Minority Affairs Committee
The Minority Affairs Committee, composed of five or more Members of the Society, shall work to enhance participation by minorities in the Society and in the field of reproductive sciences. Minorities shall be defined as underrepresented groups including, but not limited to, members of racial and ethnic minorities and persons with disabilities. The Committee shall report on the status of minorities in the Society to the Board of Directors. The Chair shall work with the Chairs of the Membership, Program, Nominating, Awards, and Education Committees, with the appropriate ad hoc Committee Chairs, and with Society Officers to enhance participation of minorities in Society activities including participation on Committees.
The purpose of the Minority Affairs Committee is to provide a mechanism for communication between members of the Minority Affairs Committee (MAC) and the SSR members who self-identify as underrepresented; to facilitate access to resources available to underrepresented members of SSR; and to provide a physical resource where issues of concern to underrepresented members of SSR can be raised for discussion.
Members
Nongnuj Tanphaichitr (Chair)
Esmail Behboodi
Riaz Farookhi
Oladele Gazal
Erwin Goldberg
Philip LaPolt
Olga Ocon-Grove, ex officio
John Parrish
Gloria Regisford
Aritro Sen, ex officio
Barbara Sotolongo
Susan Suarez
Maddalena Tilli, ex officio
Lindsey Trevino, ex officio
Xuan (Jessie) Zhang, ex officio
Janice Evans (Board Liaison)
Resources for Underrepresented Groups
- Assessment of NIH Minority Research and Training Programs: Phase 3 (2005) - published by National Academies Press, made available for public reading on the web.
- Diversity 2007 - a special supplement to The Scientist
- FAESB MARC Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)—SSR Member Michael Palladino, PhD, has volunteered to be a host mentor for this program. Please visit http://marc.faseb.org/pages/srop_profile1.htm
- FASEB: Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC)
- Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
- Frontiers in Reproduction (sponsored by the Marine Biological Laboratory)
- GrantsNet: New Award and Program Information
- NIH NIGMS: Minority Access to Research Careers
- Travel Awards for Scientific Meetings & Conferences