Diverse Participation Maximizes Benefits of Innovation, Speakers Say Speakers at two international conferences supported by AAAS stressed the importance of increased female representation in scientific fields.

Yvette Roubideaux decided she wanted to become a physician when she was 16. A member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, she had seen the delays and staff shortages at health facilities on the reservation as she was growing up. She felt there was a need for more American Indian doctors to help improve the situation.