Achieving XXcellence in Science Role of Professional Societies in Advancing Women in Science: Proceedings of a Workshop (2004) / Chapter Skim
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Session II: Presentations and Panel Discussion
Session II: Presentations and Panel Discussion
Opening Remarks
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SESSION II Presentations and Panel Discussion
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As with most of our major efforts at the NIH, we design specific programs with input from the greater public and the scientific community. Some years ago we held a public hearing and a workshop entitled "Women in Biomedical Careers: Dynamics of Change, Strategies for the 21st Century." As I pointed out in the opening session, an NIH task force led this effort and produced a full report of that effort.
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These groups have also been pursuing outreach and collaboration within and between societies and organizations. This brings us to AXXS 2002, which is where we are today, to look at the role of professional societies in advancing women's careers in science and clinical research.
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We are tremendously excited by the potential of this workshop to bring about change and to enhance the participation of women scientists in clinical research, and to do so through the efforts of our clinical societies. We strongly believe that professional societies can make a difference.
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How can societies go about promoting seminars and sponsoring discussion groups that help women in negotiating research time, space, and institutional resources? How can societies help clinical researchers become cognizant of the importance of a sharp, circumscribed academic focus?
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According to Nancy Hopkins, professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a leader in bringing issues of gender inequality in academia to the fore, "Having women in power sends a message to young women that, yes, of course, you can become president of a university, win the Nobel Prize, or do anything. Up to now we've been telling them that, but no one was showing them." Our mission, then, is to figure out how to show women at all levels of clinical research that they too can be president, can win a Nobel Prize and certainly can be professor.
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18 ACHIEVING XXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE edge the participation of the IOM Clinical Research Roundtable. And we are especially pleased that the new president of the IOM has signified his interest and his support by joining us in welcoming you to what we believe will be a landmark event in the progress of women scientists engaged in clinical research.
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Dr. Fineberg earned his bachelor's degree from Harvard University, his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, and his master's and doctoral degrees in public health from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, respectively.
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The reason that seemed especially meaningful to me is that it's so obvious that society cannot afford to squander half of the scientific and clinical brainpower available to us. Aside from how important it is to individuals, the purpose of this activity to me from a social point of view is very simple: we need to take fullest advantage of every individual's talent and ability to contribute.
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