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One of the world's foremost medical research institutions is being sued for gender bias
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Aug 30, 2016
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One of the world's foremost medical research institutions is being sued for gender bias
As conversation with the doctor who is suing the NIH for not offering tenure to enough women and men equally and a look at how gender bias affects medical research.
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As conversation with the doctor who is suing the NIH for not offering tenure to enough women and men equally and a look at how gender bias affects medical research.

For more than a century, the National Institute of Health has been one of the world's foremost institutes on medical research. 

Studies at the NIH have led to the development of the MRI, an understanding of how viruses can cause cancer ... even a treatment for multiple sclerosis. 

That last advance was made by neuro-immunologist, Bibiana Bielekova.

Recently, Dr. Bielekova filed an Equal Employment Opportunity complaint against the NIH - claiming gender bias.

She joins Take Tow to explain her concerns about the Institute and how gender disparity might influence our understanding of human health. 

To hear the full conversation, click the blue player above