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Recommended Websites

Anne's List
Highlighting female systems neuroscientists

Women in Neuroscience Repository
Help identify and recommend female neuroscientists for conferences, symposia or collaborations.

Women and Neuroscience – Society for Neuroscience
Recognizing Women in Science We advance and empower women in the field through resources, networking events, professional opportunities, and awards. SfN also provides the field with education to increase awareness for implicit bias.

The Power Hour at Gordon Research Conferences
A safe space for GRC attendees to discuss persistent and pervasive issues of inequity. Diversity and inclusion initiatives are a part of many neuroscience societies and organizations.

BiasWatchNeuro
Tracks the gender ratios of speakers at neuroscience meetings and of authors in neuroscience journals and compares them to the base rates of women in relevant subfields.

Pride in STEM
Pride in STEM is a charitable trust run by an independent group of LGBTQIA+ scientists & engineers from around the world. Proud of who we are and what we do. We aim to showcase and support all LGBTQIA+ people in STEM fields.

Gender-Inclusive Biology
This website offers examples of adapting curriculum to next generation science standards and gender-inclusive standards, as well as resources for advocating to administration and others.

Recommended Articles

• Barres, B. Does gender matter? Nature 442, 133–136 (2006).
• Widening the scope of diversity. Nat Neuro 23, 903 (2020).
• Fairhall, A.L. and Marder, E. Acknowledging female voices. Nat Neurosci 23, 904-905 (2020).
• Dworkin, J.D., Linn, K.A., Teich, E.G. et al. The extent and drivers of gender imbalance in neuroscience reference lists. Nat Neurosci 23, 918–926 (2020).
• Jones-London, M. NINDS Strategies for Enhancing the Diversity of Neuroscience Researchers. Neuron, Volume 107, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 212-214, ISSN 0896-6273.
• Witteman, H.O., Hendricks M., Straus, S., Tannenbaum C. Are gender gaps due to evaluations of the applicant or the science? A natural experiment at a national funding agency. The Lancet, Volume 393, Issue 10171, 2019, Pages 531-540, ISSN 0140-6736.