This report, released in the same year as Beyond Bias and Barriers…, focuses specifically on recruitment of female students and faculty, retention of current female students, and advancement of current female faculty in STEM fields. From the NAS description: Although more women than men participate in higher education in the …
This short article in GenomeWeb refers to an interesting article on a New York Times blog. The most pertinent finding for genome scientists is that women Ph.D.’s who take time off to have children end up making proportionally less money than their M.D. mother peers. If you follow the link …
The UW Career Center website is chock-full of helpful resources for your career. They sponsor many workshops and events on interviewing skills, job applications, networking, and academic careers. Some pertinent events in the upcoming months are a talk on negotiations for academic job offers and a values identification workshop aimed …
The Insitute of Translational Health Sciences, a partnership between UW, Seattle Children’s, the Hutch, and other local institutions, helps researchers obtain the education, resources and collaborations necessary to translate discoveries into practice. Most helpful are their training programs, including online workshops and seminars, mentoring resources, and related information. See their …
Use the Mayo Clinic disease index to determine if you should worry about your child’s symptoms. Their nurses on call tend to be overly cautious.
