .004).ConclusionsIntentional consideration of gender equity by the program committee was associated with equitable gender representation of invited speakers at IDWeek after 2016. Gradually, the proportions of IDWeek speakers from historically excluded racial/ethnic approached their respective proportions in the IDSA membership. White speakers remained overrepresented relative to membership proportions until 2021, and gaps in program committee racial/ethnic demographic representation highlights opportunities for continued inclusion, diversity, access, and equity at IDWeek.