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STEM Connects Medicine and Healthcare Career Panel

Online panel discussion exploring careers in medicine and public health -- designed for high school girls.

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Date: Thursday, April 13

Time: 7:45-8:45pm EDT

Location: Online!

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About the Event:

Are you a high school girl interested in becoming a doctor? Do you wonder what a career in public health would be like? Join us for the next STEM Connects event!

In this online panel, students will learn about the different aspects of medicine and public health. Three accomplished female physicians will describe their career paths, share their experiences in STEM, and give insightful advice. Students will also engage in Q&A with the speakers. As with all STEM Connects panels, attendees will gain:

  • Firsthand career advice from accomplished women in STEM

  • A new perspective on interdisciplinary careers

  • A greater understanding of potential careers within medicine and healthcare

  • **A Zoom link will be published two weeks prior to the event

Speakers:

  • Marcella Alsan: Director of the Health Inequality Lab and Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School

  • Andrea Bauer: Orthopedic Surgeon at Boston Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School

  • Erica Mayer: Director of Clinical Research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

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STEM Connects panel discussion

We are thrilled to provide this inaugural virtual discussion, and to help us in our exploration of Engineering, we have an amazing panel of accomplished women, all with engineering backgrounds.

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Date: Sunday, October 16, 2022

Time: 4:00pm - 5:20pm EDT

Location: Online!

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Virtual STEM Career Panel:

Are you a high school girl interested in STEM? Do you want to learn more about what careers lie in the STEM industry? In this online panel discussion focused on engineering, students will learn about the different professions and career paths that involve engineering. Four female speakers, each having studied a type of engineering, will describe their careers, their overall journey in STEM, and share advice. Students will also engage in Q&A with the speakers at the end. Attendees will gain:

  • A new understanding of the careers that involve and can arise from engineering

  • Firsthand career advice from accomplished women in STEM

  • A new perspective on interdisciplinary careers

  • The chance to receive a copy of The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition by Don Norman

Speakers:

  • Ruya Barrett, VP of International Marketing Programs at Dell Technologies

  • Cece Gassner, Vice President for Research and Economic Development at the Texas A&M University

  • Alex Gorham, Hodson Scholar at The Johns Hopkins University

  • Martha Murray, Orthopedic Surgeon-in-Chief at Boston Children's Hospital, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School

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