Women make up half of the total U.S. college-educated workforce, but only 29% of the science and engineering workforce.

On May 8th, we’ll hear from the 29% that are united by a common drive, a hunger for change, and a curiosity to push beyond the status quo.

Join the University City Science Center, CIC Philadelphia, BioLabs@CIC, FirstHand, and Venture Cafe for Representing the Underrepresented: Women STEM Breakfast & Panel.

Panelists:
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Melina Blees, PhD
Site Director
BioLabs@CIC

Kristen Kahle, PhD
Immunomonitoring Lead
Spark Therapeutics

Monica King, PhD
Data Scientist
Drexel University

Alicia C. McDonald, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Penn State College of Medicine
Department of Public Health Sciences

Moderator: Maya Heiland
Program Manager, FirstHand
University City Science Center

We’ll provide breakfast, lightning panel discussions surrounding the experiences of women in STEM here in Philadelphia.

This event will have an ASL interpreter.