TABLE 1

Suggested topics for inclusion in interstitial lung disease (ILD) fellowship training

Overall review of sex and gender-based medicine
Sex influence in pulmonary fibrosis animal models
Sex and gender influences in genetics and epigenetics in ILD
Gendered behaviours influencing exposures in ILD
Gendered behaviours influencing healthcare system utilisation and healthcare provision
Sex and gender in the research agenda (designs accounting for this additional stratification)
Gender bias in career progression of women physicians, and importance of equity, diversity and inclusion

Appropriate references for each topic are provided throughout the text.