Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group

Postdoc/student-led interest group at @PennGenetics for gender minorities in science and academia.

[Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group @PennGENEquity]

Why should you join the Genetics Gender Equity Group?
Feedback from our last year's survey details some of the ways the group (and reading @AdamMGrant book "Originals") helped its members:

[Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group @PennGENEquity]

A big thank you to @PracheeAC for joining us today for a great conversation & sharing her thoughts thoughts on equity in science! 👩‍🔬👩‍🔬You inspired us all to be in control of our scientific experiences & do the work to better our community while remaining true to who we are!

[Sharon Milgram, PhD @SharonMilgram]

Editorial from @NIHDirector and colleagues released yesterday.

[Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group @PennGENEquity]

Analysis of nearly all US PhD recipients show that gender and racial minorities innovate at higher rates than majority students but their contributions are less likely to facilitate a successful career in academia.
https://t.co/iUDQUAv5ZI

[Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group @PennGENEquity]

@DaniSBassett will be giving a MindCORE seminar on addressing inequity in the scientific community and sharing her recently published work on gender imbalance in scientific citation practices.

https://t.co/hW66WTShhg

[Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group @PennGENEquity]

Gender disparity in manuscript submissions seen across academic journals in time of #COVID19

"...anecdotes are consistent with broader patterns in academia... If men and women are at home, men “find a way” to do more academic work."

https://t.co/fVathERACL

[Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group @PennGENEquity]

Excited to share the GE group mission with everyone at #TAGC2020
Special thanks to @ZachariasLab for putting the poster together and to @Marisa_S_B for inspiring us to create a new peer support group for women trainees!

https://t.co/5M7d1GhluN

[Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group @PennGENEquity]

GE meetings are suspended due to #COVID19 until the University re-opens.

Until then, share this informative video, great for explaining the concept of #SocialDistancing to a non-scientist audience and why we need to do it now: https://t.co/tB8SmqL20h

[Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group @PennGENEquity]

Thought-provoking study demonstrating gender bias in neuroscience citation practices.

"...we find that men tend to overcite other men... We discuss possible mechanisms and consider how individual researchers might incorporate these findings into their own referencing practices."

[Dani S. Bassett @DaniSBassett]

New from @jddwor Extent & drivers of gender imbalance in neuroscience reference lists https://t.co/SuWFYbtIU3. w/ @Penn_SIVE, @perryzurn, Teich, Linn. Covering issues of bias, ethics, & social behavior vital to all fields grappling with their own visions of an equitable future.

[Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group @PennGENEquity]

On gender disparity in science communication:
Male authors more likely to use words, "novel", "excellent", "unique", in scientific abstracts.

“The complicated question that this data is raising is: Should women start to overhype their research?”

https://t.co/dxdyxX5EaY

[Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group @PennGENEquity]

Special treat on Halloween! Thank you @montserrat for sharing your academic journey and horror stories! Truly inspiring.

[Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group @PennGENEquity]

This quantitative study by @usymmons and others demystifies the academic job market and answers questions such as: Do I need a K99? A CNS paper? https://t.co/3R6T7wdgSa

Great information for all STEM postdocs looking to enter the academic job market!

[Priya Sivaramakrishnan @CestLaPri]

https://t.co/NHy2sQIAGg. Boosting diversity in Nobel nominations. @PennGENEquity

[Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group @PennGENEquity]

We're kicking off another year of the Gender Equity Group!
SIGN UP here: https://t.co/3Eh4DKOPXM
All Penn Genetics dept trainees/staff are welcome to join.

We'll be reading Angela Saini's, "Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong" as a springboard for discussion this year.

[Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group @PennGENEquity]

That's a wrap! We'll be on break for the next two months having finished reading/discussing 'Originals' by @AdamMGrant

Join us again this fall as we delve into another book for the year (recommendations welcome!)

Also this hoodie:

[Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group @PennGENEquity]

"I'm hoping there will be a trail of women coming after me - and hoping they won't have to prove themselves so much."

https://t.co/nqDNgNpCL6

[Penn BGS @pennbgs]

PGWISE and Refugee Health Partners (Jefferson) will put on a day of science fun on July 18, for 150 kids in the Migrant Worker Education Program. This program supplements and enhances education of migrant worker and refugee children.

SIGN UP:
https://t.co/NWhCYF23CB

[Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group @PennGENEquity]

Congratulations Camille Schrier for winning @MissAmericaVA and for using your platform to promote #WomenInSTEM

https://t.co/CxLNzRoWrs

[Penn Genetics Gender Equity Group @PennGENEquity]

Great discussion at our last Gender Equity Group meeting with our faculty guest, Dr. Beverly Davidson, Director of the Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, Chief Scientific Strategy Officer at CHOP, professor extraordinaire!