Gender Equity Committee (GEC) - Activities

Menarini Prize for Outstanding Woman Immunologist
September 5, 2023Gender Equity Committee (GEC)

Congratulations! IUIS and its Gender Equity Committee (GEC) are pleased to announce Dr. Diane Mathis as the…

Funding Opportunity from IUIS and FOCIS for Young Immunologists from the Developing World

Advanced Course in Basic & Clinical Immunology26 February – 1 March 2023Estancia La Jolla Resort…

IUIS-GEC National Gender Equity Campaign – Competition4ideas
November 29, 2022Gender Equity Committee (GEC)

The International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) and its Gender Equity Committee (GEC) are launching…

Announcement of a New “Travel for Expertise” Travel Grant Program

THE INAUGURAL YEAR SUPPORT WILL BE GIVEN TO PROPOSALS RELATED TO COVID-19 IUIS Committee on…

N.I.H. Head Calls for End to All-Male Panels of Scientists

Francis Collins pledged to decline to speak at conferences that do not include enough women…

Career Empowerment for Women in Science

Monday, Aug. 28, 2017 -3-4 p.m. ET- For women pursuing careers in the sciences, there…

Gender Equity in Immunology, 2001 to 2016

Gender Equity in Immunology, 2001 to 2016. An article from The Journal of Immunology.

FIRST INTERNATIONAL IUIS-ALAI-SMI ONCOIMMUNOLOGY­-MEXICO COURSE REPORT

Diana Torres, Immunology Department, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City­‐04510,…

AAI Advance Course of Immunology

Recipients of the special travel grants sponsored by the IUIS Gender Equality and Career Development…

GEC´s report on FOCIS course

Dears Immunology is such subject that once you start to understand it you become in…

Clinton Fondation

There has never been a better time to be born female. That’s the conclusion…

GEC-Supported Scientists Report from Ceppellini School of Immunology
February 24, 2015Gender Equity Committee (GEC)

Two female Romanian immunologists say thank you to the IUIS-GEC for the opportunity to attend…

AAI 2014 Short Report
February 23, 2015Gender Equity Committee (GEC)

Elizabeth Ochola, recipient of  the IUIS/AAI travel award, gives her review of last year’s introductory…

IUIS / AAI Travel Award Deadline Extented!
February 11, 2015Gender Equity Committee (GEC)

IUIS / AAI Travel Grant   The IUIS Education (EDU) and Gender Equality and…

New Funding Opportunities

Travel Awards IUIS/AAI   The IUIS Education (EDU) and Gender Equality and Career Development (GEC)…

Basic and Clinical Funding Opportunities – passed deadlines
September 23, 2014Gender Equity Committee (GEC)

The IUIS and its partners offer the following opportunities to receive finincial support for their…

Short Report 2013 FOCIS Advanced Course

I am honored to have had an opportunity to be participant of the 2013 FOCIS…

Report on the 2012 GECD Committee travel fellowships

In 2012 GECD Committee sponsored four female students to attend various immunology courses that were…

Report on the 2012 GECD Committee Symposia

One of the main activities of the GECD Committee is to organize symposia and networking…

FASEB Launches New Online Career Planning Tool

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), in coordination with the Medical College…

Networking breakfast at AICI 2011
November 25, 2011Gender Equity Committee (GEC)

Networking breakfast organized by the IUIS Committee on Career Development and Gender Equality in…