‘Fortune Sides with Her Who Dares’: Highly acclaimed cardiologist Barbara Casadei to deliver the NHLI Athena SWAN Lecture in January

Professor Barbara Casadei hopes to inspire the next generation of female scientists by encouraging women in the progression of their scientific careers. As such, she is the perfect speaker for the next NHLI Athena Lecture. The NHLI Athena SWAN lecture series highlights high profile female scientists and asks them to talk about their research and career […]

NHLI Olympics Summer Social for Students

Written by Ms Katherine Strong (Research Postgraduate Student, Treasurer of the NHLI Postgraduate Committee) and Mr Liam Couch (Research Postgraduate Student, Chair of the NHLI Postgraduate Committee). As an end of year summer event, the National Heart and Lung Institute held an Olympic themed social event for students at Eastside bar in South Kensington. The aim […]

Research Councils’ Diversity Data Reveals Worrying Gender Differences

Over the past few years, Research Councils UK (RCUK) have begun to systematically collect and report diversity data – and the findings regarding gender differences in grant application and success rates are worrying. The latest report can be found here: Research Councils Diversity Data (April 2016). RCUK have stated that they are committed to ensuring […]

British Society for Gene and Cell Therapy 2016 Annual Conference

This year’s BSGCT Annual conference was held at University College London, Institute of Child Health on Friday 15th April. It was a one-day conference with a focus on adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector design and innovative approaches to implementing the technology into human gene therapy. It was an excellent opportunity to be able to attend this conference as I […]

Imperial Business School to award Forté Foundation scholarships to outstanding female MBA students

A recent news article by Laura Singleton on the Imperial College website highlighted scholarships worth £22,500 offered to high achieving female MBA students by Imperial College Business School in partnership with the Forté Foundation. The Forté Foundation is a non-profit organisation that champions women’s progression within business through access to education, and the fellowships are […]

NHLI New Scientists Day 2016

The annual NHLI New Scientists Day took place on Tuesday 19th of April and brought together staff and students from NHLI and beyond to hear about the exciting research our new academics are doing. All three speakers – Dr Jenni Quint (Clinical Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Epidemiology), Dr James Ware (Clinical Senior Lecturer in Genomic […]

WomenCount: a Government report on progress for female leadership in Higher Education

As part of the International Women’s Day celebrations Imperial’s President, Alice Gast (pictured below), hosted a UK event to present the new report assessing the presence of women at the highest levels in Universities. This was attended by delegates from across the country, including the Pro Vice Chancellor of Warwick (Viki Cooke); the Vice Provost […]