Women Are Still Under-Represented in Medical Research. Here’s Where the Gender Gap Is Most Pronounced

Bianca Popa

By Stacey Colino November 1, 2024 11:00 AM EDT H istorically, medical research has been male-dominated in terms of subjects as well as researchers, even though women make up half of the world’s population. As a result of this gender bias, insights into various diseases and findings about medications have often been extrapolated from men and applied to women. But women aren’t just smaller men. Women’s bodies are decidedly different from men’s, with unique organs, genes, hormones, and other key