You can't be what you can't see, so PRISM has assembled a fantastic group of openly LGBTQ+ science faculty to speak in a moderated panel discussion about the challenges and opportunities faced by LGBTQ+ scientists in academia. Topics to be explored include workplace climate, mentoring, role models, and personal/family life. Please join us!
Everyone—LGBTQ+ people, partners, family, friends, allies, and colleagues—is welcome and encouraged to attend and join the conversation.
Monday, August 1, 2016, Rockefeller University, New York City
- 4:30–5:00pm – Refreshments, CRC, Floor B Foyer
- 6:30pm onward – Drinks reception and dinner buffet, Faculty Club
- 5:00–6:30pm – Panel discussion, CRC, Carson Family Auditorium
Featuring
- Timothy Atherton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Tufts University
- Anna-Katerina (Kat) Hadjantonakis, Ph.D., Professor, Developmental Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Scott Keeney, Ph.D., Member, Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Investigator, HHMI
- Carolyn (Lindy) McBride, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
- Rebecca Oppenheimer, Ph.D., Curator, Department of Astrophysics, American Museum of Natural History
- Mark Siegal, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biology, New York University
Moderated by
- Martin Markowitz, M.D., Aaron Diamond Professor and Clinical Director, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center and Rockefeller University
Off-campus attendees should enter at the gate at 1230 York Ave at E 66th St and ask for directions to the CRC.
Please register and submit questions for the panel in advance by Monday, July 25, at http://bit.do/prism-out-panel
Walk-ins also welcome.
