WEBINAR SERIES—Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Supporting Women in Science

March 8, 2022
2 p.m. EST

In our commitment to creating an environment where individuals can exchange ideas and be safe, accepted and respected, the American Physiological Society is working to develop a supportive community in which women in physiology can excel and thrive. In celebration of Women’s History Month, our diversity, equity and inclusion webinar series continues with panelists sharing how they use their voice to bring positive change and success in science, and how they achieve balance in their professional lives.

Presenters will expand on the American Chemical Society’s “10 Things Everyone Can Do to Support Women Scientists.” Topics include:

• the importance of allies, coaches, mentors and sponsors;
• inviting women to organize and speak at conferences and serve on committees and editorial boards; and
• nominating women for leadership roles.

Moderator

Audrey J. Stone, PhD, is an assistant professor and the director of the autonomic control of circulation laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin. She obtained a PhD in kinesiology from the University of Arkansas and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the heart and vascular institute at the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine. Stone’s research interests revolve around the autonomic control of circulation during exercise in health and disease, how diabetes affects neurovascular control during exercise and how exercise training alters these effects. She is a member of the APS Women in Physiology Committee.

Speakers

Stella Goulopoulou, PhD, is an associate professor of physiology in the Longo Center for Perinatal Biology at Loma Linda University in California. Goulopoulou received her MS and PhD degrees from Syracuse University in New York. Her research program focuses on physiology of pregnancy with an emphasis on vascular function during pregnancy and postpartum. Goulopoulou is involved in service activities that promote graduate education and women’s health advocacy. 

Jennifer Sullivan, PhD, is a professor in the department of physiology and dean of The Graduate School at Augusta University in Georgia. She is an internationally recognized expert and leader in the field of sex differences in cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology. Sullivan consistently publishes her work in top-tier hypertension journals and has received numerous prestigious awards for her work. She serves as an editorial board member and associate editor for leading peer-reviewed journals, and currently is a standing member of a National Institutes of Health grant study section. Sullivan is the Awards Committee chair of the APS Renal Section Steering Committee.