Biophysical Society Bulletin | January 2018

Outreach

Alliance of Scientific Societies

participation of underrepresented individuals in STEM remain isolated in their scientific disciplines. The Alliance aims to serve as a unified voice across disciplines to help community members establish effective ways to coordinate collective efforts to address the needs of minority scientists, thus improving the efficiency and dissemination of URM-serving programs. The Alliance will achieve its goals by conducting a three-meeting conference series that will bring together the Committees for Diversity, Inclusion, and Minorities Affairs Committees (MACs) and society leadership from many professional/scientific societies and other stakeholders that advocate for the diversification of our STEM workforce. If you would like to learn more about these efforts please contact Alliance leadership and BPS CID Chair: — Marina Ramirez-Alvarado ramirezalvarado.marina@mayo.edu

The Biophysical Society and the American Society for Cell Biology are leading an effort with the support of the National Science Foundation to create an Alliance of Scientific Societ- ies for broad participation in STEM for the next generation of scientists. The founding partners are the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, the Endocrine Society, and the Scientific Career Research and Development Group at Northwestern University. The ultimate goal is for other scientific societies to join the Alliance as these efforts move forward. Building a diverse and inclusive STEM workforce is a goal shared by many institutions. However, the efforts to understand effective interventions leading to increased

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