Gender Inequities in the Multiple Sclerosis Community: A Call for Action

Abstract

We thank Moneim and colleagues for calling attention to theissue of gender inequality in MS clinical trial steering committeesand in authorship on publications emerging from phase 3 clinicaltrials.1Gender inequality is a long-standing problem in publica-tion practices in general,2as well as in neurology,3,4academicmedicine,5and science,6so it is not surprising to see it reflectedin thefield of multiple sclerosis (MS)