Panel: Diversity in STEM Fields
(Science and Technology)

Friday, November 7, 2014: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Estancia (Convention Center)

*Names in bold indicate Presenter

Panel Organizers:  Samuel L. Myers, University of Minnesota
Panel Chairs:  Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University
Discussants:  Emorcia Hill, Harvard University


Race, Ethnicity, and NIH Research Awards: New Results
Donna Ginther, University of Kansas



Modeling Diversity in STEM Fields
Kaye Husbands Fealing, Georgia Institute of Technology and Samuel L. Myers, University of Minnesota



Gender and the Institutional Environment in STEM-H Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Margaret Blume-Kohout and Dennis Barber, III, MBK Analytics, LLC



Falling out of Step: Understanding Trends in Gender, Race, and Ethnic Differences on the Pathway to a Career in Biomedical Research
Misty L. Heggeness, Lisa Evans and Sherry Mills, National Institutes of Health


This panel addresses the problem of underrepresentation of women and minorities in health medical sciences from difference lenses. What are the different pathways or pipelines that women and minority follow to become a biomedical researcher? Are there specific conditions that encourage the entrepreneurship of minorities? And what is the distribution of NIH grants in the past?
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