The Grove School of Engineering, The City College of New York, New York, NY, USA.
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2020 Feb;26(1):275-292. doi: 10.1007/s11948-019-00097-0. Epub 2019 Feb 26.
The aim of this article is to offer a view of the current status of women in medical physics and biomedical engineering, while focusing on solutions towards gender balance and providing examples of current activities carried out at national and international levels. The International Union of Physical and Engineering Scientists in Medicine is committed to advancing women in science and health and has several initiatives overseen by the Women in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Task Group. Some of the main strategies proposed by the Task Group to attain gender balance are: (a) identify and promote female role models that achieve successful work-life balance, (b) establish programs to develop female leaders, (c) create opportunities for females to increase the international visibility within the scientific community, and (d) establish archives and databases of women in STEM.
本文旨在展示当前医学物理和生物医学工程领域女性的现状，重点关注性别平衡的解决方案，并举例介绍当前在国家和国际层面开展的活动。国际医学物理和工程科学联合会致力于推动女性在科学和健康领域的发展，并通过医学物理和生物医学工程女性工作组开展了多项倡议。该工作组为实现性别平衡提出了一些主要策略，包括：（a）确定和宣传实现工作与生活平衡的成功女性榜样；（b）制定培养女性领导者的计划；（c）为女性创造机会，提高其在科学界的国际知名度；（d）建立 STEM 领域女性档案和数据库。
