Celebrating women in science: inspirational stories of your
contemporaries In 2006, a study by psychologist Penelope
Lockwood, found that women need to see female role models more
than men need to see male role models. Paper: "Someone like me
can be successful": Do college students need same-gender role
models? Penelope Lockwood's findings went on to inspire an
international event aimed at raising the profile of women in
Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) by encouraging
people around the world to talk about the women whose work they
admire. Ada Lovelace Day*, creates new role models for girls and
women by raising the profile of other women in traditionally
male-dominated STEM fields. The Institute of Psychiatry
celebrates this occasion, as part of our Women in Science
Initiative, with a short podcast of staff and students sharing
stories of STEM women who have inspired them. The women featured
in this recording are: Professor Francesca Happé speaking about
Professor Uta Frith; Dr Helen Fisher o