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Families and Science Careers

APS Career pages
on dealing with job vs. family stress
   Graduate students
   Postdoctoral fellows
   New investigators

Women in Physiology Committee
  See Discussion Forum: Balancing Work and Family: Viewpoints from Different Careers.
Mentoring Workshop: Mastering the Juggling Act

Articles of Interest:
O’Laughlin and Bischoff, Balancing Parenthood and Academia. Journal of Family Issues, 26 (1): 79-106, 2005.

Djerassi; et al., Combining Parenting and a Science Career. Science, 307: 1720-1721, 2005.

ScienceCareers.org
Country home pages, Career development center, Minority scientists network, Postdoc network, Grantsnet

MentorNet
E-mentoring network that addresses the retention and success of those in engineering, science and mathematics, particularly but not exclusively women and other underrepresented groups

Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
Networking, resources, and publications for women in science