Elevating women in science: A conversation with Brazilian Academy of Sciences President Helena Nader
Presented jointly with the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
As the first woman president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in more than a century, Helena Nader is a staunch advocate for inclusion, championing gender, racial, and ethnic equity in science. In this fireside chat, Nader speaks about how she’s repeatedly advanced research, improved nationwide levels of high school education, and closed gaps in scientific development among different regions of Brazil.
SPEAKER
Helena Nader President of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences; Professor Emeritus at the Escola Paulista de Medicina of the Federal University of São Paulo
MODERATOR
Marcia Castro Andelot Professor of Demography and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Director of the Brazil Studies Program of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) at Harvard University
