All Entries Tagged With: "Harvard Medical School"
American Heart Association Recognizes Jane Newburger for Outstanding Mentorship in Academia
In addition to her own clinical work as a pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Newburger has mentored dozens of researchers and healthcare professionals as a professor at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital.
Study Finds Women Biological Scientists Have More Success With Assistant Professor Interviews Than Male Peers
In a survey of early-career scientists who applied to an assistant professor position between 2019 and 2022, over two-thirds of women received at least one job offer, compared to around half of their male peers.
Encountering Online Microaggressions Is Associated With Poor Sleep Quality for Black Women
When Black women encounter online microaggressions directed at other Black women, they are more likely to experience poor sleep quality. These vicarious online microaggressions were found to be more harmful for sleep quality than encountering in-person microaggressions.
Three Women Named Laureates of the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
This year’s Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists laureates are Cigal Kadoch of Harvard Medical School, Markita del Carpio Landry of the University of California, Berkeley, and Britney Schmidt of Cornell University.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Gender of the Donor May Impact Organ Rejection Rates in Transplant Patients
The Harvard Medical School study found that patients who received a kidney or heart transplant from a woman donor were more likely to reject the organ than if the donor was a man. This was particularly true for when the transplant patient was a man.
The Huge Gender Gap in Academic Medicine
Two studies published in the Journal of the American Association find that although women now make up half of all medical school students, there continues to be a large gender gap in medical school faculty and research funding.
Major Study Examines Relationship of Cardiovascular Events and Job Stress for Women
Most studies of job stress and heart disease have focused on men. But a new study finds that women with jobs that are stressful are more likely than other women to experience a negative cardiovascular event.
Jennifer Hunt Appointed Chair of Pathology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
She has previously taught at the medical schools at Harvard, the University of Pittsburgh, and Case Western Reserve University.
Harvard’s Judith Palfrey Named Executive Director of Let’s Move Program to Fight Childhood Obesity
First Lady Michelle Obama has selected Judith S. Palfrey as the leader of the Let’s Move program.
Five PostDocs Awarded L’Oreal USA Fellowships for Women in Science
Each woman will receive a grant to fund their research.
