This event is not sponsored or endorsed by USC or the Office of Research. 

On March 31, from 1 to 4 pm EST, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host an event designed to highlight, discuss, explore, and expand our understanding of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the professional and personal lives of women throughout the research workforce. Building of the National Academies consensus study report, The Impacts of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Science, Engineering, and Medicine (2021), the agenda will feature:

• Opening remarks by Dr. Marcia McNutt, President of the National Academy of Sciences
• An overview presentation of the Promising Practices for Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine: Opening Doors (2020) and Women and COVID-19 reports, and
• A reflection and perspective panel of researchers, funders, and others stakeholders, including:
  • Dr. Marie Bernard, Acting NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity and Deputy Director of the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health
  • Dr. Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, Associate Dean of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Professor in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA
  • Dr. Diana Gray, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
  • Dr. Alec Gallimore, Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering at the University of Michigan (invited)