The Perry Initiative
Inspiring Women to Be Leaders in Orthopaedic Surgery & Engineering The Perry Initiative, a non-profit founded in 2009, encourages high school girls to enter the female-deficient fields of engineering and orthopedics by providing hands-on workshops (such as fixing fractured bones using internal rods) interspersed with presentations from medical professionals and engineering faculty. The first annual Perry Program was held at Tulane in October, 2012, with volunteer help from undergraduate and graduate students and faculty in the Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Physics and Engineering Physics Departments. Our next event will be held in Spring 2019. More Information »