MBL Leaders to Address Challenges to Inclusivity in Scientific Societies | ASCB

Newswise — The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of more than $701K to establish a collaborative network of experts to identify evidence-based inclusion strategies that can be employed by scientific societies to address persistent cultural challenges that prevent inclusive practices from taking root.

This Research Coordination Network (RCN) is funded through the LEAding cultural change through Professional Societies (LEAPS) of Biology mechanism and is called Leveraging, Enhancing and Developing Biology (LED-BIO) Scientific Societies Shedding Light on Persistent Cultural Challenges.

Verónica A. Segarra, interim chair and assistant professor of biology at High Point University, serves as the Principal Investigator. Co-principal investigators include Candice Etson, assistant professor of molecular biology and biochemistry at Wesleyan University; Simone Soso, program director, Quality Education for Minorities Network; Linda Hyman, Burroughs Wellcome Director of Education, Marine Biological Laboratory; and Donald L. Gillian-Daniel, University of Wisconsin-Madison and PI of the NSF INCLUDES Alliance: National Alliance for Inclusive and Diverse STEM Faculty. Senior personnel includes Ashanti Edwards, Director of Professional Development at ASCB; Mercy Mugo, Senior Research Analyst and Grants Specialist, Quality Education for Minorities Network; Jennifer R. Morgan, Senior Scientist and Director for The Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering, Marine Biological Laboratory; and Robin McC. Greenler, Assistant Director, Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Read more of the article here ...

Source: ASCB leads network to address persistent challenges to enhance inclusivity in scientific societies