Diversify STEM Conferences (DSC)
Diversify STEM Conferences (DSC) was created to address the wider issue of representation in STEM by focusing specifically on the diversity of speakers invited to give talks at conferences.
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A recurring issue at conferences and seminars is the underwhelming number of URM speakers giving talks. A commonly cited reason for this is not knowing who to invite. To that end, we've begun compiling a list of prominent URM researchers across every field of STEM and Medicine. We hope that conference organizers can use this list as a resource when inviting speakers. However we hope that organizers use this list conscientiously. There is a well-known, and well-documented, issue of "tokenism", i.e. the idea that women and underrepresented minority researchers are included to give an appearance of diversity. We would like to stress that a diverse conference is not just about representation of minority speakers but also about creating an environment that is conducive to sharing ideas and collaborating. See our "Best practices" page for tips on how to create an inclusive environment.
Finally, we would like to stress that:
(i) Speakers on our list should be compensated properly for their time.
(ii) We are not the only resource out there! Check out this database for more lists of underrepresented researchers.
(iii) Our list is mainly nomination based (we then reach out to the researchers for their consent to be featured on the list). Please consider nominating yourself or others to be on the list! You can do so here or by emailing us at dscnatl@gmail.com.
NOTES ON USING OUR LIST
1) Please see here for the Speakers List in spreadsheet format (useful for more complicated searches), an explanation of all of the fields (and how to search them), and a list of sorted subfields.
2) Our website saves your previous search for future reference! If you would like to clear your search, press the "Clear" button (next to the "Submit" button).
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Preferred Name Institution
Any 10X Genomics Albert Einstein College of Medicine Alcorn State University American Museum of Natural History Arizona State University Auburn University Baylor College of Medicine Benedictine University Boston College Boston University Brown University California Institute of Technology California State University - Long Beach California State University - San Bernardino Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Chicago State University Children's Hospital of Philadelphia College of the Holy Cross Colorado State University Columbia University Cornell University CUNY - Queens College CUNY - School of Medicine CUNY - School of Public Health CUNY - The City College of New York Dartmouth College Drexel University Duke University Emory College Florida State University Fordham University George Mason University Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) Hampshire College Harvard Medical School Harvard University HHMI - Janelia Research Campus Hope College Howard University Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Imperial College London Indiana University Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Johns Hopkins University Kansas State University Lincoln Memorial University Linköping University Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Louisiana State University School of Medicine Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) McGill University MD Anderson Cancer Center Medical University of South Carolina Meharry Medical College Michigan State University Morehouse College Morgan State University Mount Holyoke College New Mexico State University New York University New York University - School of Medicine NIH - Clinical Center NIH - Intramural Research Program NIH - National Institute of General Medicine NIH - National Institute on Aging NIH - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism NIH - National Institute on Drug Abuse NIH - National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities North Carolina A&T State University Northeastern University Northern Arizona University Northwestern University Northwest University Penn State University Pomona College Princeton University Purdue University Reed College Rush University Rutgers University Salk Institute of Biological Studies Samford University Seton Hall University Southern Illinois University Carbondale Southern University at Baton Rouge Spelman College St. Edward's University St. Mary's College of Maryland Stanford Medicine Stanford University SUNY - Oswego Texas A&M University Texas State University The California State University The Children's Research Institute The George Washington University The Ohio State University The Rockefeller University The University of Alabama at Birmingham The University of Arizona The University of Chicago The University of Illinois at Chicago The University of Mississippi The University of Tennessee The University of Texas - Health Science Center at Houston The University of Texas - MD Anderson The University of Texas - Southwestern Medical Center The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at El Paso The University of Texas at San Antonio The University of Utah Towson University Tufts University Tufts University School of Medicine Universidad de los Andes - Colombia Universidad del Rosario Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México University College London University of Arkansas University of California - Berkeley University of California - Davis University of California - Irvine University of California - Los Angeles University of California - San Diego University of California - San Francisco University of Colorado - Boulder University of Connecticut University of Dayton University of Delaware University of Florida University of Florida - College of Medicine University of Houston University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign University of Iowa - Carver College of Medicine University of Maryland University of Maryland School of Medicine University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Missouri University of New Hampshire University of North Carolina - Carolina Population Center University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill University of North Texas - Health Science Center University of Oxford University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine University of Pittsburgh University of Puerto Rico University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Campus University of South Carolina University of Southern California University of Washington University of Wisconsin-Madison Vanderbilt University Washington University in St. Louis Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Whitehead Institute Yale University
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Degree(s) Any DrPH DVM EdD Masters MD Nursing PhD ScD
Type of Research Any applied/translational basic clinical dry lab field work population based theoretical wet lab
Position Any Adjunct Professor Assistant Professor Associate Dean Associate Professor Associate Provost Clinical Assistant Professor Dean Department Chair Director Fellow Full Professor Instructor Ph.D. Candidate Post-doc Principal Investigator Professor Professor Emeritus Provost Research Assistant Professor Senior Scientist Visiting Professor
Field/Subfield (see Notes for sorted subfields) Any Agriculture Analytical Chemistry Applied Mathematics Astrophysics Atmospheric Sciences Atomic/Molecular/Optical Physics Biochemistry Bioinformatics Biomedical Engineering Biophysics Biostatistics Cancer Biology Cellular Biology Chemical Engineering Chemistry Clinical - Cardiology Clinical - Nephrology Clinical - Neurology Clinical - Obstetrics/gynecology Clinical - Pediatrics Clinical - Psychology Clinical - Radiation Oncology Combinatorics Computational Biology Computational Chemistry Computational Neuroscience Computer and Information Sciences Dermatology Developmental Biology Developmental Psychology Earth Sciences Ecology Education/Pedagogy Electrochemistry Embryology Endocrinology Energy Engineering Entomology Environmental Science & Resource Conservation Epidemiology Epigenetics Equity/Advocacy Evolution Genetics Geology Gerontology/Geroscience Group Theory Health Equity Imaging Immunology Industrial/Manufacturing Engineer Infectious Disease Inorganic Chemistry Kinesiology Marine Biology Materials Chemistry Medical Mycology Metabolism Microbiology Molecular Biology Nanotechnology Neuroscience Nursing Nutrition Oceanography Ophthalmology Optics/Photonics Organic Chemistry Orthopedics Paleontology Pharmacology Photochemistry Physical Chemistry Physical Rehabilitation Physiology Plant Sciences Probability Proteomics Psychology Public Health Quantum Mechanics Reproduction/Fertility Research Ethics RNA splicing Sociology Statistical Genetics Statistics Stochastics Sustainable Energy Systems Engineering Theoretical Chemistry Thermodynamics Veterinary Medicine Virology Zoology Use Command (or Shift) + Click to select multiple Fields
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Total Records Found: 345, showing 10 per page
Field (see Notes for sorted subfields)
Combinatorics Dr. Opel Jones Towson University Assistant Professor The Jones Group investigates pattern avoidance in permutations, specifically looking at Dumont permutation avoidance. Faculty Page enumerative combinatorics, pattern avoidance, minimal occurrence, Dumont permutation, Genocchi numbers
Neuroscience, Physiology Dr. Lucas Albrechet-Souza Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Instructor Dr. Albrechet-Souza's research interest are broadly focused on understanding changes in brain mechanisms induced by traumatic stress in rodents, with emphasis in the involvement of corticotropin-releasing factor and endocannabinoids in discrete brain areas on stress-induced dysregulated behavior, including anxiety, avoidance and escalation of alcohol consumption. Faculty Page traumatic stress, PTSD, endocannabinoids, CRF, anxiety, avoidance, alcohol
Neuroscience Dr. Jose Rodrígeuz-Romaguera University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Assistant Professor The Rodríguez-Romaguera lab investigates the neural mechanisms that mediate the hyperarousal states that emerge in many psychiatric disorders. They use a combination of in vivo optical tools that allow for single cell dissection in mice as a model system. Lab Website anxiety, autism, hyperarousal, emotion, motivation, amygdala, single-cell, calcium imaging, optogenetics
Microbiology Dr. Tiara Perez Morales Benedictine University Assistant Professor The Perez Morales lab investigates how lactobacilli use quorom sensing (specifically the transcriptional regulator Rgg) to sense and respond to environmental conditions. Lab Website Lactobacilli, cell-cell communication, quorum sensing, microbiome
Neuroscience Dr. Maria Diehl Kansas State University Assistant Professor The Diehl Faryna Lab investigates the changes in neural circuitry that accompany fear- and anxiety-inducing stimuli with the goal of understanding why some individuals recover from trauma while others develop neuropsychiatric diseases (i.e. PTSD). Lab Website trauma, fear, anxiety, resilience, post-traumatic stress disorder, optogenetics
Medical Mycology, Microbiology Dr. Jesus Antonio Romo Tufts University Post-doc Dr. Romo works in the Kumamoto laboratory at Tufts University School of Medicine investigating the effects of Candida species during infection by bacterial pathogens in the context of the gastrointestinal tract. Please visit https://www.asm.org/Biographies/Jesus-Antonio-Romo for his podcast. Research Page human microbiome, mycobiome, fungus, GI tract, C. difficile, Candida
Neuroscience Dr. Marcelo Febo University of Florida - College of Medicine Assistant Professor, Program Director of Translational Imaging The Febo Lab uses fMRIs to longitudinally investigates drug response in the cognitive and emotional centers of rats' brains. Faculty Page brain imaging, neuroimaging, fMRI, cognition, emotion, drug addiction, cocaine, dopamine, oxytocin, vasopressin, prefrontal cortex, motivation
Biochemistry, Cellular Biology, Molecular Biology Dr. Jorge Torres University of California - Los Angeles Professor The Torres Lab investigates the mechanisms behind mitotic microtubule spindle formation in cell division. Lab Website cell cycle, cell division, spindle assembly, microtubules, motor proteins, phosphatase, methyltransferase, ubiquitin ligase, computational modeling
Psychology Dr. Glorisa J. Canino University of Puerto Rico Full Professor The Canino Lab investigates rates of depression amongst Latina/o/x youth and the epigentics of pediatric asthma. Faculty Page epidemiology, asthma, mental health, epigenetics, Latino/a/x
Materials Chemistry, Nanotechnology Dr. Erick Vasquez University of Dayton Assistant Professor The Vasquez Lab works on developing stable, multifunctional surfaces based on inorganic nanoparticles (ie silver, gold, and silica) combined with polymers. These materials can be used downstream in processes such as water purification, biofuel production, etc. Lab Website nanotechnology, inorganic