International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023

International Day of Women and Girls in Science celebrates women’s achievements in STEM fields, and promotes the full and equal access of women in these fields.

To mark the occasion, we wanted to celebrate the contributions made by the amazing women here at the CVR in the form of blog posts, podcasts and videos. Check out links to the content below!

Blogs

In 2020, Betty Lau wrote a blog post about the journey of searching for the animal source of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
In 2021, Lois Mason and Dr. Georgia Perona-Wright wrote a blog post about their project which aimed to answer questions about vaccination (you can also watch the videos here!)
In 2021, Dr. Suzannah Rihn outlines the resources openly available in the SARS-CoV-2 and coronavirus toolkit released by the CVR.
In 2022, Sarah Walsh, Engagement and Communications Intern, writes about the name change of the CVR's blog and podcast platform.
To kick start a new series names 'CVR Behind the Scenes', a blog was written about Linda McMonagle's position in the CVR, her career path and her past career as an Irish dancer!
Introduction to the CVR's new Research Manager - Meet Parini Mankad!
PhD student, Mhairi McCormack wrote a blog which detailed her trip to Malawi with Dr Antonia Ho.

Podcasts

From mainland China in Wuhan city, Elihu Araday and Rute Pinto talked with Siyuan Hu, a PhD student in Professor Margaret Hosie's group, who was in Wuhan and living the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak from a different perspective.
Professor Emma Thomson discusses surveillance and treatment of Hepatitis C in a changing world.
Sarah Ianucci discusses her journey into Biomedical Visualisation, her MSc degree with The Glasgow School of Art, her amazing MSc project, and her hopes for the future of medical visualisation.