‘The numbers are pretty appalling’: Asian scientists rarely awarded top scientific prizes

Some see it as a symptom of a discriminatory “bamboo ceiling” in academia: Despite being heavily represented in American biomedical research, Asian scientists are rarely granted the field’s prestigious research prizes.
A new analysis, published Thursday in the journal Cell , paints a stark picture. Less than 7% of recipients of some of the country’s most coveted scientific prizes — including the Lasker Award — are Asian, while other prestigious awards in biology have yet to be given to a single Asian recipient. Read the rest…