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Established and early-career physician-scientists say it's time to focus on solutions, not problems, to advance women in academic medicine.

Gina Wingood, a black Catholic woman raised in a white suburb, found love and her calling in San Francisco's ghettos talking condoms, sex, and ethnic pride.

Chemical engineer Kristala Jones Prather's work creating chemical factories inside microbes has taken her from academia to industry and back again.

Maggie Aderin-Pocock's passion for science and space drives her career and public outreach.

Regan Theiler balances her clinical work in the delivery room with lab research on infectious diseases.

Despite a remarkable talent, Cecilia Aragon lacked the confidence she needed to be a scientist. And then she learned to fly.

A mother of three and winner of a European Research Council starting grant, Michal Sharon has managed to have both a family and a scientific career.

With assists from technology -- sometimes high and sometimes low -- these scientists are overcoming obstacles and getting their work done.

On returning to work, new mothers can minimize stress and maximize productivity by adapting to their new and different circumstances.

Growing up in the Kruger National Park in South Africa allowed Reinette Biggs to shape her research career in unusual ways.

Students in the University of Tulsa's Cyber Corps Program pick through Dumpsters for cyber clues, extract digital evidence from shattered cell phones, and hack into "unhackable" computer systems, all in the name of national service.

There are many ways that classically trained engineers can work at the interface of engineering and medicine.

It was a difficult year for careers in science but another good year for Science Careers.

Two chemists uncover the story of the Knox brothers, who had distinguished careers in chemistry at a time when that was a very difficult thing to do for African Americans.

Physician-scientist Rebecca Jackson's enthusiasm for research is matched only by her passion for Ohio State football.

His unconventional training allowed theoretical condensed matter physicist Philip Phillips to tackle superconductivity using a novel and indirect approach.

Nickolay Hristov is building a career at the intersection of science and visual art.

Graduate student Kawika Winter directs a Hawaiian botanical garden and preserve, and he intends to stay there forever