Laura Heitman has been nominated for the TOPX “Guiding Star” award (award for women in the Life Sciences)
One of our RISE members, Prof. Laura Heitman, has been nominated for the TOPX Females to Follow “Guiding Star” award. TOPX empowers promising and ambitious women, and aims to honour inspirational females with remarkable careers in Life Sciences. TOPX selected her (and 7 other female professionals) because of their impressive track record. But why does Laura thinks she deserves to win?
“As a Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, I am hunting for new and better medicines. Professors are usually male characters in books and played by middle-aged grey men in movies. As a woman and mother, I feel it is time to lift this stereotype and replace this image by a more inclusive one. Receiving this award will help me on my mission to be a role model for all ambitious young female scientists, of which there are still too few in the higher ranks. I will continue to dedicate myself to changing the current scientific environment into a more “humane” one.”
You can co-determine whether she will be one of the finalists by voting for her via this link. Deadline for voting is August 15th 2022.
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