Weekly Links
February 16-20, 2009

NOTE: If you would like your admin staff to receive these announcements also, please have them contact nbarrett@wfubmc.edu to be added to the list.

EVENTS OF THE WEEK:

Research Program Related Events:

Event Audience: All Faculty
Research Strategies Workshop Space is limited.  Register today!
February 19, 11:30 – 1, Cancer Center rooms 2A & 2B
"Managing Research Conflict: Sabotage, Power Struggles, and Difficult People" Carol Shively PhD, Pathology; David Roberts PhD, Physiology & Pharmacology
Dealing with collaborators, colleagues, staff and students can be tricky when problems arise.  When not adequately addressed, these problems can undermine the efforts of the researcher as well as impact the research itself.  Learn strategies for effectively identifying and addressing conflict in the research world in both clinical and laboratory settings. 
Lunch is courtesy of Jazzercise (http://www.winstonsalemjazz.com/).
Contact whcoe@wfubmc.edu to RSVP. 
For the full 2008-2009 workshop schedule, visit the research page.

Event Audience: Now open to Women Faculty, Residents, Fellows, Post Docs
Leadership Career Development Program
March 10, Session 1: 9-12:15.  Networking lunch for sessions 1 & 2: 12:15-1:30.  Session 2: 1:30-4:45 (duplicate of session 1)
$10 registration fee to cover the cost of materials and food.* 
Limited to 25 participants in each session.  Lunch provided.
Overcoming the Imposter Syndrome: How to Feel as Bright & Capable as Everyone Seems to Think You Are: What Every Woman (& Man) Needs to Know About Competence, and the Impostor Syndrome, facilitated by Dr. Valarie Young, PhD.
Sponsored by Women's Wellness & Fitness (http://www.fitness4realwomen.com/).
Contact nbarrett@wfubmc.edu to RSVP and for details.
* Make checks payable to WFUHS or contact Natalie Barrett for internal transfer information.

To view all the events coming up in the next quarter visit: http://www1.wfubmc.edu/whcoe/Weekly+Links/

IN THE NEWS:

Women's Health Update - Winter 2008-2009: WHCOE Newsletter

WHCoE Funding Opportunities Page: Visit http://www1.wfubmc.edu/whcoe/Research/funding_opps.htm for the latest list of current women’s health research funding opportunities.  The page is updated regularly, so be sure to bookmark it!

Dress for Success announces February 19-22 as S.O.S. - SEND ONE SUIT – WEEKEND^SM. Donate a gently used professional suit to help a deserving woman achieve economic independence, at your local Dress Barn.  For more information review their flier.

The Grantsmanship Center will host a 5-day workshop on grantseeking and proposal writing at Winston-Salem State University on April 13-17, 2009.  http://www.tgci.com/

Depressive Symptoms in Medical Students and Residents: A Multischool Study
Deborah Goebert, DPH; Diane Thompson, MD; Junji Takeshita, MD; Cheryl Beach, PhD; Philip Bryson, LCSW; Kimberly Ephgrave, MD; Alan Kent, PhD; Monique Kunkel, MD; Joel Schechter, PhD; Jodi Tate, MD

Lifetime Exposure to Family Violence: Implications for the Health Status of Older African American Women. Anuradha Paranjape, Nancy E Sprauve-Holmes, John Gaughan and Nadine J. Kaslow. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Feb;18(2):171-5. 

Why Do Faculty Leave? Reasons for Attrition of Women and Minority Faculty from a Medical School: Four-Year Results. Vera Smoot Taylor. Journal of Women's Health. February 1, 2009, 18(2): 273-273.

The Josiah Macy Foundation issued a new report, "Revisiting the Medical School Educational Mission at a Time of Great Expansion"  The document was the result of an October 2008 conference, chaired by AAMC President Emeritus Jordan Cohen.  The report cites the current medical school expansion as an "unparalleled opportunity" to examine existing medical school curricula and explore innovative ways to improve the education of the next generation of physicians.  AAMC issues a statement on the report noting that many of the reforms suggested in the report are already well under way, and the nation's medical schools are committed to continuous improvement and change. 
http://www.macyfoundation.org/
http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/pressrel/2009/090129.htm

The AAMC has released a "Compact Between Biomedical Graduate Students and their Research Advisors," a document intended to initiate discussions at the local and national levels about the pre-doctoral student-research advisor relationship and the commitments necessary to achieve an optimal educational experience. http://www.aamc.org/gradcompact

Swimming against the tide:  Author of new book explains why some female black students succeed in science — despite stereotype that they won’t.  http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/02/hanson

Position Announcements from ELAM

Chair, Dept of Psychiatry – Stanford U SOM

Associate Dean, Student Affairs – UT Health Science Center at San Antonio SOD

Director, Cancer Center – U Massachusetts (revised)

Vice Chancellor, Research – U Illinois at Chicago

Chief Medical Officer – Penn State Hershey Medical Center

President – Norton Audubon Hospital (Louisville, KY)