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About Me - Dr Shara B.A. Cohen I have been interested in science for longer than I care to remember, being a member of the British Association of Young Scientists from the age of 15. In the 80's I studied Applied Biology (BSc-1985) and went on to focus on Immunology (PhD-1989). I then took my research to New York for a few years, returning to the UK in 90's where I became a senior scientist, university lecturer and head of a research group. I left mainstream science on the birth of my first daughter in 2000 and established and currently manage Euroscicon . I also founded and oversee Mums in Science. I have over 100 publications, including scientific papers, books and book chapters and have been active in bringing science to the non-scientist, by written communications and television. I am also a scientific consultant and sit on several advisory boards. I live in London with my husband, two daughters and two cats If you want to know even more about me (why?) please click here
About Me - Dr Shara B.A. Cohen I have been interested in science for longer than I care to remember, being a member of the British Association of Young Scientists from the age of 15. In the 80's I studied Applied Biology (BSc-1985) and went on to focus on Immunology (PhD-1989). I then took my research to New York for a few years, returning to the UK in 90's where I became a senior scientist, university lecturer and head of a research group. I left mainstream science on the birth of my first daughter in 2000 and established and currently manage Euroscicon . I also founded and oversee Mums in Science. I have over 100 publications, including scientific papers, books and book chapters and have been active in bringing science to the non-scientist, by written communications and television. I am also a scientific consultant and sit on several advisory boards. I live in London with my husband, two daughters and two cats If you want to know even more about me (why?) please click here
About My Work
I run a company called Euroscicon which specializes in producing unique Life Science Events. Our meetings offer scientists a valuable opportunity to move forward with current research, methodological and technical developments, with a good mix of high quality talks from both academic speakers and companies. I also established the popular science portal - Mums in Science - for busy mums who work or have worked in any area of science (and am currently the Chief Executive Officer). More information about Euroscicon and Mums in Science can be found in the right hand column My sites
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Tuesday, May 13
Why women leave science
by
sharaco
on Tue 13 May 2008 01:47 PM BST
I was very pleased to see the issue of sexism in science being raised in Steven Swinford's article Sunday 11th May with the identification of the "hidden brain drain". There are many factors involved in why women leave science. For example, the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) reports that in SET the salaries are still gender biased and the National Science Foundation in the US has reported that having children is negatively related to women's chances for employment in tenure-track positions. Whether lack of tenure for mums in science is a woman's choice, for example due to the very long working hours, or the employee's choice, is somewhat irrelevant as we are losing a talented proportion of the scientific workforce. In other industries, recruitment, retention and development of the most talented people in the workforce - including women - has become a priority, but in many science disciplines there has been a reluctance to change working practices. more »
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