Centre for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany; KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-, Coast, Kilifi, Kenya.
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), Nairobi, Kenya.
Trends Parasitol. 2021 Apr;37(4):265-267. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2021.01.004. Epub 2021 Jan 29.
The path to a successful international career in science is daunting for most, and women in Africa are no exception. We are grossly under-represented as senior authors in high-impact publications and keynote speakers at international conferences, and rarely head major funding networks. Smashing long-held stereotypes may ease the journey.
对于大多数人来说,在科学领域取得国际成功的道路是令人生畏的,非洲女性也不例外。我们作为资深作者在高影响力出版物中的代表性严重不足,在国际会议上也很少担任主题演讲人,而且很少领导主要的资助网络。打破长期存在的刻板印象可能会让这条路走得更轻松。