Sentences with phrase «woman scientists»

The network has tried to raise the profile of women scientists by increasing the numbers invited to speak at local seminars.

«Even though this change affected male and female scientists equally, the consequences of the transition have left women scientists in a more vulnerable position,» the report concludes.

Q: Any advice for young women scientists today?

Yet minority women scientists still face obstacles that other scientists don't.

The courteous 64 - year - old chemist welcomed their initiative to encourage the hiring of more women scientists at both the junior and senior levels.

A new study shines a light on the double barrier women scientists face in their own disciplines and as they attempt to make their voices heard in the global climate talks.

The problem, she says, is that many women scientists worried that dressing up with pop stars would make academics take them less seriously.

And what other measures can women scientists take to break through «the glass ceiling»?

One group was created to support women scientists and do outreach in support of science.

Within a day, our texts moved to an email string with 100 of our friends, and we realized that our concerns were shared with many other women scientists.

By some measures 2003 was a banner year for elite women scientists.

Outstanding women scientists have been so important throughout my own career — they know who they are!

Numerous studies have shown that women scientists get weaker letters of recommendation.

Social gatherings after the seminars allowed women scientists to meet their male colleagues and talk to them about their research.

Very few would deny that the situation for Dutch women scientists is grim.

Furthermore, the scarcity of women scientists added to the pressure to be the «female representative» on committees and to serve as mentor to female students and postdocs.

As three women scientists found out, the time away can take its toll.

Some cultural differences, such as how much and how openly women scientists are empowered to contribute — very much an issue in some cultures — also need to be appreciated.

Three minority women scientists describe the obstacles they faced returning to work after an illness.

And some filled the gap they felt the original post left by offering their own advice to women scientists coping with unwanted attention from a man in a position of power.

The result was a pledge signed by more than 11,000 women scientists in which they commit «to build a more inclusive society and scientific enterprise».

You might expect young women scientists to make less than older men.

We are going to build a science literacy outreach program to send teams of women scientists into communities where science skepticism is rampant.

And women scientists with children take note: There is no age limit for applicants.

This annual prize, named after the TWAS Fellow Fayzah M. Al - Kharafi, recognizes women scientists from Scientifically and Technologically Lagging (STL) countries.

In Germany, at least two leadership training programs focus specifically on women scientists as part of a broader political agenda of increasing the numbers of female university professors.

And these are just a few of the amazing women scientists doing great and important work at the Salk.

Timiras in turn paved the way for women scientists by welcoming them into her research group.

The committee also sponsored a lunch discussion for Gladstone women scientists with Gladstone Distinguished Lecturer and Yale professor Joan Steitz.

The second in a series of four articles about women scientists in academia, this paper explores the extent of female filtration from U.S. academic science.

We modeled our group and structured our meetings after a women's group described in Ellen Daniell's book, Every Other Thursday: Stories and Strategies from Successful Women Scientists.

And at some institutions, even though the national pool of young women scientists continues to expand (see lower graph), the numbers are moving down rather than up.

«That's a difficult one,» according to Nancy Lane, who moderated the Nature discussion, because real change depends on adequate funding, and this in turn depends on the government fully recognising the value of science and the economic consequences of the huge wastage rate among women scientists.

Malcom listed interventions that can improve women's participation in science, such as STEM education programs for girls, prizes that recognize women scientists, international collaboration among and recognition of women in science, women's organizations and conferences and programs that examine policies that keep women out of leadership roles.

Leila McNeill is a Dallas - based writer who regularly profiles key women scientists across history.

If only we had more woman scientists and engineers, because if we did I'm positive we would we also have detachable, indestructible silicone nipples, or breast pumps that don't, you know, suck.

Blasco would like to encourage women scientists in particular to apply for permanent positions.

Sue Rosser, dean of Ivan Allen College at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and former chief of women's programs at NSF, conducted a survey of 598 POWRE recipients to learn about «the most significant issues / challenges / opportunities facing women scientists today as they plan their careers» (2).

Éva Kondorosi said that studies by the European Research Council, where she is a vice president, showed a problem in how women scientists perceive of or present their capabilities.

As much as recent efforts to encourage women in STEM education and STEM jobs have helped move the needle a bit, the culture of science has often made life for women scientists harder than it already is — excluding them from clubby publishing and peer review networks and sometimes outright snubbing their achievements.