Shikha Jain: We know the gender gap impacts the workforce, but it also impacts the delivery of care and patient outcomes.

Shikha Jain, recently shared a post by Morning Joe on X/Twitter, adding:

“Thanks for having me on today. We know the gender gap impacts the workforce, but it also impacts the delivery of care and patient outcomes.

We should all care about this and work diligently to fix this pervasive problem in our healthcare systems.”

Quoting Morning Joe’s post:

“Women in medicine often do invisible work, impacting their promotions and leadership opportunities.” — Shikha Jain on the challenges faced by women in the field.”

Sources: Shikha Jain/Twitter and Morning Joe/Twitter

Shikha Jain is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Illinois Cancer Center in Chicago. She is the Director of Communication Strategies in Medicine and the Associate Director of Oncology Communication & Digital Innovation. She is a founder and Chair of the Women In Medicine Summit, and founder and President of the Women in Medicine® non-profit. She is the co-founder of the Rush Center for the Advancement of Women in Health Care. Dr. Jain was named a Rising Star in Medicine by Medscape in 2020 and one of Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Emerging Leaders in 2019, and was also awarded the Rising Star award by the LEAD Oncology Conference in 2019 and nominated in in 2020 as a Women Leader in Oncology.