Women in Medicine and Science Webinar on Gender Equity

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On June 23, the UF Health Science Center – Jacksonville hosted its first Women in Medicine and Science webinar discussing “Gender Equity and Women’s Advancement.”

The event featured national speaker Diana Lautenberger, MA, director for faculty and staff research, and lead of Gender Equity Lab at the Association of American Medical Colleges. She used an intersectional lens to review current data and evidence of gender bias of women’s advancement trends and debunked some of the myths around gender bias in the workplace.