Goals:  Panelists will give a 5-minute introduction and provide a comment about a “force” that affects (i.e. inhibits or nurtures) diversity and provide ideas of how we incorporate these "forces" into our “practices”, including how we submit grants, review each other’s grants, teach/train/mentor students and faculty, etc.

Moderator:

Shayn Peirce-Cottler, Univ. of Virginia

Government Facilitator:

Ilana Goldberg, NIBIB

Biosketches:

Jennifer Linderman, PhD, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Director of the ADVANCE Program, University of Michigan

https://che.engin.umich.edu/people/jennifer-linderman/

Silvia Blemker, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia

https://engineering.virginia.edu/faculty/silvia-salinas-blemker

Michelle D. Jones-London, PhD, Chief, Office of Programs to Enhance Neuroscience Workforce Diversity, NINDS

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/About-NINDS/Who-We-Are/staff/Michelle-Jones-London

Irene Avila, PhD, Assistant Director in the Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, Office of the Director, NIH

https://www.edi.nih.gov/people/sep/women/wocis/meet-the-women/irene