Today we celebrate the talent and leadership of women and girls in science.
International Day of Women & Girls in Science is an opportunity to raise awareness, reinforce our shared commitment to help end gender bias, and encourage greater investment in Science, Technology, Engingeering and Maths (STEM) for all women and girls.
Thank you to all the inspirational women innovators we work with in healthtech for the incredible work you do, and the women in the Innovation Programmes team at LGC's Grant Management Group who support them.
The Innovation Programmes team manage SBRI Healthcare, NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research)'s Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme and other grant programmes.
The 17 women on the team have PhDs in Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Materials Science, Medical Chemistry, Biochemical Pharmacology, Biotechnology, Advanced Drug Delivery and other specialisms along with MBAs, MScs and a wealth of experience in the commercialisation of research and innovation.
We asked the team what inspires them about a career in science.
[Pippa Gledhill, Savannah Lynn-Rodgers, Rebecca Stevens, Ieva Salkauskaite, Francesca Troiani, Dr Claudia A. Raffaella Roncone, Caterina Lombardo, Maryam Tamaddon, D.Phil, Amy Lothian, Charmaine Mulligan, Lisa Rose, Michelle Edye, Helen Compton, Amy Muggeridge, Katarzyna (Kasia) Zmarzly, Ruth Nebauer]