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EVENTS OF THE WEEK:
Research Seminar Series
October 2, Noon-1, Sticht Center Auditorium
Promoting Positive Development During Adolescence, Christy Buchanan, PhD, Psychology, WFU
Event Audience: Open
No reservation necessary. Lunch provided on first come, first served basis.
For the full 2008-2009 seminar series schedule, visit the research page.
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Career Development Seminar for Emerging Women Leaders Program, Session 2
October 5, 8-5
· Career Planning (Career Compass)
· Presenting Yourself
Event Audience: CDSEWL Fellows only
For the location and full schedule contact Natalie Barrett.
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Nutrition Journal Club
October 9, 9-10 (Meets the second Friday of every month).
"How Does the Food Environment Impact Diet Choices?”, Janet Tooze, PhD, PHS-Biostatistics
Event Audience: Open
Contact sgolden@wfubmc.edu for details.
For the full schedule visit our education page.
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** REMINDER **
12th Graylyn Conference on Women’s Cognitive Health
October 14-16. ** Registration required. **
Improving the Trajectory of Cognitive Aging in Women through Innovative Translational Research
Event Audience: Open
For more information, including the agenda and registration form, visit our graylyn conference page.
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IN THE NEWS:
The Macy’s Shop for a Cause Event has partnered with the Women’s Health Center of Excellence for Research, Leadership, Education’s Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative and other non-profit organizations nationwide to raise more than $28 million for their ongoing charitable efforts. This is your chance to be part of this monumental event on Saturday, October 17, 2009, by purchasing your $5 Shopping Pass. For more information review the flier.
For more information or to order a shopping pass, contact Diana Cornelison at dcorneli@wfubmc.edu or 713-4222. Help us spread the word, please print and post the flier.
Register today for the SELAM Educational programming at the AAMC Annual Meeting: "Ask For It: Women and the Power of Negotiation"
Featuring Sara Laschever, James Mellon Walton Professor of Economics, H. John Heinx III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Hynes Convention Center - Sheraton Boston - Marriott Copley Place Boston, MA
Register online today by clicking here! Pre-registration is encouraged.
Pricing: SELAM Members $85 - Non-Member: $100
Also don’t forget about our SELAM Award of Excellence Reception - 5:30pm – 7:30pm on Saturday November 7, 2009
Questions: Contact Kristen Olszewski, Executive Director 215.564.3484 x 2255
100 N. 20th St. 4th Floor – Philadelphia, PA 19103
kolszewski@fernley.com or selam@selaminternational.org
Continuing Education Credits available through the AAMC
Online Grand Rounds - Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
There are currently over 50 credit hours of sessions that are available online for viewing anytime. Sessions are free to view or $10 for each hour of CME credit. Grand Rounds Promotional Flyer - PDF flyer for printing and posting for your colleagues.
Promoting Healthy Birth Outcomes - Translating Research into Best Practices to Promote Preconception Health and Prevent Preterm Birth.
October 27-28, 2009 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
This conference will bring together clinical, social, programmatic, epidemiological and policy experts at the national, state, and local levels to present best practices, promising new interventions, community engagement models, and policy interventions to improve healthy birth outcomes, and methods to address racial and ethnic disparities that affect birth outcomes. Conference attendees will better understand the link between prematurity and birth defects, why improved preconception and interconception care programs must be implemented in the community, and the major factors leading to healthy birth outcomes.
View event details and registration information
View a printable flyer to share with your colleagues (pdf format)
The Call for Nominations for the 2010 Marion Spencer Fay is now open! The Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership of Drexel University College of Medicine invites you to nominate a woman physician and/or scientist who has made an exceptionally significant contribution to health care as a practitioner, medical educator, administrator and/or research scientist and who exhibits significant future potential. http://www2.drexelmed.edu/MSFAward/
Note: The closing date for nominations is October 30, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact Janine Barber at 215-255-7380 or jbarber@drexelmed.edu
Position Announcements from ELAM
Chief, Cardiac Surgery, Massachussetts General Hospital
Division Director, Gynecologic Oncology, University of Illinois Chicago.
Chair, Psychiatry, University of Nevada School of Medicine.
Chair, Internal Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine.
Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine. See also attached letter for more information.
President, Well Star Physicians Group, Marietta, Georgia.
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