{"id":9416,"date":"2025-02-12T11:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T15:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neuroid.uprrp.edu\/?p=9416"},"modified":"2025-02-12T14:41:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T18:41:36","slug":"how-eight-initiatives-are-tackling-neurosciences-gender-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neuroid.uprrp.edu\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/how-eight-initiatives-are-tackling-neurosciences-gender-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"How eight initiatives are tackling neuroscience\u2019s gender gap"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9416\" class=\"elementor elementor-9416\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-692c1d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"692c1d6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc3803b\" data-id=\"bc3803b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-85a0409 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85a0409\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0277c4f\" data-id=\"0277c4f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3f60c9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3f60c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Author: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #1441b3;\"><strong><a class=\"font-serif font-bold text-3sm tracking-wide-md lg:tracking-wide-md author\" style=\"color: #1441b3;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetransmitter.org\/contributor\/paige-miranda\/\">Paige Miranda<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Audience development associate<br \/><em>The Transmitter<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-75aec1b\" data-id=\"75aec1b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40425d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40425d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Source:<span style=\"color: #0f31a3;\"> <a style=\"color: #0f31a3;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetransmitter.org\/qa\/how-eight-initiatives-are-tackling-neurosciences-gender-gap\/\">www.thetransmitter.org\/qa\/how-eight-initiatives-are-tackling-neurosciences-gender-gap\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcbc269 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"dcbc269\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c449ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c449ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In honor of today\u2019s International Day of Women and Girls in Science,\u00a0<em>The Transmitter<\/em>\u00a0spoke with some of the women working to bolster their ranks in the field through storytelling podcasts, speaker repositories, social media networks and other community-based advocacy projects.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5536320 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5536320\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60b9764 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60b9764\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Today, 11 February 2025, marks the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/women-and-girls-in-science-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #144099;\">10<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science<\/span><\/a>, a United Nations\u2019 initiative to celebrate women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and to call attention to the persistent gender gap in those fields. In neuroscience, women make up more than 50 percent of Ph.D. candidates but represent less than 14 percent of tenured faculty. Because of this \u201cleaky pipeline,\u201d many women exit neuroscience by mid-career. Choosing to stay in the field presents significant challenges, such as systemic bias that includes<span style=\"color: #144099;\">&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #144099;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetransmitter.org\/publishing\/women-are-systematically-under-cited-in-neuroscience-new-tools-can-change-that\">under-citing women\u2019s work<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;compared with that of their male counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>But the tide is shifting\u2014in large part thanks to the efforts of women neuroscientists around the world who are developing creative initiatives that can bolster their ranks. Storytelling podcasts, speaker repositories and social media networks that promote women scientists are among the community-based advocacy projects that are helping to change the face of neuroscience.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Transmitter<\/em>&nbsp;spoke with eight women neuroscientists leading such initiatives to learn about their groups\u2019 origins and how they uplift women in their field.<\/p>\n<p><em>These interviews have been edited for length and clarity.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc20998 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc20998\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 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Sasikumar<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Founder of South Asian Women in Neuroscience<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-id=\"accordion-btn-wrapper\"><strong>Ana Lu\u00edsa Pinho<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span class=\"font-sans italic text-1sm\">Board member of the Women in Neuroscience Repository<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-id=\"accordion-btn-wrapper\"><strong>Chinna Orish<br \/><\/strong><span class=\"font-sans italic text-1sm\">Founder and coordinator of Women in Neuroscience, Nigeria<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-id=\"accordion-btn-wrapper\"><strong>Hyang Woon Lee<br \/><\/strong><span class=\"font-sans italic text-1sm\">Chair of the Organization for Human Brian Mapping\u2019s Women Faculty Special Interest Group<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-id=\"accordion-btn-wrapper\"><strong>Emmeline Edwards<br \/><\/strong><span class=\"font-sans italic text-1sm\">Executive chair of World Women in Neuroscience<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div 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