Reporting Race and Ethnicity In Research Presented at the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons’ Annual Meeting

Inclusion of minority women in gynecologic research is vital for preventing health care inequities and disparities. This research involving HIP Investigator Dr. Heidi Brown was conducted to determine how frequently race and ethnicity data were reported in oral presentations at the Society for Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS)’s annual meeting. The abstracts and articles associated with SGS oral presentations between 2016 and 2020 were reviewed. Overall, the study found that most research abstracts at SGS annual meetings did not include race or ethnicity data. SGS articles were more likely to report these data but did not represent the the U.S. population diversity accurately.