Organizations advancing racial and health equity and civic engagement are inspired by a poll finding a strong appetite for unity in communities across the US. A significant majority still take pride in their American identity and two in three (67%) say they are hopeful Americans can work through differences and find lasting common ground in the future. Read more. (Image: Dr. Gail C. Christopher is the Executive Director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity.) 

Meet the Lasker Clinical Research Scholars.
The Lasker Foundation and the National Institutes of Health have joined together in an innovative partnership to nurture the next generation of clinician-researchers. Here are this year’s scholars: Payal P. Khincha, National Cancer Institute; Rosa Nguyen, National Cancer Institute; Ramya Ramaswami, National Cancer Institute, and Nitin Roper, National Cancer Institute. Read more.

The Incredible Women Making Strides in Science.
In this special, month-long series, WIRED will highlight 10 incredible women, some of whom are changing the way we think about the universe and humanity’s place in it, or inventing next-generation genetic screening tech that can help doctors catch illnesses early enough to save lives. Read more.

Women’s Health Research at Yale celebrates 25 years of advancing women’s health.
As the Women’s Health Research at Yale center celebrates its 25th anniversary, their focus has expanded to include research on the influence of biological sex and the social construct of gender on health, as well as the evolving ways in which people identify their genders. Read more.

Biden taps Vanderbilt physician-scientist to head National Cancer Institute.

President Biden announced that Vanderbilt University Medical Center physician-scientist Kimryn Rathmell will be NCI’s 17th director. Rathmell will replace Monica Bertagnolli, who served just over 1 year in the position before becoming NIH director. When Rathmell takes her position in December, she will be only the second woman to lead the $7.3 billion institute in its 86-year history. Read more. (Image: Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, MMHC, Vanderbilt University.)

Introducing 2023 Klaus J. Jacobs award recipient Professor Janet M. Currie.

Princeton University Prof. Janet M. Currie became the 2023 recipient of the Klaus J. Jacobs research prize. Currie is best known for her research on children's health and the effects of the environment, poverty, and health systems on children's well-being. Her decades of research have demonstrated how poverty and government anti-poverty policies as well as health systems and the environment can affect the lifelong health and well-being of children. Read more. (Image: Janet Currie, Princeton University.)

Microbiologist who was harassed during COVID pandemic sues university.
Siouxsie Wiles, a microbiologist at the University of Auckland, is suing her employer for failing to adequately address the harassment she received as a result of her public comments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more.

Dr. Paula Johnson Is Breaking Down the Barriers to Better Health.

Almost 80 years ago, Florence Bell quietly laid the foundations for one of the biggest landmarks in 20th century science: the discovery of the structure of DNA. But when she died on November 23 2000, her occupation on her death certificate was recorded as “housewife”. Read more.