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IN THE NEWS:
Call for Applications: 2nd class of the Career Development Seminar for Emerging Women Leaders (CDSEWL) Program. The CDSEWL is modeled after national programs for women in academic medicine, is 7 days in total spread out over 7 months. There are three benefits: 1) the faculty member will not have to travel out of town; 2) the program is spread out over 7 months, causing less interruption in teaching, research and clinical responsibilities; and 3) more women will be able to participate.
For more information click on the following links for:
the letter of invitation to apply (women faculty at the associate or full professor rank.)
the schedule (tentative at this time)
an example of an executive summary
an article on converting a CV to an executive summary
The application process will begin March 6, 2009. Applications should be submitted electronically to Natalie Barrett (nbarrett@wfubmc.edu) at the WHCoE and must be received no later than April 17, 2009.
New funding opportunity resulting from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) - For more information visit:
· http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-003.html
· http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/challenge_award/
· http://www.nih.gov/about/director/02252009statement_arra.htm
· NICHD highest priority areas can be found at: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/recovery/challenge_grants/
· DHHS: Recovery Act Limited Competition: High-End Instrumentation Grant Program (S10), Modification 2: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=45778
· NSF: Research on Gender in Science and Engineering FY 2009 Grant
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=45739
· DOD, Dept. of the Army – USAMRAA: Ovarian Cancer Research Program Ovarian Cancer Academy Award Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=45563
The road to the glass cliff: Differences in the perceived suitability of men and women for leadership positions in succeeding and failing organizations, S. Alexander Haslam, Michelle K. Ryan, The Leadership Quarterly, Volume 19, Issue 5, October 2008, Pages 530-546.
Willing, Ready, and Able? How We Must Exercise Leadership for Needed Change in Dental Education, Peter A. Cohen, Ph.D. and Lisa A. Tedesco, Ph.D. Journal of Dental Education. 73(1): 3-11 2009.
Position Announcements from ELAM
· Metro Region Vice President for Medical Operation, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee Wisconsin
· Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine of Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, ElPaso, TX
· President, The David J. Gladstone Institutes for Biomedical Research, University of California San Francisco
· Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California San Francisco
· Chair, Department of Pathology – University of Illinois at Chicago
· Chair, Department of Epidemiology - Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health (MSPH), at Columbia University
· Chair, Department of Family Medicine - Indiana University School of Medicine
· Chair of Pediatrics, Associate Dean at the Keck School of Medicine and Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA) at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles |