In Reply We would like to thank Acuña et al for their Letter to the Editor in response to our recent Research Letter addressing the association of sex, race, and ethnicity with receipt of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding by surgeon-scientists.¹ We wholeheartedly agree with their concerns regarding identification of race and ethnicity, and we would extend their concern to include sex as well. While we detailed our methods and highlighted our methodological choices as a limitation in the Research Letter, their concern is valid and underscores the need for accurate data to inform future efforts to improve broad representation in science.

作为回复，我们要感谢 Acuña 等人写给编辑的信，以回应我们最近的研究信，该信涉及性别、种族和民族与收到美国国立卫生研究院 (NIH) 外科医生科学家资助的关系。¹我们完全同意他们对种族和民族识别的关注，我们会将他们的关注扩展到性别。虽然我们在研究信函中详细介绍了我们的方法并强调了我们的方法选择是一个限制，但他们的担忧是有道理的，并强调了需要准确的数据来为未来提高科学广泛代表性的努力提供信息。