Paired up at work during the pandemic. We site side by side in every zoom.We could tell that we were gonna be friends. Inspired by the data & stories read. Social change happens one step at a time. Goal:to learn & share a factoid a day for the next year. @MelissaChenMD @freez_IR

#WomeninSTEM #WomeninMedicine #MotivationalMonday

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"the widening of the gender gap in math achievement we have documented in two separate cohorts is likely due in part to the lower expectations that teachers (and society" #GirlsinSTEM #WomeninSTEM

"Despite small gains, in the pipeline, women remain underrepresented across the corporate ladder." #WomeninSTEM #WomeninTech #DEI #womeninleadership

“Anni could put into words the experience of a child in a way that was extraordinary. She could reach any child and make a connection.” #WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience

“Subtle biases and microaggressions pile up, few of which on their own rise to the level of ‘let’s take action,’ but are insidious nonetheless.” #DEI #MedEd #WomeninMedicine #WomeninSTEM

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain #MotivationMonday #WomeninSTEM

RT @MelissaChenMD: Congratulations @freez_IR! #WomenInMedicine.

"One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes…and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.” -- Eleanor Roosevelt #MotivationMonday #MotivationalQuotes.

RT @RUBraveEnough: #WomenInMedicineMonth . Did you know 👩🏽‍⚕️👩🏼‍⚕️👩🏻‍⚕️are less likely to have their academic work amplified by others comp….

#FutureFridays: "The process of science, when done well, teaches you grit and collaboration; patience in working through problems as they come up and perseverance when it feels like the work ahead of you is incomprehensibly vast." @mhackman

"Though women make up roughly half of professional and managerial workers, they are more likely to volunteer for what’s colloquially known as “office mom” tasks, like planning parties, doing office housework or resolving an office conflict." #DEI

“It’s not my job to say whether it has been handled well or not,” she said of the troop withdrawal. “It’s my job to give a voice to those people and say this is how they feel.” @clarissaward

#TNTTuesday: Although women matriculation into medical school has remained steady around 40-50% since 2003, women represent only 18% of academic department chairs. #womeninSTEM #MedEd #WomenInMedicine

#FutureFridays: Regeneron Finalist 2021 Amy Zhou on Entropy of Amorphous Systems in their Ground States #DEI #WomeninSTEM #GirlsinSTEM #Womenintech

#ThinkingThursdays: ""Adjust" trains girls to be powerless, not to exist, not to be seen, not to have a self, and it trains boys to claim power and authority over the world." @deepavop #DEI #WomeninSTEM #WomeninTech #DEI

#HumpDay: “I don’t know policy, I am not a lawyer who can get people out of prison, but I can make cookies. maybe if I sell someone cookies, it can open a conversation about why we are making them.” @bakersforBLM

Why Aren't More Women Doctors in the Top-Paying Specialties? #WomeninMedicine #WomeninSTEM #DEI

'Perfect' is the enemy of 'good enough'. ~Meg Whitman @MegWhitman

"I was once told by my male friend in my engineering class that I could get a degree in engineering, but I would eventually just be a housewife." ~ Sahas Son @STEMlikegirlpdx #DEI #womeninSTEM #GirlsinSTEM

Gender gap exists in funding and leadership success in academic medicine. #WomeninSTEM #WomeninMedicine #MedEd #MedTwitter