Achieving XXcellence in science : role of professional societies in advancing women in science : proceedings of a workshop AXXS 2000 / Sally Shaywitz and Jong-on Hahm, editors ; Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

AXXS 2002, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Shaywitz, Sally E.

Hahm, Jong-on.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Women in Science and Engineering.

Conference Name:

AXXS 2002 (2002 : Washington, D.C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in science--Congresses.

Women in science.

Professional associations--Congresses.

Professional associations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (110 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report is the proceedings of a July 2002 workshop of the Committee on AXXS 2002: A Workshop for Clinical Societies to Enhance Women's Contributions to Science and their Profession. The workshop gathered representatives of clinical societies and identified ways to enhance the participation of women scientists in the clinical research workforce. This workshop was a follow-up to the AXXS 1999 conference sponsored by the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which focused on how scientific societies could contribute to the enhancement of women's careers in science.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Preface

Contents

SESSION I Welcoming Remarks and Opening Keynote Address

Welcoming Remarks

Opening Keynote Address

SESSION II Presentations and Panel Discussion

Opening Remarks

Keynote Address

Women in Science and Medicine

From AXXS '99 to AXXS 2002

A Pathways Model for Career Progression in Science

Advancing Women in Academic Medicine

PANEL Differences Between Basic and Clinical Disciplines

Women in Leadership

SESSION III Reports of Breakout Sessions

Reports of Breakout Sessions

SESSION IV Closing Plenary

Achieving XXcellence

Closing Remarks

Appendixes

Appendix A Workshop Agenda

Appendix B Workshop Participants and Speakers.

Notes:

"This project was supported by the Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health, Grant No. N01-OD-4-213, Task Order #103"--T.P. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610208586

9780309166256

030916625X

9781280208584

1280208589

9780309531047

0309531047

OCLC:

55636495