AAI Committee on the Status of Women: Activities & Symposia

AAI Committee on the Status of Women:
Activities & Symposia

Past Symposia

2009

Careers in Science: Lecture and Roundtable Discussion (Co-sponsored with the AAI Education Committee) Saturday, May 9, 1:30 - 3:30 PM — WSCTC Room 6C Chair: Christine Milcarek, University of Pittsburgh, Chair, AAI Committee on the Status of Women Co-Chair: Bonnie N. Dittel, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Blood Research Institute Speaker: Phyllis M. Wise, Provost and Executive Vice President, University of Washington
Attendees learned about career options and successful paths to each. Following a guest presentation, experienced scientists served as roundtable discussion leaders and offered one-on-one insight about specific career issues and options important to men and women in science today. Roundtable topics addressed career options and issues that challenge success at all career stages, including:
GENERAL: Topics related to the environment you work in or want to work in -- ▪ Academic Research ▪ Biotech and Industry ▪ Governmental Agencies: CDC/FDA/NIH ▪ Clinic: clinical and diagnostic immunology, clinician-scientist ▪ Undergraduate Institutions: teaching, doing research part-time	TRANSITIONS: Topics focused on a specific career stage -- ▪ Graduate Student to Post-doc: finding a post doc, interviewing ▪ Post-doc to PI: finding a position, interviewing, negotiating, lab start-up ▪ New PI: attracting students and post-docs, preparing for tenure ▪ Mid-Career: developing administrative and management skills/sabbaticals ▪ Changing Careers: moving from academia to industry, or vice versa	SPECIAL: Topics for unique situations -- ▪ Career and Family: time management/family leave/professional couples ▪ Integrity and Ethics: dealing with controversy, discrimination in the workplace ▪ Alternative Careers: science journalism, patent law ▪ The Scientist’s Role in Public Policy ▪ Time Management

2008

AAI Committee on the Status of Women Careers Roundtable (Co-sponsored with the AAI Education Committee)

Sunday, April 6: 1:30 PM, San Diego Convention Center, Sails Pavilion

Chair: Christine Milcarek, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Chair, Committee on the Status of Women

Experienced scientists served as roundtable discussion leaders on specific career topics* important to men and women in science today. Attendance (students, postdocs, faculty, and staff) was limited; men were encouraged to participate.

AAI Committee on the Status of Women Workshop: Navigating Biomedical Research Careers

Monday, April 7: 10:15 AM, San Diego Convention Center

Chair: Jeremy M. Boss, Emory University School of Medicine

Speakers

Kathryn Calame, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, A very non-traditional career path

Laurie A. Dempsey, Nature Publishing Group, Transiting from the bench to the editor’s chair—an odyssey

Andrew C. Chan, Genentech, Inc., Discovery AND translation—what does it take?

* GENERAL -- Topics related to the environment you work in or want to work in: Academic Research; Biotech and Industry; Governmental Agencies: CDC/FDA/NIH; Clinic: Clinical and diagnostic immunology, clinician-scientist; Undergraduate Institutions: teaching, doing research part-time

TRANSITIONS -- Topics focused on a specific career stage: Graduate Student to Post-doc: finding a post doc, interviewing; Post-doc to PI: finding a position, interviewing, negotiating, lab start-up; New PI: attracting students and post-docs, preparing for tenure; Mid-Career: developing administrative and management skills/sabbaticals; Changing Careers: moving from academia to industry, or vice versa

SPECIAL -- Topics for unique situations: Career and Family: time management/family leave/professional couples; Integrity and Ethics: dealing with controversy, discrimination in the workplace; Alternative Careers: science journalism, patent law; Politics of Science

2007

Careers Roundtable (Co-sponsored with the Education Committee)
Saturday, May 19: 1:00 PM; Miami Beach Convention Center, Room B118-122

Chair: Mercedes Rincon, Univ. of Vermont; Chair, Committee on the Status of Women

Experienced scientists served as roundtable discussion leaders on specific career issues and options important to men and women in science today. Attendance was limited to the first 300 registrants (students, postdocs, faculty, and staff). Men were encouraged to participate.

Networking & Mentoring: How to Make it Work for You
Friday, May 18: 2:45 PM; Miami Beach Convention Center, Room B210/211
Chair: Laura Haynes, Trudeau Inst.

Many times it is about who you know! Networking and mentoring skills can significantly enhance your career. This workshop presented strategies for how to network and mentor at any stage in your career. Short presentations preceded a question and answer session with the audience.

Panelists
Sherrill Adams, Univ. of Pennsylvania Dental School, Setting up mentoring connections
Laura Haynes, Trudeau Inst., How to get started networking
Jeremy M. Boss, Emory Univ. School of Medicine, Being a mentor and a mentee

2006

Careers Roundtable