Is there gender bias in HIV cure research? A case study of female representation at the 2015 HIV Persistence Workshop

According to the United States National Science Foundation 2015 report on women, minorities and persons with disabilities in science and engineering [1], 56.5% of college enrollees are women. Of the roughly 2.3 million freshmen who intend to major in biological and agricultural science, 63.2% are female. About 48% of people employed in life sciences are female. Of these 53.1% have doctoral degrees and 63% are technologists and technicians. Fewer than 25% of full professors are female. Of academic institution faculty, 47% of males have federal support, while 40% of women receive such support. The gender gap in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) participation is wider in almost every other region of the world [2]..