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EVENTS OF THE WEEK:
Leadership Program Related Events:
Event Audience: Women Faculty, Residents, Fellows and Post Docs and WHCOE Mentoring Program Participants
Advancement of Women in Science Luncheon with Jane E. Buikstra, PhD
October 23, 12-1
Contact nbarrett@wfubmc.edu to RSVP and for details.
Education Program Related Events:
Event Audience: Open
Drive Thru Donations to benefit children at local Family Services Shelter
WFU Domestic Violence Advocacy Center and WHCoE will be collecting baby or child-sized blankets, new or “like new” children’s books and stuffed animals which will be assembled into tote bags by Project Night Night (www.projectnightnight.org) and presented to the children of domestic violence victims at the Family Services Shelter.
The community drive will be held on Friday, October 24 from 7am – 11am at Krankie’s Coffee, 1208 Reynolda Road. The first 100 donors will receive a free 12oz coffee from Krankie’s. The WHCOE will also be accepting donations throughout October [location]. For more information, please contact Diana Cornelison at 713-4222.
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IN THE NEWS:
Women's Forum Fall Event
October 22nd, 7:30-9am
Join women faculty to discuss ways to create and promote a supportive community at Wake Forest.
Porn Wars Symposium
October 25th, 10am-4pm
Think porn is sexy? Join this free adult discussion. Lunch provided.
Presented by WFU Women's & Gender Studies.
Featured speakers are Professor and author Jane Caputi, from Florida Atlantic University, who will show her film The Pornography of Everyday Life as well as images of pornographic attacks on Hillary Clinton, Barrack Obama, Michelle Obama, and Sara Palin; Law Professor and author Ann Scales, from UNC-Chapel Hill, will speak on New Legal Remedies to the Harm of Pornography; and Matt Ezzell, of the Stop Porn Culture Movement, will speak on Masculinity and Pop Culture.
A new report from the American Council Education, "Too Many Rungs on the Ladder? Faculty Demographics and the Future Leadership of Higher Education," examines why so few young adults are in the professoriate and discusses the implications for the future of the nation's colleges and universities. Among the key findings of the report: only 3 percent of all faculty are aged 34 or younger and hold the types of permanent positions that typically lead to advancement (tenured or tenure-line positions at four-year institutions and full-time positions at community colleges); nearly half (48 percent) of all faculty at four-year institutions were either not in tenure-track position or at institutions that do not offer tenure; women aged 45 or younger working in permanent positions make up only 5 percent of faculty at four-year institutions; and people of color aged 45 or younger working in permanent positions make up only 4 percent of faculty at four-year institutions.
The Roanoke Times features a story about the curriculum development efforts of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.
An article in The Tennessean discusses various masters degree programs aimed at providing physicians with improved management and finance skills.
An article in the VA Research Currents, written by Joel Kupersmith, MD, Chief Research and Development Officer, discusses the new VA-Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative. The initiative will involve VA's Research Career Development program and RWJF's Physician Faculty Scholars program, in an effort to develop the next generation of physician-investigators in the VA and the nation at large. http://www.research.va.gov/resources/pubs/docs/va_research_currents_sept_08.pdf
The National Institutes of Health's National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) has presented its new strategic plan, which outlines the center's priorities and goals for research infrastructure, informatics, and biomedical research workforce needs from fiscal years 2009 to 2013. The NCRR is the only major component of the NIH that provides for infrastructure and resource needs for all areas of biomedical research. In a September 2007 comment letter, the AAMC urged the NCRR to emphasize initiatives to overcome the so-called "second translational block" that occurs in moving validated medical innovations into clinical practice. The AAMC also urged the development of mechanisms for facilitating collaborations among academic institutions. Both of the association's recommendations are reflected in the final strategic plan. Information: Go to http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/strategic_plan
Founding Dean Named For CUNY School of Public Health: A former NIH top official, Dr. Kenneth Olden, has been appointed founding and acting dean of the proposed CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College.
Position Announcements from ELAM
· Chair, Dept of Neurology – Geisinger Health (PA)
· Chair, Dept of Surgical Oncology – U Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center
· Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and CEO – Medical College of Wisconsin
· Associate Provost for Education and Student Life – Medical University of South Carolina
· Chief Scientific Officer – Association of American Medical Colleges |