Previous invited Seminar speakers:
- Dr. Kate Rubins, 2018, NASA
- Dr. Liz Blaber, 2018, NASA
- Dr. Daniela Witten, 2017, University of Washington Biostatistics.
- Dr. Susan Slaugenhaupt, 2016, Harvard University / Massachusetts General Hospital.
- Dr. Hopi Hoekstra, 2014, Harvard University
- Dr. Katherine Pollard, 2013, University of California, San Francisco
- Dr. Anne Stone, 2012, Arizona State University
- Dr. Joan Bennett, Rutgers University
- Dr. Nancy Cox, University of Chicago
- Dr. Christina Smolke, Stanford University
Previous career panelists:
- Dr. Lisa Graumlich, 2019, University of Washington, College of the Environment
- Dr. Lara Mangravite, 2018, Sage Bionetworks
- Dr. Barbara Dunn, 2017, Stanford University
- Dr. Brook Nunn, 2017, University of Washington Genome Sciences
- Dr. Magdalena Skipper, 2016, Nature editor
- Dr. Michael Senko, 2015, Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Dr. Julie Granka, 2014, AncestryDNA
- Dr. Becket Feierbach, 2012, Genentech Inc. (now at Gilead Sciences)
- Jennifer Ouellette, science writer
- Dr. Cynthia Morton, AJHG editor
Previous discussion panelists:
- Bonnie Rochman, 2017. Discussion on bioethical issues raised in her book, The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids–and the Kids We Have.
- Dan Grunspan, 2016, Perception bias: male biology students consistently underestimate female peers
- Dr. Jevin West, 2016, The Academic Advantage: Gender Disparities in Patenting
- Dr. Sapna Cheryan, 2015, Why have women entered some STEM fields more than others?
- Dr. Ohad Manor, 2014, Publication metrics and success on the academic job market
- Dr. Jevin West, 2013, The Role of Gender in Scholarly Authorship
Previous meet-ups:
Summer 2019:
- Mid-Summer wine & cheese happy hour!
Spring 2019:
- Outreach: Edmonds Expanding Your Horizons – workshop
Winter 2019:
- Winter social: board game night at Cafe Mox!
Fall 2018:
- End-of-Summer/Welcome Picnic at Gas Works:
Summer 2018:
- End of the year wine & cheese happy hour!
- Outreach: workshop on how to make a scientific poster
- Discussion: WiGS members met up with Dr. Sharona Gordon to discuss the findings from the NAS report on sexual harassment and how departments at UW can implement its suggested changes.
Spring 2018:
- Outreach: Edmonds Expanding Your Horizons – workshop
- Workshop: UW ENGAGE and WiGS run a workshop about crafting an elevator pitch about your science, with a focus on developing skills in stage presence, use of analogies, and storytelling.
Winter 2018:
- Board Game Night at Cafe Mox!
- Cecilia leads a Journal Club Discussion: Hekman et al. Does diversity-valuing behavior result in diminished performance ratings for non-white and female leaders?
- Book Club with UW Women in STEM groups: The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone
Fall 2017:
- Sandi leads a Journal Club Discussion: Boring et al. Student Evaluations of teaching (mostly) do not measure teaching effectiveness.
- Movie Night: Hidden Figures
Summer 2017:
- Annual wine & cheese happy hour!
- Outreach: Burke Museum’s Girls in Science Summer Camp Series workshop
- End-of-summer picnic at Magnuson Park!
Spring 2017:
- Outreach: Edmonds Expanding Your Horizons – workshop
- We participated in the March for Science!
- Beth leads a Journal Club Discussion: Makel et al., Sex differences in the right tail of cognitive abilities: An update and cross cultural extension.
- Workshop led by Elba Moise of the UW Center for Teaching and Learning.
Winter 2017:
- Movie: Hidden Figures
- Discussion: CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap
Fall 2016:
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- Welcome event: board games and beer at Cafe Mox
- Discussion: Jevin West, “Men set their own cites high“
- Discussion: Magdalena Skipper, “The not-so-alternative career of a journal editor“
Summer 2016:
- Picnic in Woodland Park
Spring 2016:
- Spring discussion: Perception bias: male biology students consistently underestimate female peers, Dan Grunspan, UW Department of Anthropology.
- Outreach event: Seattle Expanding Your Horizons
Winter 2016:
- Workshop: General Exam Prep Q&A for current second-years
- Pop-up journal club; Lander, E. The Heroes of CRISPR. Cell, 2016.
Fall 2015:
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- Welcome event: board games and beer at Cafe Mox
- Pop-up journal clubs:
- Nielsen, M. W. Make academic job advertisements fair to all. Nature, 2015.
- Van der Lee and Ellemers. Gender contributes to personal research funding success in The Netherlands. PNAS, 2015.
- Fall discussion: Bias in Peer Review, Carole Lee, UW Philosophy department
- Lunch with Carole Lee
Summer 2015:
- End-of-Year Wine and Cheese Social
- Picnic in Gas Works Park
Spring 2015:
- March journal club: Sheltzer, J.M. and Smith, J.C. Elite male faculty in the life sciences employ fewer women. PNAS, 2014
- Spring discussion: Why have women entered some STEM fields more than others? – Dr. Sapna Cheryan, University of Washington, Department of Psychology
- April journal club: Williams, W.M. and Ceci, S.J. National hiring experiments reveal 2:1 faculty preference for women on STEM tenure track. PNAS, 2015
- WiGS brunch at Portage Bay Cafe
- Workshop: Prize-winning Posters – Dr. Ivan Liachko, Dunham Lab, University of Washington
Winter 2014:
- Workshop: General Exam Q&A for second-year Genome Sciences graduate students
- Happy New Year Happy Hour at Shultzy’s in the University District
- Winter industry spotlight: Michael Senko, Thermo Fisher Scientific
- January journal club: Leslie et al. Expectations of brilliance underlie gender distributions across academic disciplines. Science, January 21, 2015.
- February journal club: Ely, RJ. Rethink what you know about high-achieving women. Harvard Business Review, December 2014.
Fall 2014:
- Welcome event: bocce, beer, and brats at Rhein Haus
- Annual seminar speaker: Dr. Hopi Hoekstra, Harvard University
- Fall industry spotlight: Julie Granka, AncestryDNA
Summer 2014:
- Summer discussion: Dr. Ohad Manor, Inside the PI Predictor — Borenstein Lab, University of Washington
- Annual BBQ in Ravenna Park
Spring 2014:
- Seattle Expanding Your Horizons workshop The Genetics of Taste
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