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It's really great to see good representation of women in the PGC group leadership! #WCPG2017
2017-10-14 21:02:27Naomi Wray; bored of the question, want to know solutions, hence the strategies to address gender gap in career progression #WCPG2017
2017-10-15 05:37:46.@WrayNaomi introducing panel on gender gap in psychiatric genetics careers #WCPG2017 pic.twitter.com/gvETHZP1mI
2017-10-15 05:38:09@WrayNaomi one third of audience is men, this is critical. #WCPG2017
2017-10-15 05:39:37#WCPG2017 panel on addressing the gender gap. A mix of clinicians, academics and from various geographies pic.twitter.com/KyqA22sZV3
2017-10-15 05:41:46Dr. Barbara Franke @Radboud_Uni: Women not pursuing Sci careers in Netherlands b/c -support, incompatible w/lifestyle choices #WCPG2017
2017-10-15 05:44:20Women is Science session now Barbara Franke - only 18% of full profs in Netherlands are women; now Westerdijk fund to app 100 female profs.
2017-10-15 05:44:52100 years after first female professor appointed in NL, funding from education minister to improve balance #WCPG2017
2017-10-15 05:45:08Evidence suggests 30% female professors needed to kick start a "normalising" process to achieve gender balance #WCPG2017
2017-10-15 05:45:52BF: Measures to improve: promote 100 associate profs to full prof, fellowship & mentoring pgms for women, flexible family support #WCPG2017
2017-10-15 05:47:08Excellent to see a session on women in psychiatric genetics #WCPG2017 arranged by Naomi Wray. Something for #BGA2018 @jmneiderhiser?
2017-10-15 05:47:12Female only application rounds address imbalances and much higher application rates here #WCPG2017
2017-10-15 05:47:37Fantastic initiative. Thanks for your support of women in psychiatric genetics. The full room indicates how many care about this. #WCPG2017 twitter.com/illuminalive/s…
2017-10-15 05:48:26Excited to be sponsoring and participating in the Women in Genomics panel at the @IntSocPsychGen #WCPG2017. We’ll be live tweeting this! pic.twitter.com/G4i37nC4iO
2017-10-15 05:09:53BF: Also active education at department levels of recognizing hiring/judging bias. #WCPG2017
2017-10-15 05:48:56But must remember bias most often unconscious. Increase awareness via education to mitigate this #WCPG2017
2017-10-15 05:49:01Education not just for department heads, and females just as likely to have this unconscious bias as males #WCPG2017
2017-10-15 05:49:58@hgohlke The title of the session is Strategies to Address the Gender Gap in Career Progression.
2017-10-15 05:50:25Women need to be aware that they are role models, not just professors but at all levels! #WCPG2017
2017-10-15 05:51:10#wcpg2017 Franke: 40% women profs needs to have a quota system implement.
2017-10-15 05:51:27Mike Owen now discussing Athena Swan charter in the U.K. and how it is spreading to other countries #WCPG2017 notes Athena was a god of war!
2017-10-15 05:53:42Mike Owen now talking about @AthenaSwan scheme in UK. #WCPG2017
2017-10-15 05:53:51Sir Mike Owen @cardiffuni School Med talking about UK's Athena-SWAN (Scientific Women Academic Network) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena_SW… #WCPG2017
2017-10-15 05:54:57Another proud to be British moment here at #WCPG2017 as Mike Owen describes the @Athena_SWAN process in the UK at Women in Genetics session.
2017-10-15 05:55:13Departments or institutes apply for the equality based award, targets everyone at the university regardless of level. #WCPG2017
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