The Lundquist Institute
LeadHERs Pathways: Building Sustainable Leadership in the Life Sciences
An integrated leadership pathway that aligns institutional practices and individual supports to repair broken rungs and advance women scientists into leadership and commercialization roles.
Women scientists often stall at key career transitions because pathways into leadership and commercialization are unclear or inconsistently supported. The central innovation of LeadHERs Pathways is treating career transitions - not individuals or isolated programs - as the primary unit of intervention. LeadHERs Pathways strengthens both individual and organizational sides of the leadership ladder by aligning mentoring, sponsorship, leadership development, and translational guidance with institutional culture and practice, clarifying expectations, removing barriers, and enabling scalable leadership progress.
Primary Barrier
The Broken Rung
Location
California
Solution Region
Pacific
Community Type
Urban
Annual Operating Budget
$100.1 to 500 Million
