Upcoming Events Sponsored by Women in Science and Medicine Advisory Committee (WISMAC) at UT Southwestern
November 17, 2009 Could your work environment benefit from stronger teamwork and cooperation? Learn how to identify the work styles of individuals and use this knowledge to create an effective team by attending WISMAC’s career development workshop entitled, "Leadership Training: Recognizing and Motivating Different Work Styles." In this workshop you will learn how to use the DISC assessment method, a non-judgmental tool for classifying different characteristics of behavior. Knowledge of these basic behavior styles is often used to increase group cooperativity, understanding, and productivity.
WISMAC invites you to this workshop lead by Pat Travis, UT Southwestern’s director of Human Resources Division of Organizational Development and Training. To participate in this event please email WISMAC@UTSouthwestern.edu for registration information. Upon registration, you will be sent instructions and a link to complete an online DISC assessment. The DISC assessment must be completed by October 30, 2009. Results of your online assessment will be explained and made available to you at the workshop on November 17th.
This workshop is offered to all faculty, postdoctoral scholars and students (male & female) who complete the assessment. It will be held at 4:00-5:30 PM in the AW Harris Faculty-Alumni Center. Please come early (3:30 PM) and/or stay late (6:00 PM) to network. [updated 10/13/2009]
February 2-4, 2010 For the 2009-2010 academic year, Southwestern Medical Foundation's Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine will feature Joan Brugge, Ph.D. [posted 3/18/2009]
March 6, 2010 WISMAC joins with STARS (Science Teacher Access to Resources at Southwestern) for an all day Saturday presentation of information and workshops on careers in science and medicine. The audience will be junior and high school teachers plus their selected female students. Student representatives of WISMAC will play the star roles in this event.
February 1-3, 2011 For the 2010-2011 academic year Southwestern Medical Foundation's Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine will feature Nancy Andrews, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pediatrics and Dean of Duke University School of Medicine.
Upcoming National Events
The AAMC Mid Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar is accepting applications for the 2009 program, which is scheduled for December 5-8, 2009, at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona. Designed for women associate or full professors with clear potential for departmental and institutional leadership, the seminar's objectives are to:
• Visualize potential paths to leadership and develop career plans to advance towards that vision;
• Improve knowledge of institutional finance and departmental budgeting processes;
• Strengthen selected skills such as negotiation, communication, conflict, personnel and time management; and
• Expand networks of mentors and colleagues in academic medicine.
Applicants are asked to submit a current curriculum vitae with their online application. The full program and application materials are available at: http://www.aamc.org/meetings/wim/midwim/2009/start.htm The application must be completed online no later than Friday, August 7, 2009. [posted July 24, 2009]
Recent WISMAC- Sponsored Events
September 25, 2009 All female faculty were invited to our Fall Welcoming Reception at 4:30 - 6 PM in the A.W. Harris Faculty-Alumni Center. [9/28/2009]
April 4, 2009 WISMAC joined with STARS (Science Teacher Access to Resources at Southwestern) for an all day Saturday presentation of information and demonstrations on careers in science and medicine. The audience was junior and high school teachers plus their selected female students. Student representatives on WISMAC and other student volunteers played the star roles in this event.
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 featured Carole Greider, Ph.D. She gave the University Lecture titled "Telomerase and the Consequences of Telomere Dysfunction" on Weds., Feb. 4. [updated 2/13/2009]
November 20 & 21, 2008 Negotiation Skills was the topic of WISMAC’s fall career development symposium. Linda Wilcox, ombudsperson at Harvard Medical School, made two similar presentations from which junior faculty, postdoctoral scholars and students could choose to attend.
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".
