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UPCOMING WORKSHOP From Doctorate to Dean or Director: Sustaining Women through Critical Transition Points in Science, Engineering, and Medicine September 18-19, 2008, Washington, DC REGISTER The Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine (CWSEM) of the National Academies is hosting a workshop on sustaining women through critical transition points in science, engineering, and medicine. The workshop will take place at the Keck Center of the National Academies, located at 500 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC, on September 18th and 19th 2008. For directions, please click here. The workshop will include panel discussions on crucial transition points in academic careers, proven strategies for helping women transition in industry, and how the changing nature of science, engineering, and medicine—specifically the growth in interdisciplinary fields—impacts career progression now and in the future. Representatives from professional societies are encouraged to attend and participate in the workshop’s open discussions and question and answer sessions designed to actively engage audience members and participants in this important topic. Preliminary Agenda September 18: Framing Issues and Strategies—Where We Stand 8:00 am Welcome and Introductions Lilian Wu, Ph.D., IBM 8:30 am Gender Differences report: Critical transition points in an academic career Speakers: Claude Canizares, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sally Shaywitz, M.D., Yale University Discussant: Joan Girgus, Ph.D., Princeton University 9:30 am Macy report: Critical transition points in an academic medical career Chair: June Osborn, M.D., Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Speaker: Marc Nivet, Ed.D., Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Discussant: Joan Girgus, Ph.D., Association for Women in Science 10:30 am Break 11:00 am Q& A and Discussion 11:30 am Panel: Three Critical Transition Points in an Academic Career Chair: Allan Fisher, Ph.D., iCarnegie, Inc. 1. Ph.D./postdoc to first job (i.e. Assistant Professor) Pardis Sabeti, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard University 2. Assistant Professor to Associate Professor to Professor Susan Wessler, Ph.D., University of Georgia 3. Promotion to Upper Administration (i.e. Dean or University President) Florence Bonner, Ph.D., Howard University 1:00 pm Lunch 2:00 pm Plenary Speaker Shirley Malcom, Ph.D., American Association for the Advancement of Science 2:45 pm Panel: Careers in Industry (to include biotech/start-ups, research institutes and pharmaceutical researchers) Chair: Lesa Mitchell, Kauffman Foundation Panelists: Andrea Vergara-Silva, Ph.D., Astellas Pharma Inc. Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Ph.D., Cytonome, Inc. 3:45 pm Break 4:15 pm Invited remarks and oral testimony from professional societies* 5:30 pm Reception September 19: Moving Forward 8:00 am Brief Summary of Day 1 8:15 am Speaker Kathleen Christensen, Ph.D., Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 9:00 am Panel: A look into the future and the increasing complexity of interdisciplinary careers (to include government labs, international and combined government-university-industry relationships) Chair: Vivian Pinn, M.D., Office of Research on Women’s Health, NIH Panelists: Alice Agogino, Ph.D., UC Berkeley Stacey Gabriel, Ph.D., The Broad Institute Eugene Orringer, M.D., UNC-Chapel Hill 10:15 am Break 10:45 am Q&A and Discussion 11:30 am Summary of the workshop: Findings and Themes 12:00 pm Workshop adjourns *The committee seeks to engage professional societies in its efforts by inviting them to submit short statements addressing critical transition points in their fields of expertise and reasons why their statements deserve particular attention at the workshop. Statements will be posted on the CWSEM website and reviewed by committee members. They will serve to inform the workshop’s discussions and incorporate viewpoints from important stakeholders in these issues. Statements should be no more than 1000 words (2 pages). Deadline for submissions is August 29, 2008. Please submit statements to cwsem@nas.edu.						ABOUT US The Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine (CWSEM) is a standing committee of the National Research Council (NRC). Its mandate is to coordinate, monitor, and advocate action to increase the participation of women in science, engineering, and medicine. Established in 1990 as CWSE, the committee expanded its scope in 2007 to include medicine. Learn more about the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine. SITE FEATURES * Gender Faculty Studies at Research 1 Institutions: Reports by institutions on gender equity and climate * View the Directory of Organizations Encouraging Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine by: View directory by DISCIPLINE View directory by TITLE * Learn about Current Projects CONTACT US Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine The National Academies 500 5th Street NW Washington, DC 20001 Tel: 202.334.1547 Fax: 202.334.2290 Email: cwsem@nas.edu
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