Food science is surprisingly multidisciplinary, comprising the varied fields of chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, nutrition, engineering, agriculture, natural resources, and the social sciences.

Discover how to effectively showcase your skills and experience on your resume, learn techniques for presenting your worth and value during the interview process, and adopt important compensation and negotiation strategies.

AWIS Houston: Empowering the STEM Community through Collaboration and Recognition

AWIS members have been at the forefront of creative sustainability practices in their neighborhoods.

If I put aside my fears and what I think other people want me to do, what can I do that will make me feel more alive?

AWIS member Joy (Maria Rowena) Ramos, PhD is a Senior Medical Director at International Meetings & Science (IMsci).

Dissatisfaction among early-career and mid-career researchers has always been apparent, but the pandemic was the final nail in the coffin.

AWIS is pleased to announce that Nokia Corporation is the latest organization to join its partner program.

The world has a major dilemma: food is more abundant for humans than it has ever been, but there are growing concerns, both literally and figuratively.

Evidence of gender parity in the three domains of grant funding, journal acceptances, and recommendation letters cannot be extrapolated to mean that gender bias does not exist in academic science.

The Academia to Industry (A2I) Committee of the AWIS San Diego Chapter has done a fantastic job organizing Virtual Coffee Chats with various professionals in STEM to highlight the different types of jobs available outside of academia.

Gender empowerment must be built into sustainability initiatives if we want to avert further climate crises and build a sustainable future.

Maya Gosztyla, a PhD student in Biomedical Sciences at the University of California San Diego, developed a system for reading scientific papers.

AWIS joins AAAS and fifteen scientific societies and associations in a letter to the NIH urging them to focus on creating an environment that balances reader access to published work with researchers’ ability to publish.

AWIS is pleased to announce that another local chapter has been established in the state of Rhode Island. This brings the number of chapters to thirty-two.

Dr. Laurie Leshin, director of JPL, one of many women in STEM rising to the challenges of solving the environmental crises ahead.

Denise Rios is an PhD candidate and Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. She has been in the health care working with acute traumatic brain injuries (TBI) over twelve years.

This one-hour professional development webinar, geared toward STEM graduate students and early-career professionals, breaks interpersonal interactions down into two distinct but interacting parts: sending messages and receiving them.

Are you fulfilling your life’s purpose? Or do you love your job but feel like something is missing? If so, you may be experiencing burnout. Nataly Kogan recently joined a fireside chat with AWIS CEO Meredith Gibson to discuss “How to Do the Work You Love Without Burning Out.” Kogan provides insights on how to […]

AWIS member Steff Lebsack is a Speech-Language Pathologist, high school cross country coach and experiences chronic lung disease.

Research and discovery are the foundations of our livelihoods in STEM. Women continue to advance the world through science, technology, and other avenues, but once their research is complete, their efforts to share key findings become crucial for enacting social change. As a researcher and scientist, you may find presenting your work to be one […]

Kimberly Fiock always wanted to be a scientist and despite a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, is now an Experimental Pathology PhD candidate at The University of Iowa.

While social media is meant to be, well, social, that doesn’t mean you can’t use it to your advantage when it comes to building your professional network. In fact, social media might be the best way to do your networking virtually. Here’s how you can use some of the most popular social media sites for […]

As a scientific tinkerer, Ambily Abraham, PhD has always found passion in exploring the unknown and connecting with fellow enthusiasts.

Kathy Nevola, PhD, created the AWIS Boston Chapter LGBTQ+ affinity group to create a supportive place for LGBTQ+ individuals in the STEM fields to experience professional development, community building, and mentorship as well as to highlight voices and experiences from within the LGBTQ+ community.

AWIS member Mac McGuire is a current Masters student at SMU, pursuing her PhD in the fall in geophysics, as well as her MBA in Business Analytics.

Ensuring that all voices are heard is key to benefitting from team or workplace diversity. Dr. Sherry Marts will introduce approaches and methods for ensuring that meetings are both diverse and inclusive.

Do you ever think about how something is made? Something as simple as a pen comprises many components that add up to a finished product. Think about how the pen’s parts are put together in a way that ensures it is safe and meets quality requirements, such as not leaking. This is manufacturing. Recently I […]

The Association for Women in Science is accepting nominations for two new directors to join the national governing board for the July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026 term. Applications are due April 15, 2023.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) has elected to partner with the Association for Women in Science to provide members of the UMBC community with access to online resources, programs, scholarships, and networking opportunities to support their journeys as students and professionals.

Any of you reading this article have done work that didn’t advance your career. Maybe you spent time dealing with a research partner who disrupted the team, chaired your department’s website committee, or stayed late rerunning your lab mate’s experiment to help them out. We call these “nonpromotable tasks,” or NPTs for short, because while […]

The Association for Women in Science has designated nine ‘Shooting Star’ Chapters in recognition of their initiatives throughout 2022 that supported the AWIS mission of advancing women in science.

Improving diverse representation in clinical trials and research has been a federal policy priority for decades. Yet a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine makes clear that as a nation, we still have a long way to go to make our clinical research enterprise more equitable. Although there has been […]

One of the most frequent questions I get asked in academic settings is, “Are you interested in getting a PhD?” Though I gave this question a lot of thought when I was working on my master’s degree, I don’t think about it anymore. As an international student, I did not consider applying to a PhD […]

Everyone can benefit from learning how to communicate more clearly, especially in writing. Freelance scientific editor Ellen Kuwana will provide insight into what a career in science writing looks like and how to get there.

It’s impossible to pigeonhole Dr. Annica Wayman. Not only has she has excelled as a leader in her chosen field of engineering, where women, and especially women of color, have been persistently underrepresented; in an era of specialization, she has moved seamlessly from one employment sector to another. Dr. Wayman’s versatile career took off after […]

Gender equity remains a frustratingly unrealized goal in STEM fields, including medicine. The GEMS Alliance is committed to addressing all of these obstacles to gender equity.

Research shows that workers prioritize DEI but are becoming tired of simply talking about it. The Inclusion Habit® is a three-month program designed to cultivate more inclusive behaviors through daily micro-commitments.

Patrice O. Yarbough PhD, former senior scientist at NASA JSC was awarded the 2020 Silver Achievement Medal for leadership in the human research HERA program. Recently retired, she provides strategic advising for the AWIS National Governing Board, serves on the University of Houston STEMRISE Advisory Board and is Board Trustee for the Marine Biological Laboratory.

North Carolina is a leading biotechnology hub and home to top-tier academic institutions which makes it an ideal location for an AWIS chapter. Since being re-established in 2021, the chapter has hosted talent optimization workshops, diversity, equity and inclusion talks, and networking socials.

Michele Sample is a trained clinical operations expert with over 25 years of clinical trial experience. She joined AstraZeneca in 2020 as the Vice President of Late Development Clinical Operations and leads the global team of Clinical Operations experts to execute the Oncology portfolio.

Plants experience a kind of sensation that does not require eyes or ears. Dr. Beronda Montgomery discusses how plant behavior and adaptation in dynamic environments, as well as the relationships that humans have with plants, can offer valuable and disruptive insights for human thriving.

Women take a break from the workforce for lots of reasons—parenting, caregiving, burnout recovery, relocation, etc. Sometimes the break is planned, and sometimes it isn’t. Either way, when it’s time to re-enter, you can feel some trepidation

We represent a global movement for mothers in science led by Mothers in Science (MiS). We are a coalition of individuals and organizations from all around the world with a common goal: to demand our leaders for immediate action to support mothers in science and enact policies to eliminate systemic inequities and increase retention of women in the STEMM sector.

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