Kaye Husbands Fealing, chair of the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, recently gave a presentation entitled “Diversity in the Science Policy Profession: Disparities & Influence” at the National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute in Bethesda, Maryland on February 7. 

Husbands Fealing specifically mentioned Georgia Institute of Techology's Project Engages, and Constellations as exemplars for how Gthe Institute is increasing access to research opportunities in STEM fields for underrepresented students.

Eric Padmore, a program analyst in the National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute, invited Husbands Fealing to give her presentation. After the talk, she facilitated a discussion with program staff from the National Institute of Health, which included Office of Translational Alliances & Coordination director Matthew McMahon.

Husbands Fealing has specialized in diversity in STEM education throughout her career, which has led to her appointment on the National Science Foundation's Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering, and the National Academies’ Developing Indicators for Undergraduate STEM Education panel among many other appointments. 

The School of Public Policy is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.