Issue 30: Women of Science March '25
News, profiles, research, reviews, recommendations on all things women in science
Welcome back to another edition of WOSc - the weekly newsletter covering all things women in science 📈🧠📚𝞹
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A quick run-down of this issue:
Abstract & Intro: News and updates on all things women of and in science
Materials, Methods, Discussion: Interviews and talking points of note
Conclusions & Further Reading: Our media & content recommendations for your week
Abstract & Intro
Your rundown of headlines, news, notes & media snippets re: women of science
🥼 Industry & Life sciences
To mark International Women's Day on 11th March, the UK House of Lords will debate the promotion of women's participation and leadership in science and technology - read their agenda at the link above.
💻 Tech
In the male-dominated defence space, here are some of the women investing in the market.
Lifted Ventures partners with Anya, which already has 7m users, to drive future of AI-driven women's healthcare.
🤖 AI
📌 A Team of Female Founders Is Launching Cloud Security Tech That Could Overhaul AI Protection
Cloud “container” defenses have inconsistencies that can give attackers too much access. A new company, Edera, is taking on that challenge.
📌 AI model reads ECGs to identify female patients at higher risk of heart disease
A new AI model can flag female patients who are at higher risk of heart disease based on an electrocardiogram (ECG).
💊 Healthcare
📌 Perimenopause symptoms, severity, and healthcare seeking in women in the US
A new publication out from Nature, detailing perimenopause symptoms in a US cohort.
📌 Tia Partners with Nourish to Enhance Nutrition, Vitality and Wellness Support for Patients
Tia, the modern healthcare platform designed to provide comprehensive care for women, today announced a new partnership with Nourish.
🚀 Physics
📌 Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Gayle King: all-female crew to helm next space flight on Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket
Activist Amanda Nguyen, movie producer Kerianne Flynn and former Nasa scientist Aisha Bowe will also be on the flight.
Materials, Methods, Discussion
This week - interviews, discussions, and more:
🖊️ Interviews and features of note:
🖊️ Pods and vids:
🧠 Science & Medicine: Help for women's pelvic health disordersOne in three American women will have a pelvic health disorder at some point in their lives and many of them will suffer needlessly: Science & Medicine deep dives on the subject this week interviewing Sylvia Botros-Brey, MD - urogynecologist, a specialist in Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery.
Conclusions & Further Reading
More links & signposts for you to enjoy this week…
The Written Word:
🤖 Women in Tech Don’t Need a ‘Career Ladder’, They Need a Career Runway
⭐ What does the new Ofcom guidance actually mean for women's safety?
🧑💻 It was always the AI bros’ masterplan: invent tech to chat up women
Events & opportunities:
🎯 Sign up to be a healthtech mentor (or mentee) with Sixty Twelve: Is this something we at WOSc are building ourselves? Keep your eyes peeled (and pass on the message)!
📍 Open deadline
🎯 Diverse History of Science Tours: For those based in London (or just visiting), you can take a free guided tour of some of the Science Museum’s most famous galleries, led by award-winning Learning Volunteers, covering all things women in science to gender and sex in scientific history.
📍 Open (and free)
🎯 Sifted Talks | Online. On March 12, Fintech reporter Tom Matsuda is bringing together panellists from Flo Health, Cherry Ventures and Navan to discuss the new CFO mindset — how to balance profit with growth.
That’s all for this issue!
Thank you for reading: The WoS mission is to support, share and promote the innovative and groundbreaking work that has been and continues to be done by women across all scientific disciplines, and to empower and inspire the next generation of female leaders in the field.
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