Through a series of interactive online gender equity discussions led by NPA and partner organizations, raise and seek paths forward on barriers in the postdoctoral community toward gender equality, recognizing that women and gender-diverse people do not start in the same position as men.

Partner organizations:

Association for Women in Science
Association of American Medical Colleges
Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
Out to Innovate

Agenda

Panel 1: Framing the Issues: Gender Equity Summit Kickoff

11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. ET, Monday July 12
Moderator: Caleb McKinney, Ph.D., M.P.S., Assistant Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Training & Development for Biomedical Graduate Education, Georgetown University
Speakers: Stephanie Eberle, M.Ed., Executive Director, BioSci Careers, Stanford University; Board Chair, National Postdoctoral Association
Lisa Begg, Dr.P.H., R.N., Senior Research Program Officer, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
Julia E. Judish, J.D., Special Counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Panel 2: Achieving Equity for Postdocs: It’s Both the System and the People

1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. ET, Monday July 12
Moderator: Tom Kimbis, J.D., Executive Director & CEO, National Postdoctoral Association
Speakers: Diana Lautenberger, M.A.T., Director, Diversity & Inclusion and Women in Medicine & Science, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Sandy Robert, CAE, Chief Executive Officer, Association for Women in Science (AWIS)

Panel 3: Skills, Strategies, and Lessons on Postdoc Career Advancement

3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. ET, Monday July 12
Moderator: Jessica Wise, M.A., Training & Development Director, Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
Speakers: Claire Horner-Devine, Ph.D., Founder, Counterspace Consulting, LLC
Camille Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Success, College of Social Science, San Jose State University
Alicia Simon, Dual Career Coordinator at Office of the Provost, University of Michigan

Panel 4: COVID Impacts & Revelations on Postdoc Gender Equity

1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. ET, Tuesday July 13
Moderator: Vipul Sharma, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Affairs, University of Chicago
Speakers: Maria Lund Dahlberg, M.S., Senior Program Officer, National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)
Arpa Ghosh, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Iowa State University
Ayesha Tulloch, Ph.D., ARC DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney

Panel 5: LGBTQ+ Issues in the Postdoc Environment and Steps Forward

3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. ET, Tuesday July 13
Moderator: Rebecca Callahan, Ph.D., Co-Chair, Education, Research, and Advocacy Committee, Out to Innovate
Speakers: Jon Freeman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, New York University
Penn Hutchinson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, St. Bonaventure University
Vivian Miranda, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Arizona
Dane Samilo, Ph.D., Science & Technology Policy Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science Advisor, U.S. Department of Defense