Computer Vision News - March 2022

49 Bettina Baessler work in a diverse team! This is proven by so much science that we don’t have to discuss it. Why hinder women, for example, on their career path because they might get pregnant? Offer themdifferent possibilities to combine work and family. They will be happy and very motivated! They won’t drop off the career path as they do right now. This is one major message I want to convey.  We have the same opinion with your message. At RSIP Vision, we make a point not to hinder women. We have this program “Women in Science” , in which we interview a different female scientist in every magazine. We are very honored to have you on board this time. What is the next step for you? I try to build a diverse group. Currently, this is a quite homogenous team at Würzburg. I have an open postdoc position, and I’m trying to find someone who is very different. I’m trying to get there. Do you accept bald, Italian, non-scientist guys? [ laughs ] Well, non-scientist could be a problem… field, to get known by the young people. It’s fun actually. So I made my way! The interesting point is that teaching is one of the major reasons that I moved to this position. They found that my teaching was so different from other teachers. That’s how, in the end, everything finally came together.  You will have a brilliant career. What is the biggest dream that you have for your career?  I want to change Medicine! That’s also why I founded the Diversity Commission at the German Röntgen Society, which I am leading because I really want to change the way we are working right now and the way women are present in medicine in general - and especially in radiology. There is much going on right now, so I think it’s the right moment to introduce change. That’s what I try to do as a leader, to encourage young women in their careers, also to change the way we are working in terms of different aspects, like work-life balance and new work concepts. In radiology, we are so well-suited to working from home. We can actually do our reporting from home. We don’t have to sit all day at the office at the university hospital. Currently, medicine is far behind all other movements taking place, in industry for example, where home offices are a hot topic. We are very much behind. I want to push this forward. That is my dream. I give you now 30 seconds to speak to the world and tell them how to change! We have to get more flexible. We should leave this strong hierarchical order we are facing inmedicine. We have to build diverse teams because we will be so much more efficient! Also, it will be much more fun to