In the past three years, Christine E. Seidman has served on three search committees for department chair or comparable positions at Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital. Each time, she's wondered where the women are. "I never saw more than one—sometimes zero—female candidates in each pool of 10 to 20 resumes." continued...

Illustrations: Alison Seiffer

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Reprinted from the HHMI Bulletin,
June 2002, pages 20-25.
©2002 Howard Hughes Medical Institute