How Can STEMM Do A Better Job of Caring for Its Caregivers?

Elena Fuentes-Afflick talks about how bad caregiving policies and workplace cultures are hurting the STEMM workforce, and how to fix it.

Issues in Science and Technology
Hi! Just trying out Mastadon. I am a complex trait geneticist working on the functional annotation of risk loci for SLE using multi-omic technologies. I am also a qualified mediator with a special interest in resolving disputes between PhD students and their supervisors.#Introduction #bioinformatics #SLE #multi-omic #functionalgeonomics #ImmunoGenetics #mediation #scienceculture
Addressing #workplace #culture (aka #scienceculture) is a job for women and MEN (because #gender #equality is a jumping off point for all types of diversity), one option for the men proposed: refuse to sit on commissions / panels that don't strike a balance between men/women.