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Earlier this year, I was named the first female dean of the Duke University School of Medicine, an event that National Public Radio summed up in the headline: "Andrews Makes History at Duke Med School." Why should the appointment of a woman dean still be big news in 2007? Perhaps because, with a few localized exceptions, there has been little change since the 1970s in the barriers to women's full participation in academic medicine.

I happen to believe strongly that diversifying all levels of academic medicine is not only politically correct, it is also the way to make our institutions . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Andrews is the dean of Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.

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