HPH NOW, June 24, 2005, Deadline Nears for Open Comment Period on Issues Relating to Women in Science


	Dean Drew Faust

Drew Faust, Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, visited HSPH on June 2 for a School-wide Town Meeting on the recent recommendations of the University Task Forces on Women. Dean Faust was tapped by President Lawrence Summers and Provost Steven Hyman to take the lead on the efforts.

Joining her on the panel was HSPH Dean Barry Bloom, Sue Goldie, associate professor of health decision science in the Department of Health Policy and Management, and Megan Murray, assistant professor of epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology.

Goldie serves on the Task Force on Women Faculty. Murray and Laurie Glimcher, Irene Heinz Given Professor of Immunology in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, serve on the Task Force on Women in Science and Engineering.

All panelists stressed the importance for HSPH members to participate in the University Task Forces on Women open comment period. Participation will advocate the issues and concerns unique to HSPH and heighten the Task Forces' awareness of the School's needs for the future.

Send comments to: tfw_comments@harvard.edu
Deadline: June 30, 2005
Task Force Reports: www.hsph.harvard.edu/women_in_science/

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