Impressive 'roving scientist' initiative to support #womeninSTEM while on maternity leave!! 👏🏻👏🏻 I was lucky to have 2 leaves (21 months) but no one was hired to keep things going = major post doc delays. If a lab could get $ to fund a tech to support the new mom's project...1/2
Impressive 'roving scientist' initiative to support #womeninSTEM while on maternity leave!! 👏🏻👏🏻 I was lucky to have 2 leaves (21 months) but no one was hired to keep things going = major post doc delays. If a lab could get $ to fund a tech to support the new mom's project...1/2
2/3 the new mom can enjoy their time with 👶 & go back to their project not delayed so win-win situation for mentor too. Now I realize 🇺🇲 is the worst for supporting new moms, but we need new ideas to help keep women in research when we know there is a ⬇️⬇️ as careers progress
@drdeannasanter Great idea, I believe the @BabrahamInst has been running a similar initiative for the past few years.