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Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Completed

Regional focus

North America

Topics

The study will involve a comparative examination of the barriers to women’s recruitment, retention, and advancement in science, engineering, and medicine and will focus on identifying evidence-based practices that have “moved the needle” on improving women’s participation and advancement in these fields.

About Past Events

Events

Symposium Highlighting Evidence-Based Interventions for Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine

  • March 11, 2019
  • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
  • Symposium
  • Past

The scientific, engineering, and medical communities have been working towards improved representation of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) for decades. Whil...
Meeting

Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine Committee Meeting #4

  • June 11 - 12, 2019
  • Closed
  • Meeting
  • Past

The primary objectives of this meeting are as follows: finalize and sign off on the content of the Study Report report structure and format; background and underlying context for report; evidence sup...

Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine Committee Meeting #3

  • March 21 - 22, 2019
  • Meeting
  • Past

The primary objective of this meeting is to develop and curate the major content for the study report. This will be accomplished with the understanding that some specifics may change as knowledge, res...

Committee Meeting on Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine

  • February 20 - 21, 2019
  • Meeting
  • Past

Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine

  • December 17 - 18, 2018
  • Meeting
  • Past

Meeting Goals: Introduce committee members and discuss study process Secure input from the study sponsors about the task Begin to organize existing data and resources into themes Identify key questio...
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