Centers of Excellence
Women in Science
Addressing Gender Disparities in Urology and Genitourinary Cancer Research
Gender disparities –the underrepresentation of women and other gender minorities—have historically and continually plagued many fields of medicine and scientific research. The fields of urology, genitourinary (GU) oncology, and prostate cancer research have especially been male-dominated.1,2
Dr. Andrea Miyahira, Ph.D is the Senior Director of Global Research & Scientific Communications at the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF), where she directs PCF’s global scientific knowledge exchange program and production of scientific publications and communications, and collaborates in the oversight of PCF’s prostate cancer research awards portfolio. Dr. Miyahira has a Ph.D. in cancer-immunology, and in depth-knowledge of basic, translational, and clinical oncology research.