b"0212.30 - 13.00 The Visibility of Role Models in STEMInterviews with STEM colleaguesA gender gap exists in STEM subjects and career pathways in Ireland. In 2016, Ireland had the second highestrate of STEM graduates in the EU, while also having the second highest gender dierential among thosegraduates, with 41.3 male and 16.6 female per 1,000 persons aged 20-29 [1]. There is a higher share offemales enrolling in Biology than males whilst fewer females study Physics at a secondary school level thantheir counterparts [2]. With this clear gender divide as a backdrop, how do women fare within STEM? Todaysevent asks these questions of several of Trinitys women in STEM.Professor Celia HollandProfessor of Parasitology in the discipline ofI can't point to a role model but Zoology, School of Natural SciencesI've been lucky to have Professor Celia Hollands mainsupportive family and colleagues research interests are in thewho encouraged me to continue epidemiology of the soilworking in a career I enjoy.transmitted helminths with aparticular interest in ascarids suchHost as Ascaris and Toxocara. She wasProfessor Sinad Ryan elected a member of the RoyalChair of Theoretical High Energy Irish Academy in recognition ofPhysics and Head of School of her research. She providesMathematics expert advice on parasitic diseases to theWorld Health Organisation and has been Head ofSinad Ryan is Chair of Theoretical High Discipline of Zoology and Head of the School ofEnergy Physics at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Her Natural Sciences. Celia is very committed to teachingresearch focus is the numerical simulation of quantum and mentoring students at both undergraduate andchromodynamics, the theory of the strong nuclear postgraduate level in both Natural Sciences andforce, in an approach known as lattice QCD. A particular Medicine.interest of hers is understanding strong exotic matterand the physics of the early universe. Sinad was thefirst female professor in the School of Mathematics and My role model is Professoralso its first female Head of School. In 2017 she was Peter Hotez, a passionateelected the first female chair of the European PRACE advocate for the NeglectedScientific Steering Committee and in 2018 she was a co- Tropical Diseases andfounder of the international Diversity and Inclusivity Vaccination.committee for her research field. [1]Central Statistics Oice (2017). Measuring Ireland's Progress 2017, Ireland: Dublin[2]Jacob, M., Iannelli, C., Duta, A., & Smyth, E. (2020). Secondary school subjects and gendered STEM enrolment in higher education in Germany, Ireland, and Scotland. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 61(1), 59-78."