Join this event for a rich discussion about the past and current discrimination of women scientists in the field, and what kind of promise awaits for the future of women in STEM.

Over the long history of science, women have rarely been recognized for their extraordinary contributions. Director Sharon Shattuck’s Tribecca Film Festival documentary Picture a Scientist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Kate Zernike’s recent book The Exceptions tell the stories of courageous women who fought for recognition and strove to change the power dynamics in academic science. Joining the filmmaker and author on the panel to share their real life experiences are Columbia University’s Gissette Reyes-Soffer, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Mimi Shirasu-Hiza, PhD, Professor of Genetics and Development.