Publications by authors named "B K Alldredge"
Article Synopsis
- The article investigates the prevalence of caregiving among faculty at a large health sciences institution, highlighting the higher likelihood of women and older faculty being caregivers.
- It utilizes a mixed-methods survey to collect demographic data and analyze caregiving barriers, uncovering concerns like unsupportive work environments and unclear policies.
- The findings suggest that institutions could implement better support systems for caregivers, such as improved leave policies and flexible work arrangements, to address disparities in academic medicine, especially for women faculty.
Background: Women and underrepresented in medicine and the health sciences (URiM) faculty face inequities in advancement. Career sponsorship may be a remedy. Few studies have described sponsorship in academic medicine and none across an institution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMost academic health sciences centers offer faculty leadership development programs (LDPs); however, the outcomes of LDPs are largely unknown. This article describes perspectives from our 12-year experience cultivating a formal faculty LDP within an academic health center and longitudinal outcomes of our LDP. Responding to faculty concerns from University of California San Francisco's (UCSF) 2001 Faculty Climate Survey, UCSF established the UCSF-Coro Faculty Leadership Collaborative (FLC) in 2005.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSafety and Efficacy of Rituximab: Experience of a Single Multiple Sclerosis Center.
Clin Neuropharmacol
November 2018
Objectives: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system. B cells play an important pathogenic role in MS. Rituximab (RTX), a B-cell depleting drug, has been used to treat MS and neuromyelitis optica (NMO).
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