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EVENTS OF THE WEEK:
 Mentoring Program Journal Club
November 17, 5:30-7 pm
Bullying in the Workplace, with a special emphasis on women bullying women. Facilitated by Dr. Mary Lou Voytko, WHCOE Director and Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy. Dr. Voytko will also provide an overview and summary of the book She Wins, You Win, by Gail Evans.
Contact whcoe@wfubmc.edu to RSVP and for details.
Event Audience: WHCOE Mentoring Program participants only
For the full 2009-2010 schedule, visit the mentoring page.
Add this appointment to my Outlook calendar.
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IN THE NEWS:
Fourth Annual Breast Cancer Symposium
Friday, September 25, 2009, Bridger Field House, Winston-Salem, NC. For more details visit, http://northwestahec.wfubmc.edu/courseware_v3/3_0_0/index.cfm
A new issue of AAMC's Analysis in Brief, "Unconscious Bias in Faculty and Leadership Recruitment: A Literature Review," was recently released. This issue "reviews the scientific theory of unconscious bias, explores the role of unconscious bias in job recruitment and evaluations, and offers suggestions for search committees and others involved in hiring decisions at medical schools and teaching hospitals." To view this issue or past issues, please visit: http://www.aamc.org/data/aib/
Recruiting Women as Full Professors: U. of Texas has success by deciding not to wait for the pool of younger scholars to come up for advancement. Be sure to read the comments following the article. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/14/texas
Ready to Feel Old?: Beloit's latest "mindset" list says that for your new students, text has always been hyper, the Green Giant has always been Shrek, and women have always outnumbered men in college. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/18/mindset
Call for Abstracts, Applications and Nominations: AAMC Minority Faculty Career Development Seminar: The Minority Faculty Career Development Seminar is a three-day professional development seminar designed for junior faculty (senior fellows, instructors, and assistant professors) who are members of underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups and who aspire to leadership positions in academic medicine. Jointly sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges and Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education. September 11-14, 2009, San Juan Hotel and Casino, San Juan, Puerto Rico. http://www.aamc.org/meetings/minfac/2009/start.htm
Position Announcements from ELAM
Chief of Otolaryngology, University of Vermont School of Medicine.
Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia.
Chair, Department of Pathology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine.
Chief Medical Officer, Oregon Health and Sciences University School of Medicine. |