The Association for Women in Science (AWIS) is an amazing national organization that champions the interests of women in science across all STEM disciplines and employment sectors. Based out of the Washington DC area, AWIS is working for positive system transformation and strives to ensure all women in these fields can achieve their full potential.
Membership in this organization shall be open to anyone at the University of Texas Medical Branch regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, or veteran status.
Members of AWIS enjoy incredible benefits including:
- Professional development resources (resume writing, career coaches, etc.).
- Access to a very impressive career center with some truly wonderful job postings not easily found elsewhere including postdoc, faculty, NIH/other government, industry, and scientific writing positions.
- Ability to participate in virtual career fairs.
- Access to monthly webinars covering a wide variety of topics from resume writing to networking, the science of interpersonal relationships, public speaking tips for scientists, and creating a vision statement just to name a few.
- Access to scholarship opportunities and funding.
- Leadership opportunities.
The UTMB GSBS established an Institutional Partnership in April 2023 with AWIS. What this means is that anyone on the UTMB campus (of any gender) has the opportunity to become a member of AWIS FREE OF CHARGE!
We believe AWIS membership provides unique resources to our faculty and trainees not found elsewhere. The press release announcing this partnership can be found here:
AWIS-UTMB Partnership Press Release
To join, click on the following link using your UTMB email address only and be sure to select AWIS-Houston as your local chapter to get even more out of your membership:
www.awis.org/utmb-form
ANYONE FROM OUTSIDE UTMB IS WELCOME TO JOIN AWIS THROUGH THIS LINK HERE:
AWIS Link to Join for Members Outside of UTMB
Other AWIS sources can be found below. Be sure to join today to gain access to the wide array of resources and support WOMEN IN SCIENCE!!
If any questions, please contact Dr. Tracy Toliver-Kinsky: ttoliver@utmb.edu