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FACULTY PROFILE Distribution of our faculty (Figure 1) by gender for the period 1997-2000 revealed that women are indeed well represented at the UPR- MSC. It should be noted that since 1998 the percentage of women in our faculty exceeded that of men.
Women are also well represented when the percentage of faculty is analyzed by rank and gender as illustrated in Figure 3. During aca- demic year 1998-99 (most recent data available), forty percent of all full-professors and fifty-five percent of all associate professors were women. It should be noted that for the same period of time, five of the nine deanships on the Medical Sciences Campus were directed by women. This further supports the significant role that women play in our institution.
Research Faculty It is estimated that 18-20% of the faculty on the Medical Sciences Campus is actively involved in research. A more detailed analysis of this particular segment reveals that women has increased their parti- cipation in research activities from 45% in 1996-97 (baseline year) to 49% in 1999-00.
These data correlate with an increase in the number of research proposals whose principal investigators were women during the same period of time (Figure 4).
Participation of Women in Research Programs There are several research programs that contribute significantly to the development of research at the Medical Sciences Campus. These programs include the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program, the Scientific Center of Research Excellence (SCORE) Program, the Latino Research Program, and the RCMI Clinical Research Center (RCRC). In all of these programs women are well represented both as research investigators (Figure 5) as well as program directors (three of the four programs are directed by women).
These research programs include projects focusing on conditions affecting women's health such as AIDS, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, folate metabolism, neonatal morbidity, and breast cancer among others
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