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Five women scientists at the White House
#WomenInSTEM #womeninmedicine
#medicalwriters #sciencejournalists #medicaljournalists

An astronaut, an aquanaut, two astrophysicists and a molecular biologist.
Dr Sian Proctor, Sydney Hamilton, Dr Raven Baxter, Dr Jordan Foreman, and Amethyst Barnes.

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This appeared to be an event to celebrate Blackspaceweek and the NASA Artemis Generation Roundtable (apologies if the information is incorrect)

New Nature article looks at how to end misogyny and inequalities in science
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Don’t get mad, get equal: putting an end to misogyny in science
Subtle forms of misogyny attack female leadership and coerce women to conform to conventional gender norms. It’s time to call out these behaviours, say Alison Bentley and Rachael Garrett.
Article available at: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02101-x

Meet 10 Women in Science Who Changed the World
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Great article in the March Discover magazine. The 10 women mentioned in the article are:
1. Ada Lovelace, Mathematician
2. Marie Curie, Physicist and Chemist
3. Janaki Ammal, Botanist
4. Chien-Shiung Wu, Physicist
5. Katherine Johnson, Mathematician
6. Rosalind Franklin, Chemist
7. Vera Rubin, Astronomer
8. Gladys West, Mathematician
9. Flossie Wong-Staal, Virologist and Molecular Biologist
10. Jennifer Doudna, Biochemist

The prognosis for women with early invasive breast cancer has improved substantially since the 1990s
#breastcancer #medicaljournalists #womeninstem #medicalwriters

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The earlier we detect and treat breast cancer, the better the outcome.

Women diagnosed today are 66% less likely to die from breast cancer than 20 years ago
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In a study looking at half a million women in England with early breast cancer, those diagnosed between 1993-1999 had a 5-year breast cancer mortality risk of 14.4%, but those diagnosed 2010-2015 had a 5-year mortality risk of 4.9%.

Read the full paper by Professor Carolyn Taylor and her team here: https://www.bmj.com/content/381/bmj-2022-074684

The mental-health crisis in science
#STEM; #sciencejournalists; #medicaljournalists

[As seen on the blue bird thing]
Researchers are much more likely than the general population to experience depression and anxiety. And recent studies suggest that scientists’ mental-health struggles are a direct result of a toxic research culture

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01708-4?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=nature&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1684847085

It's the 21st century and women are still under-recognised in science

I think it is worth putting this out in the mastodon sphere [as seen on blue bird thing]

Women are less likely to be credited for their scientific contributions than men. It’s true across multiple fields & at all stages, with important repercussions for career progress.
#WomenInSTEM #womeninmedicine
#medicalwriters #sciencejournalists #medicaljournalists

Ross MB et al. Nature 2022;608(7921):135-145.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9352587/pdf/41586_2022_Article_4966.pdf

MEDICAL JOURNALISTS and STUDENT JOURNALISTS - Time is running out to apply for the Medical Journalists' Association awards

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Entry closes at midnight on Wednesday May 31, 2023.

See the MJA website for more information:
https://mjauk.org/enter-the-2023-mja-awards/

Calling African science/health journalists and potential journalists!

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GRANT OPPORTUNITY

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The African Investigative Journalism Conference has launched a grant program to enable journalists to investigate health issues in seven African countries: Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania, Lesotho, Swaziland and South Africa

Any journalist or team of journalists may apply, and the work may be done in any medium/media.

See the link for more information

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgyOCETJm-CIwQB6YwjTW4DnDhniS8CslM2zUXRSBK1YxZhA/viewform