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Demographic representation among speakers at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) spring conferences
- Zanthia Wiley, Ibukunoluwa C. Kalu, Elizabeth Lyden, Catherine J. Cichon, Jacinda C. Abdul-Mutakabbir, Jonathan Herskovitz, Jasmine R. Marcelin
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- Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology / Volume 45 / Issue 4 / April 2024
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- 02 October 2023, pp. 422-428
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- April 2024
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Background:
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) is a leading medical society for infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship. This descriptive study evaluated speaker demographics at the annual SHEA Spring conferences from 2019 to 2022.
Methods:This was a retrospective, descriptive analysis of the demographic composition of speakers at the annual SHEA Spring conferences between 2019 and 2022, excluding the cancelled 2020 conference. Self-reported demographics were available for gender, race, ethnicity, age, primary practice setting, and professional degrees in speaker and membership categories.
Results:In total, 447 speaker slots were filled by 305 unique speakers over 3 years. Average annual membership included 55.2% female, 44.8% male, 69.3% White, 21.4% Asian, 6.0% Hispanic/Latino, 2.9% Black, and 0.4% American Indian/Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AIAN/NHPI); 48.9% did not report a race or ethnicity. Speakers during the same period were 63.5% female, 36.5% male, 68.2% White, 13.3% Asian, 3.8% Black, 3.4% Hispanic/Latino, 0.8% AIAN/NHPI; 13.4% did not report race or ethnicity. In 2021, pharmacists represented 11.6% of speakers (and 2.9% of members) and members with nondoctoral degrees represented 11.6% of speakers (and 21.5% of members) (P < .0001). In each year, we detected underrepresentation of community and private-practice speakers relative to membership (eg, in 2022, 4.3% of speakers vs 15.7% of members; P < .05).
Conclusions:The SHEA Spring conferences demonstrated an increase in pharmacist speakers over time, but speakers from community hospitals and with nondoctoral degrees remain underrepresented relative to membership. Racial and ethnic minoritized individuals remain underrepresented as members and speakers. Intentional interventions are needed to consistently achieve equitable speaker representation across multiple demographic groups.
Speaker demographics at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Spring Conference, 2019–2022
- Catherine J. Cichon, Elizabeth R. Lyden, Ibukunoluwa C. Kalu, Jonathan Herskovitz, Jacinda C. Abdul-Mutakabbir, Zanthia Wiley, Jasmine R. Marcelin
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- Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology / Volume 3 / Issue S2 / June 2023
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- 29 September 2023, p. s87
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Background: The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) serves as a national platform for infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship. Like many professional healthcare societies over the last decade, the SHEA has pledged to provide equitable opportunities to individuals in the organization. The impact of these efforts remains undetermined. This study evaluated trends in speaker demographics at the annual SHEA Spring Conference from 2019 to 2022. Methods: SHEA leadership or staff provided demographic information on SHEA members and Spring conference speakers (excluding poster sessions) from 2019 to 2022. We excluded 2020 due to conference cancellation. Data were summarized using descriptive statistics, and χ2 analysis was used to evaluate changes over time. Individual speakers were compared with member demographics. Self-reported SHEA speaker and member demographics were available for sex, race or ethnicity, age, primary practice setting, and professional degrees. Speaker professional degree was not available for 2022. Results: In total, 447 speaker slots were filled by 218 unique speakers over the 3-year period. The SHEA average annual membership between 2019 and 2022 with self-reported demographics included 55.2% female and 44.8% male members, with race reported as follows: 69.3% White, 21.4% Asian, 6.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.9% Black, 0.4% American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AIAN/NHPI). However, almost half of the members did not report a race or ethnicity. The SHEA speakers during the same period were 63.5% female and 36.5% male, with 68.2% White, 13.3% Asian, 3.8% Black, 3.4% Hispanic/Latino, and 0.8% AIAN/NHPI. Only 13.4% of speakers did not report race or ethnicity. Every year, there were fewer than 6 speakers in each of the Black, Hispanic or Latino, AIAN/NHPI race or ethnicity categories. In 2019, 49.2% of speakers were aged 41–50 years, compared with 28.6% of members in that age group (P = 0.0029). By 2022, 35.6% of speakers were aged 41–50 years, compared with 29.3% of members in that age group (P = .074). In 2021, pharmacists represented 11.9% of speakers compared with 2.9% of members, and members with nondoctoral degrees represented 11.1% of speakers compared with 21.4% of members (P < .0001). In each year, there was a statistically significant association between primary practice setting and speaker or member representation, with underrepresentation of community or private-practice speakers relative to their proportion of membership: 2019 (7.5% speakers vs 14.3% members), 2021 (6.5% speakers vs 15.2% members), 2022 (4.3% speakers vs 15.7% members) (P < .05) . Conclusions: Although there has been more equitable speaker age representation and an increase in pharmacist speakers at the SHEA Spring Conference over time, practitioners from community settings and those with nondoctoral degrees remain underrepresented relative to the SHEA membership. Racial or ethnic minoritized individuals remain underrepresented as members and speakers compared with the general US population. Intentional interventions are needed to consistently achieve equitable speaker representation across multiple demographic groups at the SHEA Spring Conference.
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P0212 - Psychiatric bridges- finding a linkage between fibromyalgia and the premenstrual syndrome
- D. Amital, L. Fostick, A. Silberman, C. Herskovitz, Y. Doron, J. Zohar, A. Itsekson, A. Rubinow, R. Kigli, H. Amital
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- European Psychiatry / Volume 23 / Issue S2 / April 2008
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- 16 April 2020, pp. S254-S255
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Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is associated with depressive disorders.
Aim:to investigate characteristics of FMS in a cohort of young women with premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
Methods:30 young patients with PMS were included and compared with 26 women who attended a gynecological outpatient clinic. Assessment included demographics, clinical health assessment questionnaire (CLINHAQ), fibromyalgia impact questionnaire (FIQ), sleep and fatigue questionnaires, Sheehan disability scales, SF-36 assessment for QoL, visual analogue scale (VAS) and MINI questionnaires were completed. Each patient underwent a physical examination.
Results:The FIQ score of the PMS group was 33.09±18.48 vs. 8.6±12.62 (p<0.001).. The global pain scale was 3.92±2.96 vs. 1.29±2.2 (p<0.005). A sleep questionnaire scored in the PMS group compared to 12.6±7.8 vs. 7.46±5.3 (p<0.01) in the controls. The tenderness was measured by the number of tender point as defined in the ACR criteria of the FMS 3.13±4.36 v. 0.46±1.1 in the PMS groups compared to the controls (p<0.005), five PMS patients and none in the controls had clinical established FMS. Psychiatric comorbidity was significantly more common in the PMS group affecting 16 of the 30 PMS patients compared to only 3 of the 26 controls (χ2(1)=10.85) (p<0.005).
Conclusion:In this study group of patients PMS we detected higher levels of tenderness, higher psychiatric comorbidity, higher disabilities and lower QoL. All of these correlated with have a lower pain threshold.
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- By Lenard A. Adler, Pinky Agarwal, Rehan Ahmed, Jagga Rao Alluri, Fawaz Al-Mufti, Samuel Alperin, Michael Amoashiy, Michael Andary, David J. Anschel, Padmaja Aradhya, Vandana Aspen, Esther Baldinger, Jee Bang, George D. Baquis, John J. Barry, Jason J. S. Barton, Julius Bazan, Amanda R. Bedford, Marlene Behrmann, Lourdes Bello-Espinosa, Ajay Berdia, Alan R. Berger, Mark Beyer, Don C. Bienfang, Kevin M. Biglan, Thomas M. Boes, Paul W. Brazis, Jonathan L. Brisman, Jeffrey A. Brown, Scott E. Brown, Ryan R. Byrne, Rina Caprarella, Casey A. Chamberlain, Wan-Tsu W. Chang, Grace M. Charles, Jasvinder Chawla, David Clark, Todd J. Cohen, Joe Colombo, Howard Crystal, Vladimir Dadashev, Sarita B. Dave, Jean Robert Desrouleaux, Richard L. Doty, Robert Duarte, Jeffrey S. Durmer, Christyn M. Edmundson, Eric R. Eggenberger, Steven Ender, Noam Epstein, Alberto J. Espay, Alan B. Ettinger, Niloofar (Nelly) Faghani, Amtul Farheen, Edward Firouztale, Rod Foroozan, Anne L. Foundas, David Elliot Friedman, Deborah I. Friedman, Steven J. Frucht, Oded Gerber, Tal Gilboa, Martin Gizzi, Teneille G. Gofton, Louis J. Goodrich, Malcolm H. Gottesman, Varda Gross-Tsur, Deepak Grover, David A. Gudis, John J. Halperin, Maxim D. Hammer, Andrew R. Harrison, L. Anne Hayman, Galen V. Henderson, Steven Herskovitz, Caitlin Hoffman, Laryssa A. Huryn, Andres M. Kanner, Gary P. Kaplan, Bashar Katirji, Kenneth R. Kaufman, Annie Killoran, Nina Kirz, Gad E. Klein, Danielle G. Koby, Christopher P. Kogut, W. Curt LaFrance, Patrick J.M. Lavin, Susan W. Law, James L. Levenson, Richard B. Lipton, Glenn Lopate, Daniel J. Luciano, Reema Maindiratta, Robert M. Mallery, Georgios Manousakis, Alan Mazurek, Luis J. Mejico, Dragana Micic, Ali Mokhtarzadeh, Walter J. Molofsky, Heather E. Moss, Mark L. Moster, Manpreet Multani, Siddhartha Nadkarni, George C. Newman, Rolla Nuoman, Paul A. Nyquist, Gaia Donata Oggioni, Odi Oguh, Denis Ostrovskiy, Kristina Y. Pao, Juwen Park, Anastas F. Pass, Victoria S. Pelak, Jeffrey Peterson, John Pile-Spellman, Misha L. Pless, Gregory M. Pontone, Aparna M. Prabhu, Michael T. Pulley, Philip Ragone, Prajwal Rajappa, Venkat Ramani, Sindhu Ramchandren, Ritesh A. Ramdhani, Ramses Ribot, Heidi D. Riney, Diana Rojas-Soto, Michael Ronthal, Daniel M. Rosenbaum, David B. Rosenfield, Durga Roy, Michael J. Ruckenstein, Max C. Rudansky, Eva Sahay, Friedhelm Sandbrink, Jade S. Schiffman, Angela Scicutella, Maroun T. Semaan, Robert C. Sergott, Aashit K. Shah, David M. Shaw, Amit M. Shelat, Claire A. Sheldon, Anant M. Shenoy, Yelizaveta Sher, Jessica A. Shields, Tanya Simuni, Rajpaul Singh, Eric E. Smouha, David Solomon, Mehri Songhorian, Steven A. Sparr, Egilius L. H. Spierings, Eve G. Spratt, Beth Stein, S.H. Subramony, Rosa Ana Tang, Cara Tannenbaum, Hakan Tekeli, Amanda J. Thompson, Michael J. Thorpy, Matthew J. Thurtell, Pedro J. Torrico, Ira M. Turner, Scott Uretsky, Ruth H. Walker, Deborah M. Weisbrot, Michael A. Williams, Jacques Winter, Randall J. Wright, Jay Elliot Yasen, Shicong Ye, G. Bryan Young, Huiying Yu, Ryan J. Zehnder
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- Neurologic Differential Diagnosis
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- 05 June 2014
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- 17 April 2014, pp xi-xx
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