Geneticist Drops Out of New Role After Allegations of Gender Bias

Constantine Stratakis, who was due to lead an institute at McGill University Health Centre, was the subject of eight equal employment opportunity complaints at his last job at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Written byCatherine Offord

| 3 min read

Save for Later

Listen with Speechify

0:00

3:00

ABOVE: WIKIMEDIA, JEANGAGNON

A prominent geneticist has said he will not to take up the position of executive director and chief scientific officer of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal after allegations of gender discrimination during his previous job came to light in a Science news article last week (April 2). Constantine Stratakis, who for the last 10 years has directed the division of intramural science at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), has been the subject of eight equal employment opportunity complaints since 2013, the article revealed.

“The Board of Directors of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) acknowledged today Dr. Constantine Stratakis’ decision to withdraw from his RI-MUHC and associated appointments at the MUHC and McGill University,” reads a statement on the McGill University Health Centre’s website. “Dr. Stratakis, who was scheduled to take up ...

Interested in reading more?

The Scientist ARCHIVES

Become a Member of

Receive full access to more than 35 years of archives, as well as TS Digest, digital editions of The Scientist, feature stories, and much more!

Join for free today

Already a member? Login Here

Meet the Author

Catherine Offord
After undergraduate research with spiders at the University of Oxford and graduate research with ants at Princeton University, Catherine left arthropods and academia to become a science journalist. She has worked in various guises at The Scientist since 2016. As Senior Editor, she wrote articles for the online and print publications, and edited the magazine’s Notebook, Careers, and Bio Business sections. She reports on subjects ranging from cellular and molecular biology to research misconduct and science policy. Find more of her work at her website.
View Full Profile