Inspiring Diversity in STEM

Inspiring Diversity in STEM Inspiring Diversity in STEM (IDSTEM) is a grassroots initiative that aims to inspire, engage, and empower individuals in STEM fields.

We host a conference biennially. Based in London, ON, Canada at Western University.

As we’re getting ready to hand over IDSTEM to our next committee in the new year, we’re looking back on . A final post ...
12/31/2024

As we’re getting ready to hand over IDSTEM to our next committee in the new year, we’re looking back on .

A final post to again acknowledge the people behind all of the work that went into planning the conference. We didn’t manage to get a group photo of everyone, but our wonderful team of 14 graduate students and 1 undergraduate student representative spent many volunteer hours to make this conference possible!

Conference Co-Chairs: Jordan VanderBurgt & Kara Hannah
Poster Committee: Cailey Salagovic (Co-Head), Zakara Stampp (Co-Head), Samina Panjwani, Miray Youssef & Julia Barker
Industry & Graduate Program Expo Committee: Chloe Jang (Co-Head), Rutva Master (Co-Head), Anamika Dutta, Beth Connelly, Charlotte Smith-Perez & Nima Zargarnezhad
Media & Design: Kara Hannah (Head), Ella Doornaert, Miray Youssef & Khashayar Khasheeipour

As we’re getting ready to hand over IDSTEM to our next committee in the new year, we’re looking back on . Congratulatio...
12/31/2024

As we’re getting ready to hand over IDSTEM to our next committee in the new year, we’re looking back on .

Congratulations to everyone who presented a poster at the conference! Additional congratulations to the poster award winners listed below:

Neuroscience Category:
Top poster: Glenda Zhai
Runners up: Celine Huang & Dami Solaja

Psychology & Cognitive Psychology Category:
Top poster: Emiko Osbourne
Runners up: Diksha Joshi & Lauren MacIntyre

Biology & Pathology Category:
Top poster: Gabrielle Buckley
Runners up: Eddie Chen & Alex Sheikh

Chemistry, Biochemistry, Health Science & Physics Category:
Top poster: Geneva Herold
Runners up: Xiaohan Yan & Alice Yu

As we’re getting ready to hand over IDSTEM to our next committee in the new year, we’re looking back on .The highlight ...
12/31/2024

As we’re getting ready to hand over IDSTEM to our next committee in the new year, we’re looking back on .

The highlight of IDSTEM for many attendees is our Undergraduate Research Poster Competition, and this year’s was no exception. We were very impressed with all of the work that undergraduate students are doing!

Additionally, thank you to our graduate student Poster Judges for your time!

As we’re getting ready to hand over IDSTEM to our next committee in the new year, we’re looking back on . Representativ...
12/31/2024

As we’re getting ready to hand over IDSTEM to our next committee in the new year, we’re looking back on . Representatives from our Expos expertly showcased the diverse future that students can pursue, both within and beyond academia!

Thank you to our industry representatives from A&L Biological, Bionext Western, CARFAX, CSTAR, Fraunhofer Project Centre for Composites Research, Modus Medical Devices, Polyanalytik, Princeton Review, RWDI.

Thank you to our representatives from six different graduate programs and research areas, including Anatomy and Cell Biology (Kayla Vieno-Corbett), Biochemistry (Beth Connelly and Niki Basilone), Neuroscience (Chelsea Kim), Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Reza Asakereh), Physiology and Pharmacology (Bavina Thirunavukarasu), and Psychology (Anthony Cruz and Manda Fischer).

As we’re getting ready to hand over IDSTEM to our next committee in the new year, we’re looking back on . We were thril...
12/31/2024

As we’re getting ready to hand over IDSTEM to our next committee in the new year, we’re looking back on . We were thrilled to have a fantastic lineup of keynote speakers and workshop presenters, many of which are pictured here!

Thank you to all our keynote speakers who shared their inspiring career paths and the importance of their work, Dr. Dana Powell, Dr. Alex Levine, Dr. Jeff Preston, Dr. Nicole Campbell, Carly Charron, and Delaney Hines.

Thank you to our workshop leaders who shared tools and knowledge we can use moving forward, Dr. Jennifer Epp, David Feeney, Dr. Roy Eagleson, Rebecca Brown, and Dr. Carolynn Hare.

As we’re getting ready to hand over IDSTEM to our next committee in the new year, we’re looking back on .The 2024 Con...
12/30/2024

As we’re getting ready to hand over IDSTEM to our next committee in the new year, we’re looking back on .

The 2024 Conference would not have been possible without the effort and dedication of this amazing team! We are so grateful to everyone involved. ❤

We're excited to announce that applications to join the 2025-26 IDSTEM Organizing Committee are NOW OPEN! 🎉Are you a gra...
10/25/2024

We're excited to announce that applications to join the 2025-26 IDSTEM Organizing Committee are NOW OPEN! 🎉
Are you a graduate student interested in planning the IDSTEM 2026 conference? Submit your application by November 24th at 11:59 ET at https://forms.gle/rXV2ZotvA7yTds6d7.

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