Upcoming Events Sponsored by Women in Science and Medicine Advisory Committee (WISMAC) at UT Southwestern
November 20 & 21, 2008 Negotiation Skills is the topic of WISMAC’s fall career development symposium. Linda Wilcox, ombudsperson at Harvard Medical School, will make two similar presentations. Faculty, postdoctoral scholars and students will be invited and, upon pre-registration, be able to choose the time that best fits their schedules:
- Thursday, Nov. 20: 4 - 5:30 PM in the A.W. Harris Faculty and Alumni Center. This 1 ½ hour presentation will include more audience participation; refreshments will be provided one half hour before, after and during the presentation. [posted 3/10/08].
- Friday, Nov. 21 noon – 1 PM in D1.502. Lunch will be provided at this shorter presentation.
February 3-5, 2009 The 2008-2009 Southwestern Medical Foundation's Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine will feature Carole Greider, Ph.D. She will give the University Lecture on Weds., Feb. 4 in the Excellence in Education Auditorium, NB2.101. [Posted December 28, 2007]
Upcoming National Events
A Workshop for Female PhDs/Postdocs Are you interested in pursuing an academic career? Consider applying to participate in the workshop, “Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position” It will be held on the campus of William Marsh Rice University in Houston. Airfare, hotel accommodations, and meals are provided at not cost to workshop participants! Dates of workshop are October 5 – 7, 2008; application deadline is August 1, 2008. Learn more: http://www.advance.rice.edu/negotiatingtheidealfacultyposition/default.html#Negotiating_the_Ideal_Faculty_Position_Workshop
AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar The Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar is a three-day program designed for women assistant professors. The program focuses on academic medicine career-building and skills in CV development and basic management skills. The accomplished seminar faculty offer inspiration and valuable career advice. Attendees are encouraged to develop career goals and objectives through the career mapping sessions. The seminar is targeted primarily at physicians, but is also pertinent for Ph.D. scientists. The 2008 seminar is scheduled for July 12-15 but applications are no longer being accepted. The 2009 seminar takes place July 11-14 in Washington, D.C. Application information will be available in late January 2009 [updated Apr. 10, 2008]. http://www.aamc.org/meetings/wim/ewim/2008/start.htm
Recent WISMAC- Sponsored Events
May 27, 2008 WISMAC hosted a presentation by and reception for Molly Carnes, M.D. Dr. Carnes summarized the initiatives and outcomes of an ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award granted to the University of Wisconsin - Madison. On May 28, Dr. Carnes gave a presentation for Psychiatry Grand Rounds titled, "Identifying and Reducing Bias in Scientific Evaluation".
February 5 -7, 2008 The 2007-2008 Southwestern Medical Foundation's Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine featured Christine E. Seidman, M.D. She presented the University Lecture on February 6. [updated February 15, 2008]
November 16, 2007: A career advancement symposium on Promotion and Tenure was held at noon time in the T. Boone Pickens Auditorium. Presentations were given by the chair of the Faculty Promotions and Tenure Committee, David Russell, Ph.D., the provost and medical school dean, Aflred G. Gilman, M.D., Ph.D. and the chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Alison Dobbie, M.D. There were refreshments available one half hour before and after the presentations. DVD recordings of the session are available at the university libraries [Updated Dec. 19, 2007]
October 12, 2007 4:30 - 6:00 P.M.: Female Faculty Networking Reception in the A.W. Harris Faculty Alumni Center. [Updated October 17, 2007]
February 20-22, 2007: The Southwestern Medical Foundation's Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship, Honoring Women in Science and Medicine for the 2006-2007 academic year featured UT Southwestern alumna and Nobel Laureate, Linda Buck, Ph.D.
February 3, 2007: WISMAC collaborated with the Science Teachers Access to Resources at Southwestern (STARS) program to present a symposium to junior and senior high school science teachers and their selected female students. The topic was careers in science and medicine presented by UT Southwestern deans, faculty, and students. Read about the 2005 symposium in the Center Times article at this link. [updated 03/28/07]
February 2, 2007: Effective Negotiating Skills was a topic of a career development symposium sponsored by the Department of Clinical Sciences and the Women in Science in Medicine Advisory Committee. You may listen to the audio recording of the presentation made by Janet Bickel, M.A., who is a Career Development and Executive Coach and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Education at George Washington University: http://www8.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept174769/files/191368.html. This link is behind the UT Southwestern firewall and can only be accessed from a UT Southwestern computer (not even from a VPN connection).
November 7, 2006 A career development program on strategies to achieve academic success, including time/task/project management, was held from 4 - 5 P.M. in the faculty club for all pre-registered postdoctoral trainees and junior faculty (male and female). The guest speaker was Sandra Chapman, Ph.D., who is professor of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and director of the UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth. She spoke on "High Achievers in Academic Medicine and Multi-tasking - Is it Good for Brain Health?" and afterward she joined a panel discussion with UT Southwestern's faculty members: Stephen Hammes, M.D., Ph.D., Helen Hobbs, M.D., Steven Kernie, M.D., and Ellen Vitetta, Ph.D. There was time to network for one half hour before and after the program with refreshments available. This event was free of charge, but attendees pre-registered on-line. [updated 11/06].
