Experiences were compared by gender, race and ethnicity, and LGBTQ+ status. Researchers surveyed a total of 830 faculty members who received National Institutes of Health career development awards in 2006–09 and remained in academia.

Additionally, the study examined whether these factors are associated with faculty mental health. The study, which was published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, looked specifically at three aspects of workplace mistreatment in academic medicine - sexual harassment, cyber incivility and negative workplace climate - and whether they differ by gender, race and ethnicity, and LGBTQ+ status. A new study led by Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University researcher Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, has found that women, racial and ethnic minorities, and individuals identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer are disproportionately affected by workplace mistreatment in academic medicine, and this mistreatment negatively impacts their mental health.

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