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EVENTS OF THE WEEK:
Education Program Related Event:
Event Audience: Open
Nutrition Journal Club
January 9, 9-10 (Meets the second Friday of every month).
“Vitamin D Status and Health Outcomes in Older Adults”, Denise K. Houston, PhD, RD, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Contact sgolden@wfubmc.edu for the article or details.
For the full schedule visit our education page.
Research Program Related Event:
Event Audience: Open
Research Seminar Series
January 9, Noon-1, Sticht Center Auditorium
Sex, Aging, and Variation in Vascular Funcionality: Bexoming SAVVY about Sex Differences in Stroke Prevention, Cheryl Bushnell, MD, MHS
No reservation necessary. Lunch provided on first come, first served basis.
For the full 2008-2009 seminar series schedule, visit the research page.
Education Program Related Event:
Event Audience: Open
Lunch with Wonderful Women Series [brown bag]
January 12, 12-1. Comprehensive Cancer Center, Rooms 2 A&B
Chronic Pain & Emotions: Implications for Women Trying to Cope, Jeffrey Feldman, PhD, Neuropsychology
Cosponsored by the WHCOE and ActionHealth. Snacks & water provided.
To RSVP, call ActionHealth at 713-8001. Session open to first 40 respondents.
For the full schedule visit our education page.
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** EVENTS COMING UP IN THE NEXT QUARTER **
Event Audience: Open
Research Seminar Series
February 6, Noon-1, Sticht Center Auditorium
Older Women and Breast Cancer: Undertreatment and Poor Outcomes? Ann Geiger, MPH, PhD, PHS-SSHP
No reservation necessary. Lunch provided on first come, first served basis.
For the full 2008-2009 seminar series schedule, visit the research page.
Event Audience: Open
Lunch with Wonderful Women Series [brown bag]
February 9, 12-1. Comprehensive Cancer Center, Rooms 2 A&B
A Matter of the Heart, Susan Butler, RN, MSN, Heart Center
Cosponsored by the WHCOE and ActionHealth. Snacks & water provided.
To RSVP, call ActionHealth at 713-8001. Session open to first 40 respondents.
For the full schedule visit our education page.
Event Audience: Open
Nutrition Journal Club
February 13, 9-10 (Meets the second Friday of every month).
Chalk Talk - Physical Activity and Nutrition, Capri Foy, PhD, PHS-SSHP
Contact sgolden@wfubmc.edu for the article or details.
For the full schedule visit our education page.
Event Audience: All Faculty
Research Strategies Workshop
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: WHCOE Mentoring Program participants only
Journal Club
February 24, 5:30-7 pm
Can and Angry Woman Get Ahead?, by Victoria Brescoll & Eric Luis Uhlmann
Contact whcoe@wfubmc.edu to RSVP and for details.
For the full 2008-2009 schedule, visit the mentoring page.
Event Audience: Open
Research Seminar Series
March 6, Noon-1, Sticht Center Auditorium
“Genetic Basis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome,” Tamer Yalcinkaya, MD, OB/GYN
No reservation necessary. Lunch provided on first come, first served basis.
For the full 2008-2009 seminar series schedule, visit the research page.
Event Audience: Open
Lunch with Wonderful Women Series [brown bag]
March 9, 12-1. Comprehensive Cancer Center, Rooms 2 A&B
Why do Migraines Prefer Women, Cheryl Bushnell, MD, MHS, Neurology
Cosponsored by the WHCOE and ActionHealth. Snacks & water provided.
To RSVP, call ActionHealth at 713-8001. Session open to first 40 respondents.
For the full schedule visit our education page.
Event Audience: Women Faculty only
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.
Contact nbarrett@wfubmc.edu to RSVP and for details.
* Make checks payable to WFUHS or contact Natalie Barrett for internal transfer information.
Event Audience: Open
Nutrition Journal Club
March 13, 9-10 (Meets the second Friday of every month).
Reducing Diabetes Risk among Older African American Women: Project DREAM (Diabetes Risk - Educating African American Matriarchs), Carinthia Cherry, Doctoral Candidate, Dept. of Nutrition, UNC-Greensboro
Contact sgolden@wfubmc.edu for the article or details.
For the full schedule visit our education page.
Event Audience: Open
4th Annual Women’s Health Research Day
March 20, 8-5, Sticht Center Auditorium
Hormones & Hormone Therapy Revisited
Reservations required. Contact whcoe@wfubmc.edu to RSVP and for details.
Breakfast and lunch provided. $25 fee. Free for students.
For the full 2008-2009 seminar series schedule, visit the research page.
Event Audience: WHCOE Mentoring Program participants only
Mentoring Brown Bag Luncheon
March 25, 12:15-1
“Networking: Why It’s Important & How to Get Started”, Mark Cline, DVM, PhD, Pathology, Comparative Medicine
Contact whcoe@wfubmc.edu to RSVP and for details.
For the full 2008-2009 schedule, visit the mentoring page.
Event Audience: Open
Lunch with Wonderful Women Series [brown bag]
April 13, 12-1. Comprehensive Cancer Center, Rooms 2 A&B
Healthy Connections: Relationships 101, DeWanna Hamlin, BA, Safe Relationships Division, Family Services, Inc.
Cosponsored by the WHCOE and ActionHealth. Snacks & water provided.
To RSVP, call ActionHealth at 713-8001. Session open to first 40 respondents.
For the full schedule visit our education page.
Event Audience: All Faculty
Research Strategies Workshop
April 23, 11:30 – 1, Cancer Center rooms 2A & 2B
" Managing Grant Money: Practical Tips for Success" Meredith Rentz, MS, Controller’s Office
Once your grant has been awarded, how do you manage all that money? Learn effective strategies for fiscal oversight of your funds including deciding how to allot funds, fiscal accountability, and NIH rules and regulations for award management.
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.
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IN THE NEWS:
WHCoE Funding & Educational Opportunities Page: Visit 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!
Faculty Research Awards in Women’s Health
The WHCoE Faculty Research Awards in Women’s Health are designed to reward and encourage the continued pursuit of excellence in women’s health research at Wake Forest University Health Sciences (WFUHS).
Award Criteria
Two awards will be given to eligible faculty applicants.
1. New Investigator award will be presented to a faculty member who is early in his or her career and is conducting women’s health research in basic or clinical science at WFUHS for at least the past 3 years. “New Investigator” is defined as a faculty member at the assistant professor level, regardless of time in rank.
2. Mid-Career Investigator award will be presented to a faculty member who is independently conducting women’s health research in basic or clinical science at WFUHS for at least the past 3 years. “Mid-career Investigator” is defined as faculty at the associate professor level, regardless of time in rank.
For more information, please review the attached flier.
SOCIOLOGY: The Gender Gap in NIH Grant Applications: Timothy J. Ley and Barton H. Hamilton. Science. 5 December 2008: 322(5907): 1472-74.
*SAVE THE DATE* Hope for the Future: Building Community Support for Families who have Lost an Infant. February 19th, 2009, 8:30–2. United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church, 450 Metropolitan Drive, Winston-Salem. Registration is $40 and includes lunch.
A conference for social workers, clergy, mental health counselors, physicians, nurses, health educators and other professionals working with bereaved families. Attendees will learn about grief counseling techniques when working with families who have suffered the loss of an infant during pregnancy or the first year of life.
Sponsored by Family Services, Inc. For more information, contact Debbie Mason at: 336-703-3260 or masonda@forsyth.cc.
The Job Outlook for Physician-Scientists: The article references an AAMC study based on a survey of clinical department chairs conducted in 2005 and published in 2007. http://tinyurl.com/MD-PHD-Job-Outlook. http://tinyurl.com/aamc-monograph
The text of a recent speech by Dr. Robert M. Berdahl, president of the Association of American Universities, has now been posted on-line. Dr. Berdahl's thoughtful and provocative address was titled, "Research Universities Addressing the Issues of the 21st Century". http://www.aau.edu/about/default.aspx?id=7884
Call for Abstracts and Applications: AAMC calls for physician workforce research abstracts: The AAMC Center for Workforce Studies is soliciting abstracts related to research on the physician workforce for presentation at the fifth annual Physician Workforce Research Conference, April 29-May 1, in Washington, D.C. The Conference Advisory Committee is particularly interested in research that informs physician workforce policy. Both quantitative and qualitative research will be considered. Applicants may submit individual abstracts or full panels of three to four related presentations. Abstracts not accepted for a panel presentation may be considered for a poster. Submissions are due Jan. 9. Information: http://aamc.org/meetings/pwc/2009/start.htm
Position Announcements from ELAM
· Chair, Dept of Cell Biology and Physiology –Washington U SOM
· Chair, Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology – Jersey Shore University Medical Center
· Assistant Dean for Faculty Development – Florida State U COM
· Executive Associate Dean for Educational Affairs – Indiana U SOM |