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Dear Colleagues, 

I am pleased to include another issue of RFS Briefings with some timely and encouraging updates on women in science. 

Raw Science Film Festival is moving from California to New York City! The 10th Raw Science Film Festival is set to open on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at the L’ Alliance New York Florence Gould Theater. Rosalind Franklin Society is a sponsoring partner of the festival. The full 3-day event includes film screenings, workshops, panels, live performances including ones by Susaye Greene, and tours. The festival brings together people from across science, technology, entertainment, and media worldwide to showcase best-in-class film and media from around the globe. Read more.

Please continue to share important news and opportunities with us so that we may share it with you and others who are committed to supporting the careers of exceptional women in science.

Stay safe and sound,

Karla Shepard Rubinger
Executive Director
Rosalind Franklin Society
www.rosalindfranklinsociety.org

Obesity-drug pioneers win the prestigious Lasker Award for medical science.

Three scientists involved in developing the blockbuster anti-obesity drugs that are currently changing the healthcare landscape are among the winners of this year’s prestigious Lasker Awards. Joel Habener, Svetlana Mojsov, and Lotte Bjerre Knudsen will share a US$250,000 prize. Read more. Image via Lasker Foundation.

Meet the Winners of the 2024 Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award.
Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Salim Abdool Karim have tracked the HIV epidemic in South Africa, identified the disproportionate burden of infection in vulnerable young women in Africa, developed and tested new HIV prevention technologies for women, and assisted international leaders in addressing the global HIV epidemic. Read more.

University of Arizona Global Campus assistant dean recognized with Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award.

Karen Ivy, a professor, and assistant dean with the University of Arizona Global Campus, was honored by the White House with the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to several communities and industries, including aerospace, manufacturing, information technology, and health care. Read more. (Image via The University of Arizona)

The Charles Bronfman Prize is accepting nominations.
The Charles Bronfman Prize is an award of $100,000 presented to a humanitarian under the age of fifty whose innovative work, fueled by their Jewish values, has significantly improved the world. The prize accepts nominations in all areas of humanitarian work across a broad spectrum of disciplines. Read more.

USDA Invests Nearly $121M in Specialty Crops Research and Organic Agriculture Production.
The investment includes $70.4 million to support specialty crop production research across the United States and $50.5 million to support farmers and ranchers who grow and market high-quality organic food, fiber, and organic products. “We know specialty and organic crops add nutrition to our diets and value to sustainable agriculture systems,” said Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young, USDA Chief Scientist and Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics. Read more.

Cleveland Clinic mourns the loss of Dr. Charis Eng.

Dr. Charis Eng was a pioneer in genetic and genomic medicine, and her legacy will remain not only in the programs she founded but also with the generations of trainees she inspired. Born and raised in Singapore, Dr. Eng dedicated her life to medicine and biomedical sciences for the benefit of humankind.
Read more. (Image via Cleveland Clinic)

America’s Best and Worst Colleges for Women in STEM.
America is facing a shortage of the scientists and engineers needed in some of our fastest-growing industries. The U.S. semiconductor sector, for instance, will have about 67,000 unfilled jobs by the end of this decade. The simplest way to meet this human resource demand is for more women to major and graduate in STEM fields. Read more.

2025 Winner of the Elaine Redding Brinster Prize in Science or Medicine.

The Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has awarded the 2025 Elaine Redding Brinster Prize to Dr. Mary-Claire King for her pioneering work on a genetic basis for breast cancer. Dr. King proved the existence and precise location of variants of the BRCA1 gene responsible for inherited predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer. Read more. (Photo by Steven Dewall via University of Pennsylvania)

UConn Trustee Creates Breakthrough Women’s Leadership Initiative.
Jeanine Armstrong Gouin has made an undisclosed gift to endow the Jeanine Armstrong Gouin Initiative for Women in Leadership at the UConn College of Engineering. Read more.

Women Sweep The 2024 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists.
The Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences have named three women scientists as Laureates of the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. It’s the second consecutive year that all three of the Blavatnik Laureates have been women. Read more.

Heinz Family Foundation Names Leaders of iNaturalist and Women’s Earth Alliance Recipients of the 29th Heinz Awards for the Environment.

Amira Diamond and Melinda Kramer receive the Heinz Award for the Environment for their work founding and leading the Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA), which seeks to protect the environment, end the climate crisis, and ensure a just, thriving world by empowering women-led climate initiatives and eco-enterprises. Read more. (Photo by Joshua Franzos)

Susan Harkema, Ph.D., joins Kessler Foundation as Director of Consortium Growth for Spinal Stimulation.
Dr. Harkema is nationally recognized for her research in the field of spinal cord injury, neural plasticity, and neuromodulation. She held the position of professor in the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the University of Louisville for more than 20 years. Read more.

Polina Anikeeva named head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT.

Polina Anikeeva’s research sits at the intersection of materials chemistry, electronics, and neurobiology. By bridging these disciplines, Anikeeva and her team are deepening our understanding and treatment of complex neurological disorders. Read more. (Photo by Lillie Paquette)

Gender Bias In STEM May Start in Kindergarten, Study Says.
The recent work published in the journal Sex Roles studied children from kindergarten through third grade. The results revealed that the children believed that older girls would struggle more on a challenging STEM exam. Read more.


 
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Marianna Limas, Social Media Manager
Nilda Rivera, Partnership and Events Manager   

 

Dear Colleagues, 

I am pleased to include another issue of RFS Briefings with some timely and encouraging updates on women in science.

The Raw Science Film Festival has moved to New York City! The 2024 Awards Ceremony is on October 5 - 6, 2024. The festival includes film screenings, workshops, panels, and a pink carpet Awards Ceremony. The festival brings together people across science, technology, entertainment, and media worldwide to showcase best-in-class film and media from around the globe. Read more.

Please continue to share important news and opportunities with us so that we may share it with you and others who are committed to supporting the careers of exceptional women in science.

Stay safe and sound,

Karla Shepard Rubinger
Executive Director
Rosalind Franklin Society
www.rosalindfranklinsociety.org

Announcing the 2024 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars.

The Rita Allen Foundation has named its 2024 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, celebrating seven early-career leaders in the biomedical sciences whose research holds exceptional promise for revealing new pathways to advance human health. The Rita Allen Foundation has been an important funder of our annual RFS awards in ScienceRead more. (Image via Rita Allen Foundation)

Apply today for BII & Science Translational Medicine Prize for Innovations in Women's Health.
The prize seeks to recognize researchers who have developed innovative advances with translational potential to impact women’s health. Researchers who have advanced development of new solutions that can be readily deployed in low- and middle-income countries are encouraged to apply. Read more.

‘She was right, and they were wrong’: the female astronomers hidden by science’s male elite.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin showed stars were primarily made of hydrogen and helium, contradicting the scientific orthodoxy of the 1920s, which held that they were made of an array of elements. Read more.

Embracing Risk to Accelerate Better Health Outcomes for Everyone.

ARPA-H Director Dr. Renee Wegrzyn explains how ARPA-H makes pivotal investments in high-risk, high-reward ideas that cannot be achieved through traditional research or investment. Read more. Watch her RFS presentation here: Room at the Top: Leadership at the Federal Level. (Image via ARPA-H)

The 2025 Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD) Meeting Program Committee invites proposals for Scientific Symposia and Individual Talks.
The Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD) is a unique scientific organization that seeks to enhance knowledge of sex/gender differences by facilitating interdisciplinary communication and collaboration among scientists and clinicians of diverse backgrounds. Read more.

2024 Joanna Fowler Award Winners Announced.

The Chemistry Division at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS) have named Paris Watson of Johns Hopkins University, Michele Myong of Brookhaven Lab, and Edelmy Marin Bernardez of Stony Brook University as the recipients of the 2024 Joanna Fowler Award in the Chemical and Biochemical Sciences. (Image: Paris Watson, Michele Myong, and Edelmy Marin Bernardez). Read more.

Crafting tales of science with Theanne Griffith.
Theanne Griffith can’t help thinking in stories. After having her first child, Griffith decided to push her love of storytelling further by writing a children’s book. Seven years later, she has published 15 books as part of two series: a nonfiction chapter book series, “Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files,” and her own fiction series called “The Magnificent Makers. Read more.

SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn mission will set altitude record for female astronauts.
Two women astronauts will set a spaceflight record next week, if all goes according to plan. Polaris Dawn's four-person crew includes female mission specialists Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon, both of whom are SpaceX engineers, as well as male pilot Scott "Kidd" Poteet. Read more.

Dr. Geri Donenberg was named NIH Associate Director for AIDS Research.

Dr. Geri Donenberg was among the first to establish the role of mental health in adolescent HIV risk taking and to design and implement HIV prevention interventions for youth with mental health distress. She will join NIH this October to lead the advancement and coordination of HIV/AIDS research at NIH, working closely with NIH Institutes and Centers. Read more.

For men only? Lack of women winners for million-euro science prize draws protests.
At a June ceremony in the scenic Swiss village of Villars, three scientists each collected a huge new prize: 1 million Swiss francs ($1.1 million) to invest in their research to safeguard the planet against various environmental tipping points. All the winners of this year’s Frontiers Planet Prize (FPP), with a cash award bigger than the Nobel Prize, were men, just as they were last year. Read more.

Because of Her Story Interns Uplifted Women’s History Across Smithsonian.
This paid, eight-week internship program offered students or recent graduates the opportunity to be involved in programs across the Smithsonian—from the National Zoo to the National Postal Museum—to support projects that amplify women’s voices and contributions throughout history to tell a more complete American story. Read more.

Apply for the 2024 Paula Kantor Award.

Nominations are now open for the 2024 Paula Kantor Award for excellence in research. Nominate exceptional women researchers under the age of 40 who are citizens of countries located in a low- or middle-income country. Read more.

The American Public Health Association announces 2024 awards for excellence in public health.
“We’re excited to present these prestigious awards to those working tirelessly to improve public health across the country and around the globe. Their innovation, leadership and advocacy demonstrate a deep commitment to public health and health equity,” said Georges C. Benjamin, MD, executive director of APHA. Read more.

How a little-known 17th-century female scientist changed our understanding of insects.
Maria Sibylla Merian’s beautiful and disturbing illustrations, which shaped how we look at the natural world, will be on show at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. Read more.

Fatima Cody Stanford Receives the 2024 Meritorious Award.

“I am so thankful to the National Medical Association for selecting me as the 2024 Meritorious Award Recipient. This award is given for noted national and international achievement and prominence. In my work in obesity, nutrition, and fitness, I help reduce bias and stigma, which are particularly prominent for those with excess adipose and particularly those of African descent,” says Fatima Cody Stanford. Read more. Image via  Harvard Medical School.

FASEB’s Excellence in Science Awards honor outstanding women scientists.
Do you know an outstanding woman scientist who is committed to the professional development of others, her scientific society, and the broader biological and biomedical science community? Nominate them for the 2025 FASEB Science Excellence Awards. Read more.

 
We are pleased to welcome the first members of our new Council of Corporate Leadership!


            

Subscribe to our newsletter (RFS Briefings) at Rosalind Franklin Society | Substack 


Marianna Limas, Social Media Manager
Nilda Rivera, Partnership and Events Manager  

 

Dear Colleagues, 

I am pleased to include another issue of RFS Briefings with some timely and encouraging updates on women in science.

Please continue to share important news and opportunities with us so that we may share it with you and others who are committed to supporting the careers of exceptional women in science.

Stay safe and sound,

Karla Shepard Rubinger
Executive Director
Rosalind Franklin Society
www.rosalindfranklinsociety.org

For the first time, women make up 50% of Caltech's incoming undergraduate class.
In a historic milestone for Caltech, the incoming undergraduate class will comprise 50% women. The class of 2028 is the first to reach gender parity since the Institute began admitting female undergraduates in 1970, and includes 113 women and 109 men, according to admissions data. Read more.

Celebrating women's participation in STEM: Breaking barriers and building futures.

To encourage women's participation in STEM fields from an early age, NSF funds innovative projects, such as Rural Girls in STEM, SciGirls and Sci Girls Code. Image: The Emmy Award-winning television show "SciGirls," produced by Twin Cities Public Television and supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, is the only PBS series built on best practices for engaging girls ages 9-13 in STEM. The show features real girls that viewers can relate to. Credit: SciGirls, Twin Cities Public Television. Read more. 

Checking in on Pandemic Impact on Women in Science.
Before the pandemic, less than 30% of the world’s STEM researchers were women. When the lockdowns started, it didn’t take long for warning signs about women’s ability to get their work done to emerge, including in science. Now that it’s been a few years, Hilda Bastian checked in to see how gender diversity seems to be faring. Read more.

Immunotherapy pioneer inspires audience as UTSW’s first Mendelson Visiting Professor.
Every year, the Women in Science and Medicine Advisory Committee (WISMAC) selects an influential researcher for the Distinguished Visiting Professor Keynote Lecture. Dr. Bollard’s decades of work on cellular therapy made her an ideal choice for the 2024 WISMAC event. Read more.

How moms may be affecting STEM gender gap.

Women have been underrepresented in science and technology fields, and new research suggests a somewhat surprising possible contributing factor: the influence of moms. “Mothers have the strongest effect on their daughters in pushing them away from STEM fields and into humanistic fields,” said Michela Carlana, Harvard Kennedy School assistant professor of public policy. Read more. Photo courtesy of Michela Carlana.

STEM Girl Summer Shows High School Students a Future of Possibilities.
Even today, women remain underrepresented in STEM careers, especially in male-dominated fields like physics, engineering and mathematics. University of California San Diego graduate student Robin Glefke hopes to change that with STEM Girl Summer. Read more.

A final story that celebrates a woman’s ideas and achievements.
Obituaries of scientists are much more often about men than women. Communications Earth & Environment is initiating a series of articles highlighting the lives and work of women scientists, aiming to inspire the next generation with their stories and career paths. Read more.

Anneke Levelt Sengers: An international authority in the thermodynamics of fluids and a passionate advocate for women in science.

Johanna Maria Henrica (Anneke) Levelt Sengers, a Dutch American physicist, an international authority in the thermodynamics of fluids and fluid mixtures, especially near critical points, and a passionate advocate for women in science, passed away at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Maryland on February 28, 2024, a few days shy of her 95th birthday. Image Credit: The National Institute of Standards and Technology Digital Collections. Read more.

Review: How a Group of Women Launched Modern Cosmology.
A new biography of astronomer Henrietta Leavitt celebrates the meaning of making in science. Fans of Hidden Figures and The Glass Universe will appreciate Anna Von Mertens’s captivating portrait of Henrietta Leavitt and the Harvard Computers, who laid the foundation for modern cosmology at the turn of the 20th century. Read more.

Summer Interns Help Illuminate Impact of Disease on Marine Life.
The Quantitative Marine Disease Ecology Lab hosted three interns this summer. As a team they made strides in understanding the health and climate impacts of marine diseases and advancing the tools scientists use to study them. Read more.

Isabella Weber, associate professor of economics, has been awarded the 2024 Ellen Meiksins Wood Prize. 

The prize, established by Ed Broadbent and the Broadbent Institute in 2017 in honor of distinguished author and academic Professor Ellen Meiksins Wood, recognizes outstanding academic contributions in political theory, social or economic history, human rights and sociology. Image: Isabella Weber and Jen Hassum, executive director of Broadbent Institute. Photo by Jack McClelland, Broadbent Institute. Read more.

Professor Emerita Mary-Lou Pardue, pioneering cellular and molecular biologist, dies at 90.
In 1983, Pardue was the first woman in the School of Science at MIT to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. In the 1990s, Pardue was also one of 16 senior women on MIT’s science faculty who co-signed a letter to the dean of science claiming bias against women scientists at the Institute at the time.  Read more.

Sex bias in pain management decisions.
Researchers present robust evidence showing that physicians’ and nurses’ pain management decisions in emergency departments disfavor female patients compared to male patients. Read more.

We are pleased to welcome the first members of our new Council of Corporate Leadership!


            

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Marianna Limas, Social Media Manager
Nilda Rivera, Partnership and Events Manager 

 

 

 

 
 

Dear Colleagues, 

I am pleased to include another issue of RFS Briefings with some timely and encouraging updates on women in science.

Please continue to share important news and opportunities with us so that we may share it with you and others who are committed to supporting the careers of exceptional women in science.

Stay safe and sound,

Karla Shepard Rubinger
Executive Director
Rosalind Franklin Society
www.rosalindfranklinsociety.org



Susan Wojcicki, Former Chief of YouTube, Dies at 56.

Susan Wojcicki, who played a key role in Google’s creation and became one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent female executives with her leadership of YouTube, died on Friday. Her sister Anne was a founder of the genetic testing firm 23andMe. Read more. 

Groundbreaking poverty alleviation project expands with new Arnold Ventures, J-PAL North America collaboration.

J-PAL North America, a regional office of MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), will significantly expand its work to conduct rigorous research and strengthen evidence-based policymaking due to a new grant from long-time supporter and collaborator Arnold Ventures. Image: Laura Arnold, founder and co-chair of Arnold Ventures (right) and MIT Professor Esther Duflo, scientific director of J-PAL, speak during J-PAL North America’s 10-year anniversary convening. Photo courtesy of J-PAL North America. Read more.

Now open: Applications are currently being accepted for the Jefferson Science Fellowships.
Established in 2003 by the Secretary of State, the Jefferson Science Fellowships serve as an innovative model for engaging the American science, engineering, and medical communities in the U.S. foreign policy and international development process through a one-year immersive experience at the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Read more.

Quantum computing aims for diversity, one qubit at a time.

Girls in Quantum is one of a handful of initiatives aimed at increasing representation in quantum computing, which is one of the fastest-growing disciplines in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Image: Irene Fernández de Fuentes (center) co-founded the Australian charity Quantum Women. Credit: Sydney Quantum Academy. Read more.

$100M gift to establish William & Mary’s Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences.
The College of William & Mary has announced a $100 million gift from local philanthropist Jane Batten to transform its School of Coastal & Marine Sciences at the public university’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). Read more.

Dr. Carolyn M. Hutter was selected as Director of the NIH Office of Strategic Coordination.

Dr. Carolyn M. Hutter brings more than 20 years of experience in genetics and epidemiology as well as managing large research collaborations. She is currently the Director of the Division of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). Image credit: National Institutes of Health. Read more.

This Researcher Is on a Crusade to Correct Wikipedia’s Gender Imbalance.
Physicist Jess Wade explains the importance of recognizing female scientists on Wikipedia. She’s created more than 2,000 Wikipedia articles to do just that. In this episode of The Lost Women of Science Initiative, Wade talks about what she does and why she does it. Read more.

Maxine Singer obituary: biologist who shaped genetic engineering and fought discrimination.

The US molecular biologist Maxine Singer made discoveries about the role of enzymes in assembling genetic material. She became a key advocate for dialogue between scientists and society. In later life, as an influential scientific administrator, she championed the cause of marginalized people in science and founded innovative programmes to support science teaching in schools. She has died aged 93. Image credit: National Institutes of Health. Read more.

Clarissa May Babila on Using “Packages” from Cells to Diagnose Brain Diseases.

Clarissa May Babila is part of the Wyss Diagnostics Accelerator, using extracellular vesicles to better understand diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, with the eventual goal of finding a way to diagnose them earlier. Learn more about Clarissa and her work in this month’s Humans of the Wyss. Image credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University. Read more.

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Marianna Limas, Social Media Manager
Nilda Rivera, Partnership and Events Manager

 
 

Dear Colleagues, 

I am pleased to include another issue of RFS Briefings with some timely and encouraging updates on women in science.

RFS Awards in Science Recognize Outstanding Contributions from Women and Minorities

We are thrilled to announce a new publication honoring the scientists receiving the 3rd Annual Rosalind Franklin Society Awards in Science!

In partnership with Mary Ann Liebert Inc., we launched this prestigious annual award in 2021. It recognizes the best paper by a woman or underrepresented minority in science in each of the publisher’s 100 peer-reviewed journals. Our goal is to highlight the important contributions of these scientists and provide role models and mentors for younger scientists following in their footsteps. Read more.

Anthology of the RFS Awards in Science 2023 

The anthology includes a biography of each winner and an abstract of their selected work. A total of $100,000 has been allocated for these award winners. The book is a remarkable compendium of research in science, engineering, and medicine that has been accomplished by outstanding investigators who, early in their careers, were not considered “real” scientists, engineers, or medical researchers because they did not fit the stereotypical scientist, engineer, or physician role.

Please continue to share important news and opportunities with us so that we may share it with you and others who are committed to supporting the careers of exceptional women in science.

Stay safe and sound,

 Karla Signature

Karla Shepard Rubinger
Executive Director
Rosalind Franklin Society
www.rosalindfranklinsociety.org


Women’s Health Access Matters (WHAM) Announces Dr. Elizabeth Garner as Strategic Advisor to The WHAM Research Collaborative.

Dr. Elizabeth Garner brings an impressive background in scientific research and innovation. She is the immediate past president of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) and was formerly Chief Scientific Officer at Ferring Pharmaceuticals. Read more. Image credit: WHAM

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund announces 2024 Career Awards at the Scientific Interface.
This year, 12 young scientists will receive awards of $560,000 each over five years to support their transition from postdoctoral training into independent faculty positions. Read more.

OMRF receives $3 million to study anti-aging supplement.

An Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist has received a $3 million grant to explore a pathway to better heart health as we age. Ann Chiao, Ph.D., studies a coenzyme called NAD+, which is found in cells throughout our bodiesRead more. Image: Ann Chiao, PhD, OMRF.

Announcing the 2024 Winners of the McNulty Prize.
The McNulty Foundation and the Aspen Institute announced the 2024 John P. McNulty Prize winners––courageous leaders tackling critical issues, from environmental injustice and disaster recovery, to addressing a national crisis of leadership and education. Each of their organizations will receive $150,000 in support of their exceptional efforts. Read more.

HHMI Invests Over $300 Million in 26 New Investigators.

HHMI, a member of the Rosalind Franklin Society, Council of Academic Institutions, just announced its new crop of 26 investigators for 2024. 10 of the 26 are women. Great to see Sam Sternberg and Vijay Sankaran included. Read more.

What Kamala Harris’s historic bid for the US presidency means for science.
The daughter of a scientist and a supporter of diversity in STEM, Harris as a potential candidate has stirred optimism among scientists. Here, Nature talks to policy analysts and researchers about what a potential Harris administration might mean for science, health, and the environment. Read more.

The 2025 Mirzayan Fellowship application is now open!
Launched in 1997, the Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program is a full-time, hands-on training and educational program that provides early career individuals with the opportunity to spend 12 weeks at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, DC learning about science and technology policy and the role that scientists and engineers play in advising the nation. Read more.

Kathleen Maletic Neuzil: new Fogarty International Center leader.

Kathleen Maletic Neuzil is the new Director of the Fogarty International Center at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD. “I would say having both my parents have serious illnesses and dying when I was young, watching them suffer definitely influenced my desire to go into medicine”, she says. Read more. Image: Dr. Neuzil, Fogarty International Center at NIH.

“It's actively harmful for a platform like HPCwire to publish lists completely erasing women's contributions over the years.”
Chris Dwan was an RFS speaker, and you can watch his presentation here. He recently wrote a post on LinkedIn: “HPCwire just released a list of "luminaries who have made HPC what it is today." They honored both the living and the dead, starting with Seymour Cray and ending with Jensen Huang of Nvidia, 17 people in all. It's remarkable to me that despite the large numbers and vague rules - magazine founder Tom Tabor couldn't think of even one woman who should make his list. Not even one.” Read more.

Apply for the BII and Science Translational Medicine Prize for Innovations in Women’s Health! 
The prize seeks to recognize researchers who have developed innovative advances with translational potential to impact women’s health. Read more.


We are pleased to welcome the first members of our new Council of Corporate Leadership!

             

Subscribe to our newsletter (RFS Briefings) at Rosalind Franklin Society | Substack  


 Marianna Limas, Social Media Manager
Nilda Rivera, Partnership and Events Manager  

 
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