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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!
Elsevier Foundation Grant Will Support Work/Life Balance Programs for Women in Science: Program to Kick-off in Chicago on Feb. 16
The Association for Women in Science (AWIS) has received a three-year grant from the Elsevier Foundation in the amount of $105,000 for their new project
The grant will be used to develop an educational/support program, including a toolkit with supplementary resources and extended coaching to enable AWIS' 51 chapters around the county to help early-to mid-career women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learn to effectively manage their personal and professional lives. Building on an established network, this three year project will address the critical career points when women's attrition from STEM fields is highest.
"Significant progress has been made in improving the status of women within the scientific workforce over the past 30 years, particularly in regards to training," said Janet Bandows Koster, AWIS executive director. "At each stage of advancement, however, from postdoctoral training to first position to tenure and beyond, the proportion of women represented drops off substantially." According to a 2007 report by the National Academy of Sciences, this exodus is linked to issues related to starting a family and inability to establish a satisfactory work/life balance.
AWIS will launch the Personal Work/Life Balance program with a workshop titled "Learn to Juggle Without Joining the Circus: Strategies to Deal with Your Career and Work-Life Balance Challenges." The event takes place on Monday, February 16, 2009 from 7:30 am - 11:30 am at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Visit www.awis.org for more information.
Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research (PRIM&R) have scheduled a webinar on Wednesday, February 25 at 1:00 PM ET entitled, "New Solutions for Ongoing Problems When Reviewing Social, Behavioral, and Educational Research (SBER)." Specific topics that will be discussed include: how to determine what is exempt and what is expedited in SBER; ethical research, oral history, and ethnography: when the rules don't apply; and ethical issues in survey research. http://www.primr.org/Conferences.aspx?id=6389
The January issue of the Center for Scientific Review's Peer Review Notes is available on-line. Stories include a description of changes being made to the peer review system in the new year. http://cms.csr.nih.gov/NewsandReports/PeerReviewNotes/
The AAMC has released an updated edition of "The Handbook of Academic Medicine: How Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals Work," originally published in 2004. The book is a comprehensive guide to medical schools and teaching hospitals and provides a wealth of new information and data on institutional missions, operations, interrelationships, and issues of interest. It is essential reading for new public officials and their staffs, governing board members, faculty and administrators, and other stakeholders. Information: Go to http://www.aamc.org/publications
More women on college boards: National survey finds slow but steady progress in gender diversity among higher education trustees. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/01/21/trustees
The New York Times reported, "With the inauguration of an administration avowedly committed to Science as the grand elixir for the nation's economic, environmental and psycho-reputational woes, a number of scientists say that now is the time to tackle a chronic conundrum of their beloved enterprise: how to attract more women into the fold, and keep them once they are there." The article reports, "Researchers who have long promoted the cause of women in science view the incoming administration with a mix of optimism and we'll-see-ism. " http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/science/20angier.html?ref=science
New report attempts to gather key data on women in higher education — students, faculty, administrators — and to analyze key issues. In just about every category, study finds progress and disappointments. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/01/22/women
Drexel University has announced a new annual $100,000 award, the Anthony J Drexel Exceptional Achievement Award, honoring a U.S. researcher who is making a difference in research and in society. The award’s focus will change annually; for 2009, the award is for Biomedical Engineering and Life Sciences. Deadline for nominations is March 15. For more information or to nominate a researcher, go to www.drexel.edu/achievement
Position Announcements from ELAM
· Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education – U Massachusetts Medical School |