How to 'break the bias' at CCS: #IWD2022 special

See the video featuring 16 women in research at
at the Central Clinical School and their analyses

gender bias.

16 of our women researchers tell like it is for International Women's Day 2022

by Dr Zhoujie Ding, Ms Alex Dimitropoulos, Dr Jessica Borger

International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Being the first Central Clinical School Gender Equity and Diversity (CCS GEDI) committee event in 2022, this year we will celebrate the achievements of women at the CCS under the theme of “break the bias”.

Hear from Central Clinical School champions of change for International Women's Day 2022

International Women's Day 2022 video presentation by Central Clinical School champions of change on how we could 'break the bias' to achieve gender equity in STEMM. This video was produced by Central Clinical School Consumer and Researcher Engagement (CCS CaRE) committee and Gender Equity Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Committee. The time point links in the list below go to the start of that particular presentation, and the name links go to more detail about the speaker.

We need to address gender bias in medical research peer review: Jess Borger

Dr Jess Borger, CCS Gender Equity
Diversity and Inclusion Committee

Reproduced from Women's Agenda 28 February 2022

Having explored data on whether Australia’s largest medical research funding body was doing enough to retain women in STEMM on Women’s Agenda (with figures later picked up by Nature), Dr Jessica Borger was recently asked to present on the topic of “breaking the bias”.

Jessica shares the below piece based on the presentation, highlighting opportunities for Australia to lead on opportunities on achieving equality in medical research.

International Women's Day 2022 is 8 March

The Central Clinical School's Gender Equity Diversity and Inclusion Committee has profiled our women researchers on many and varied topics as a special focus for International Women's Day 2022 - look out for our special issue on Tuesday 8 March!

See more about IWD2022: www.internationalwomensday.com/