Caley Mutrie, CAE, IOM, Executive Director of the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS), and Amanda Schellinger, Membership and Marketing Manager, contributed to the article: The Women of FOCIS: promoting equality and inclusiveness in a professional federation of clinical immunology societies. The article was published in the April 4th edition of Frontiers in Immunology, section Alloimmunity and Transplantation. Here is a link: http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2022.816535/full?&utm_source=Email_to_authors_&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=T1_11.5e1_author&utm_campaign=Email_publication&field=&journalName=Frontiers_in_Immunology&id=816535.
Authored by Elaine F Reed, Anita S Chong, Megan K Levings, Caley Mutrie, Terri M Laufer, Maria Grazia Roncarolo and Megan Sykes, the article presents a retrospective analysis of gender equality practices of FOCIS to identify areas for improvement and make recommendations accordingly.
“Amanda and I are pleased to have been able to participate in this very important publication,” Caley said. “I want to especially highlight Amanda’s outstanding and tireless work on data collection. The data was key to the success of the project!”
Congratulations to all of the authors for conducting and presenting this original and exciting new research!