Gender-based linguistic differences in letters of recommendation for rhinology fellowship over time: A dual-institutional follow-up study using natural language processing and deep learning.

Journal: International forum of allergy & rhinology
PMID: 39010845

Abstract

This follow-up dual-institutional and longitudinal study further evaluated for underlying gender biases in LORs for rhinology fellowship. Explicit and implicit linguistic gender bias was found, heavily favoring male applicants.

Authors

  • Vikram Vasan
    Department of Otolaryngology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
  • Christopher P Cheng
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
  • Shaun Edalati
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: shaun.edalati@mountsinai.org.
  • Shreya Mandloi
    Department of Otolaryngology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • David K Lerner
    Department of Otolaryngology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
  • Anthony Del Signore
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
  • Madeleine Schaberg
    Department of Otolaryngology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
  • Satish Govindaraj
    Department of Otolaryngology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
  • Mindy Rabinowitz
    Department of Otolaryngology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Gurston Nyquist
    Department of Otolaryngology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Alfred Marc Iloreta
    Department of Otolaryngology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.

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