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Board on Life Sciences Open Webinars: Day One

October 16, 2020

2:00 PM - 4:40 PM (EDT)

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The National Academies’ Board on Life Sciences is pleased to present a series of discussions on issues related to the life sciences. The discussions will be used to guide future activities of the Board. We invite you to join us for one, two, three, or all of the sessions.

Session #1. Inequities in the Life Sciences: Understanding the Issues
October 16, 2020
2:00-3:00 PM

How do such factors as gender, race, and socioeconomic level affect educational, research, and career opportunities in the life sciences? This session will explore consequences associated with inequities in the life sciences, needs for preventing societal injustices, and opportunities for addressing those needs.

Session moderator: Keegan Sawyer, National Academies’ Board on Life Sciences

Panelists:

Scott V. Edwards, Harvard University

Paul Barber, University of California Los Angeles

Edie M. Stringfellow, MassBio

Paul Turner, Yale University

Shirley Malcom, SEA Change, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Aisha Dickerson, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

*This session will be live streamed on the Board on Life Science website.

Session #2. Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Life Science Enterprise
October 16, 2020
3:10-4:40 PM

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected research, education, and workforce in the life sciences? This session will explore short and long-term consequences of the pandemic on life science research, education and training, career progression as a first step to examining resiliency within the life science research enterprise.

Session moderator: Nancy Connell, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Panelists:

Susan Singer, Rollins College

Arielle Baker, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Jan O. Korbel, European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Erik Prentice, 6F

Holden Thorp, AAAS/Science

Marc Malandro, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

*This session will be live streamed on the Board on Life Science website.

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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Division on Earth and Life Studies

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Board on Life Sciences

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