Gender Research in Medicine (GiM)
Our team in Gender Research in Medicine specializes in prevention research. The interventions we develop contribute to improving health, quality of life and well-being.
We stand for
- Research with a gender and diversity sensitive approach.
- Innovative teaching in medicine and nursing sciences.
- Methodological expertise with international networking.
14.11.2022 - BUA Diversity and Excellence Lecture Series, starting Thu Nov 24 6pm at Charité Paul Ehrlich Lecture Hall - Prof. Londa Schiebinger (Stanford): Gendered Innovations: Importance and Relevance
The BUA lecture series will be held at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin, as well as virtually.
Prof. Londa Schiebinger will start the lecture series on November 24 with her talk Gendered Innovations: Importance and Relevance across different Disciplines in the Paul Ehrlich Lecture Hall at the Charité starting at 6 pm.
Londa Schiebinger is a historian and theorist of science with expertise in the field of Gender and Science. In addition to her own research, Londa Schiebinger has extensive experience in diversifying science. She currently holds a professorship at Stanford University (USA) in the history of science and is also the director of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research and the EU/US Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering and Environment Project.
More information on the lecture series can be found here: https://www.berlin-university-alliance.de/news/items/2022/221028-diversitaet-exzellenz.html
02.11.2022 - Delegation from the Austrian Green Party
In October, the GiM welcomed a delegation from the Austrian Green Party. The Austrian Green Party Health Spokesperson, Ralph Schallmeiner, and Women's and Gender Equality Spokesperson, Meri Disoski, and their team met face-to-face with Prof Gertraud (Turu) Stadler and Pichit Buspavanich to exchange knowledge and expertise and discuss the latest findings, challenges and necessary measures.
Media Coverage & Science Communication (Selected Contributions)
Media coverage regarding close relationships and health:
Schwenkenbecher, J. (2022, August 29). Emotionale Unterstützung - „Hilft man falsch oder unbedarft, kann das schädlich sein“. Welt, 167, 8. https://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/plus240722891/Emotionale-Unterstuetzung-Hilft-man-falsch-oder-unbedarft-kann-das-schaedlich-sein.html
Schwenkenbecher, J. (2022, June 11). Ich bin da. Geht es Freunden schlecht, will man helfen. Nur: Wie geht das eigentlich am besten? Süddeutsche, 133, 31. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/psychologie-freundschaft-helfersyndrom-1.5600966?reduced=true
Media coverage regarding gender and health:
McPhillips, D. (2022, September 21). Women’s health got worse in 2021, global survey finds. CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/21/health/global-womens-health-index-2021/index.html
Fritzsche, J. (2022, July 3). RESPEKT: Toxische Männlichkeit [TV feature]. ARD Alpha
https://www.br.de/extra/respekt/toxische-maennlichkeit-rollenerwartungen100.html
Förster, T. (Feature Author & Interviewer). (2022, June 22). Gesundheitsrisiko Mann - Wie Männer gesund bleiben [TV feature]. RBB. https://www.rbb-online.de/rbbpraxis/reportagen/gesundheitsrisiko-mann-wie-maenner-gesund-bleiben.html
Seitler, P. (Feature Author & Interviewer). (2022, March 23). Gefährliche Wissenslücke: Die Medizin ignoriert bis heute die Besonderheiten von Frauen. Buzzfeed. https://www.buzzfeed.de/news/gender-data-gap-medizin-daten-wissen-luecke-frauen-forschung-gefahr-91430704.html
Schröder, A. (2022, March 8). Interview: Warum die Genderforschung gegründet wurde und wie weit die Erkenntnisse der Forschung sind. [Radio broadcast]. RBB Radio Fritz https://www.fritz.de/av/audios/aktuell_interviews/2022/03/aktuell_interviews_frauentag_2022_gendermedizinerin_prof_dr_gertraud_stadler_20220308.html?cq_ck=1646730817553
Theater Kampnagel. (2022, January 29). Panel Gender Medizin [Recorded panel discussion]. http://www.kampnagel.de/de/programm/panel-quotgender-medizinquot/
Schmidt, J. (2022). Gendermedizin: Darauf sollten Hausärzte achten. MMW - Fortschritte der Medizin, 164(2), 23. doi: 10.1007/s15006-022-0737-y
Verlinden, B. (Host). (2021, December 12). Gendermedizin: Ein Einstieg [Audio podcast]. AMBOSS Podcast – Medizin zum Hören. https://amboss.podigee.io/75-gendermedizin
Holzer, D. (2021, September 24). Frauen-und Männergesundheit, Ungerechtigkeit durch Gleichbehandlung. Mein Medizinportal.de. https://www.mein-medizinportal.de/themenwelten/frauen-und-maennergesundheit/ungerechtigkeit-durch-gleichbehandlung_24539310.htm
Rudnick, H. (2021, June 17). Erkrankung, Diagnose, Behandlung: Warum Frauen in der Medizin häufig benachteiligt sind. Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.de/wissenschaft/gesundheit/erkrankung-diagnose-behandlung-fuer-frauen-ist-viel-noch-nicht-erforscht/
Braunwarth, A. & Aulehla, I. (2021, May 25). Geschlechtsorientierte Krankheitsprävention - Wie gendermedizinische Erkenntnisse den ärztlichen Alltag verändern könnten. Medical Tribune. https://medical-tribune.ch/10075965/2021/krankheitspraevention-sollte-sich-staerker-am-geschlecht-orientieren/
Braunwarth, A. & Aulehla, I. (2021, April 9). Männlich, weiblich, nicht-binär: Gendermedizin wird den hausärztlichen Alltag verändern. Medical Tribune, 56(14)
Linde, G. & Pegelow. M. (2021, March 22). Operation Gleichberechtigung. FUrios. https://furios-campus.de/2021/03/22/operation-gleichberechtigung/
Eisenreich, R. (2021, February 23). Semesterbeginn: Studiert wird nur der Mann. Zeit. https://www.zeit.de/campus/2021/02/medizinstudium-maenner-frauen-exemplare-gleichberechtigung-biologie#comments
Wildermuth, V. (2020, October 10). Gendermedizin – Frauen sind anders krank [Radio feature]. SWR2 Wissen. https://www.swr.de/swr2/wissen/gendermedizin-frauen-sind-anders-krank-swr2-wissen-2020-11-11-100.html
Schuchardt, P. (2021, April 23). Gendermedizin - was die Geschlechter unterscheidet [TV feature]. Deutsche Welle In Good Shape - Das Gesundheitsmagazin, https://p.dw.com/p/3fhKH
Ficociello, N. (2020, July 19). Toxische Männlichkeit - Warum Männer Feministen werde müssen [Radio feature]. Bayrischer Rundfunk. https://archive.org/details/2020-07-19-toxische-mannlichkeit-warum-manner-feministen-werden-mussen-nicole-ficociello-br
Schmidt, K. (2020, August 6). Gendermedizin - Warum das Geschlecht einen Unterschied macht [Radio feature]. MDR Wissen. https://www.mdr.de/wissen/audios/warum-wir-gendermedizin-brauchen100.html
Ritscher, A (2020, April) Gender-Medizin: Frauen werden falsch behandelt, Männer sterben früher. Freitag, 12. https://www.freitag.de/autoren/der-freitag/diagnose-frau
Deter, A. (2020, April 1). Der Gender Data Gap [Podcast]. Verquer Radio Mecklenburg Vorpommern. https://bildung-verquer.de/radio/vera104-gender-data-gap-ii/
Vissmann, J. (2020, October 20). Der kleine Unterschied [Podcast]. RBB Talking Science. https://www.rbb-online.de/talkingscience/podcast/der-kleine-unterschied.html
Ficociello, N. (2020, March 9). Gender Data Gap: Warum es Frauen gefährdet, wenn sie unsichtbar sind [Radio feature]. Bayern 2 Zündfunk. https://www.br.de/radio/bayern2/sendungen/zuendfunk/gender-data-gap-warum-es-frauen-gefaehrdet-wenn-sie-unsichtbar-sind-102.html
Behrens, I. (2021). Gendermedizin: Frauenherzen schlagen anders – und nicht nur das: Warum es an der Zeit ist für eine geschlechtsspezifische Medizin. Natürlich gesund und munter, 2, 14-24 https://natuerlich.io/2/21-gendermedizin
Nothnagel, M. (2021, May 26). Wo bleiben die Daten für Gendermedizin? Falter Heureka https://www.falter.at/heureka/20210526/wo-bleiben-die-daten-fuer-gendermedizin/_da0b5617ba?ref=related
Featuring Shrout, Stadler, et al., (2018):
Joy, H. (2017). People overstate their negative feelings in surveys. Medindia, retrieved December 22, 2017 from http://www.medindia.net/news/people-overstate-their-negative-feelings-in-surveys-175600-1.htm
Riordan, C. (2017). Patients exaggerate illnesses and injuries when first questioned. The Times, retrieved December 22, 2017 from https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/patients-exaggerate-illnesses-and-injuries-when-first-questioned-hsbhlck7t, featuring Shrout, Stadler, et al., (2017).
News from the Gender in Medicine (GiM)
Digital platform on inherited cancer risk funded with 4.3 million euro
In Germany, around 69.000 women and 700 men fall ill with breast cancer every year. Around 30 percent of these patients have an increased inherited cancer risk. For this particular group pf patients better treatment options are becoming more readily available. However, these interventions are most successful if the inherited cancer risk is discovered early on.
In a new project funded by the Innovationsfonds of the “Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss” a new digital care platform for people with inherited cancer risk and their treating doctors will be developed. Specialist knowledge about breast cancer will be available through the platform and the network of carers and patients will be strengthened.
The scientists leading the project are based at the Gender in Medicine institute of the Charité University hospital, TU and HU Berlin. They want to investigate if the care platform can aid with early cancer detection and can improve the quality of life for patients. The experience of the project leaders with law and ethics surrounding digital technologies will be a crucial piece of the final product.
The digital platform will be funded with ~ 4.3 million euro over the course of four years. The Innovationsfonds usually facilitates projects that go beyond regular statutory health insurance. Should the pilot phase encourage it, the digital platform could be integrated into regular care in the future, where the focus could expand to other illnesses as well.
Dr. Friederike Kendel is particularly excited about the colloaboration with experts in medicine, ergonomics and law: “Digital transformation offers many exciting opportunities to improve medical care. However, there are clear ethical, psychosocial and legal risks associated with it, for which there are currently not many concrete solutions available. These solutions can only be found if we work closely together as part of an interdisciplinary endeavour.
Project partners at Charité, TU and HU
- PD Dr. Dorothee Speiser, Charité, Centre for Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer
- Prof. Dr. Friederike Kendel, Charité, Gender in Medicine
- Prof. Dr. Markus Feufel, TU Berlin, Institute for Ergonomics
- Dr. Sven Asmussen, HU Berlin, Law
Also: BKK VBU, Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft e. V., ID Information und Dokumentation im Gesundheitswesen GmbH & Co. KGaA, Dr. Konrad Neumann (Biometrie, Charité); Prof. Dr. Getraud Stadler (Gender in Medicine, Charité)
Original press release: https://innovationsfonds.g-ba.de/downloads/media/243/2021-01-28_Liste-gefoerderte-Projekte-NVF_FBK-2019-12-12.pdf
