Recent events:
- March 2023: Game and social night at Big Time Brewery
- November 2022: CV and resume workshop. View some of our recommended resources on our Resources page under Career Development.
- November 2022: Genomics Salon. Out of Cite, out of Mind – A discussion on the citation gender gap. View the discussion notes here.
- October 2022: Movie night (Ghostbusters) and Day of the Dead celebration with GSAIMS
- June 2022: Year-end wine and cheese social
- May 2022: Board game social at Ravenna Brewing
- February 2022: Industry careers panel with Drs. Clara Amorosi (Bristol Myers Squibb), Emily Cohen (Kronos Bio), Molly Gasperini (Cajal Neuroscience), Paloma Guzzardo (Variant Bio), and Lindsay Pino (Talus Bio)
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Previous invited seminar speakers:
- Nancy Chen, 2023, University of Rochester
- Katrina Claw, 2021, University of Colorado Anschutz
- Jessica Ware, 2021, American Museum of Natural History
- Audrey Gasch, 2020, University of Wisconsin
- Dean Joy Williamson-Lott, 2020, UW Graduate School
- Elizabeth Tseng, 2020, PacBio Biosciences
- Rachel Dutton, 2019, UCSD
- Kate Rubins, 2018, NASA
- Liz Blaber, 2018, NASA
- Daniela Witten, 2017, UW Biostatistics.
- Susan Slaugenhaupt, 2016, Harvard University / Massachusetts General Hospital
- Hopi Hoekstra, 2014, Harvard University
- Katherine Pollard, 2013, University of California San Francisco
- Anne Stone, 2012, Arizona State University
- Joan Bennett, Rutgers University
- Nancy Cox, University of Chicago
- Christina Smolke, Stanford University
Previous career panelists:
- Clara Amorosi, 2022, Bristol Myers Squibb
- Emily Cohen, 2022, Kronos Bio
- Molly Gasperini, 2022, Cajal Neuroscience
- Paloma Guzzardo, 2022, Variant Bio
- Lindsay Pino, 2022, Talus Bio
- Lisa Graumlich, 2019, UW College of the Environment
- Lara Mangravite, 2018, Sage Bionetworks
- Barbara Dunn, 2017, Stanford University
- Brook Nunn, 2017, University of Washington Genome Sciences
- Magdalena Skipper, 2016, Natureeditor
- Michael Senko, 2015, Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Julie Granka, 2014, AncestryDNA
- Becket Feierbach, 2012, Genentech (now at Gilead Sciences)
- Jennifer Ouellette, science writer
- Cynthia Morton, AJHG editor
Previous discussion panelists:
- Bonnie Rochman, 2017. Discussion on bioethical issues raised in her book, The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids–and the Kids We Have.
- Dan Grunspan, 2016, Perception bias: male biology students consistently underestimate female peers
- Jevin West, 2016,The Academic Advantage: Gender Disparities in Patenting
- Sapna Cheryan, 2015,Why have women entered some STEM fields more than others?
- Ohad Manor, 2014,Publication metrics and success on the academic job market
- Jevin West, 2013, The Role of Gender in Scholarly Authorship
Previous events:
2021:
- Picture a Scientist screening and discussion with BBI
- Halloween party with GSAIMS
- Graduate school info session with GSAIMS
- Personal statement writing workshop with GSAIMS
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2020:
- Virtual Murder Mystery Night
- Graduate school informational session
- Biotech Workshop with Nautilus Biotechnology
- Biotech & Accessibility night with SWE
- Discussion of “The association between early career informal mentorship in academic collaborations and junior author performance” [now retracted] undermining female mentors and mentees led by Taylor Wang
2019:
- Winter social: board game night at Cafe Mox!
- Mid-Summer wine & cheese happy hour!
- Outreach: Edmonds Expanding Your Horizons – workshop
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2018:
- Board Game Night at Cafe Mox!
- Cecilia leads a Journal Club Discussion: Hekman et al. Does diversity-valuing behavior result in diminished performance ratings for non-white and female leaders?
- Book Club with UW Women in STEM groups: The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone
- Outreach: Edmonds Expanding Your Horizons – workshop
- Workshop: UW ENGAGE and WiGS run a workshop about crafting an elevator pitch about your science, with a focus on developing skills in stage presence, use of analogies, and storytelling.
- End of the year wine & cheese happy hour!
- Outreach: workshop on how to make a scientific poster
- Discussion: WiGS members met up with Dr. Sharona Gordon to discuss the findings from the NAS report on sexual harassment and how departments at UW can implement its suggested changes.
- End-of-Summer/Welcome Picnic at Gas Works Park
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2017:
- Discussion: CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap
- Outreach: Edmonds Expanding Your Horizons – workshop
- We participated in the March for Science!
- Beth leads a Journal Club Discussion: Makel et al., Sex differences in the right tail of cognitive abilities: An update and cross cultural extension.
- Workshop led by Elba Moise of the UW Center for Teaching and Learning.
- Annual wine & cheese happy hour!
- Outreach: Burke Museum’s Girls in Science Summer Camp Series workshop
- End-of-summer picnic at Magnuson Park!
- Sandi leads a Journal Club Discussion: Boring et al. Student Evaluations of teaching (mostly) do not measure teaching effectiveness.
- Movie Night: Hidden Figures
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2016:
- Workshop: General Exam Prep Q&A for current second-years
- Pop-up journal club: Lander, E. The Heroes of CRISPR. Cell, 2016.
- Spring discussion: Perception bias: male biology students consistently underestimate female peers, Dan Grunspan, UW Department of Anthropology.
- Outreach event: Seattle Expanding Your Horizons
- Picnic in Woodland Park
- Welcome event: board games and beer at Cafe Mox
- Discussion: Jevin West, “Men set their own cites high“
- Discussion: Magdalena Skipper, “The not-so-alternative career of a journal editor”
2015:
- March journal club: Sheltzer, J.M. and Smith, J.C. Elite male faculty in the life sciences employ fewer women. PNAS, 2014
- Spring discussion: Why have women entered some STEM fields more than others? – Dr. Sapna Cheryan, UW Department of Psychology
- April journal club: Williams, W.M. and Ceci, S.J. National hiring experiments reveal 2:1 faculty preference for women on STEM tenure track. PNAS, 2015
- WiGS brunch at Portage Bay Cafe
- Workshop: Prize-winning Posters – Dr. Ivan Liachko, Dunham Lab, UW
- End-of-Year Wine and Cheese Social
- Picnic in Gas Works Park
- Welcome event: board games and beer at Cafe Mox
- Pop-up journal clubs:
- Nielsen, M. W. Make academic job advertisements fair to all. Nature, 2015.
- Van der Lee and Ellemers. Gender contributes to personal research funding success in The Netherlands. PNAS, 2015.
- Fall discussion: Bias in Peer Review, Carole Lee, UW Philosophy department
- Lunch with Carole Lee
2014:
- Seattle Expanding Your Horizons workshop: The Genetics of Taste
- Summer discussion: Dr. Ohad Manor, Inside the PI Predictor — Borenstein Lab, UW
- Annual BBQ in Ravenna Park
- Welcome event: bocce, beer, and brats at Rhein Haus
- Annual seminar speaker: Dr. Hopi Hoekstra, Harvard University
- Fall industry spotlight: Julie Granka, AncestryDNA
- Workshop: General Exam Q&A for second-year Genome Sciences graduate students
- New Year Happy Hour at Shultzy’s in the University District
- Winter industry spotlight: Michael Senko, Thermo Fisher Scientific
- January journal club: Leslie et al. Expectations of brilliance underlie gender distributions across academic disciplines. Science, January 21, 2015.
- February journal club: Ely, RJ. Rethink what you know about high-achieving women. Harvard Business Review, December 2014.