Spotlight on Women in Medicine and Science
Date: Thursday, September 20, 2012
Time: 1 PM-5 PM
Location: 2nd Floor EPNEC, Seminar Room B on the School of Medicine campus
Refreshments will be provided. A poster session by members of this year’s Peer Mentoring Network Program.
Speakers: Bess M. Marshall, M.D., Sharon Cresci, M.D., Carolyn Baum, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA, Valeria Cavalli, Ph.D. and Mary C. Dinauer, M.D., Ph.D.
For previous Spotlights…
New Year’s Reception for Women in Science and Medicine
Date: Tuesday, January 9, 2012
Time: 4:30-6:00 pm
Location: The Hearth Room,
2nd Floor of the Farrell Teaching & Learning Center
For previous receptions..
14th Annual Contemporary Women’s Health Issues
“Women and Cancer: Healthcare Before and After”
Date: Friday, December 2, 2011
Time: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Location: Eric P. Newman Educational Center
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Co-chaired by Abby Hollander, M.D. and Teresa Deshields, Ph.D
Topics include cancer prevention and screening; breast cancer; screening for and prevention of colon cancer; screening and prevention of cervical cancer; skin cancer; and late effects of cancer.
For past symposia on women’s health issues…
Fall and Spring AWN Dinner
AWN Fall Mixer and Dinner
Date: November 21, 2011
Guest Lecturer: Dr. Karen Siebert
For previous Fall dinners..
AWN and AWF Spring Dinner
Date: April 19, 2012
Speaker: Dr. Diana Gray, WUSM Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Washington University
“Gender Equity at WUSM“
and presentations of the AWN Mentor Award and Rosalind Kornfeld Student Leadership Award
Photos and summary of the event can be found here.
Previous AWN and AWF Spring Dinners
A Town Hall Meeting on Diversity at Washington University
Date: March 30, 2009
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Location: Olin Women’s Building (Danforth Campus)
Dr. Patricia Jones, Vice Provost for Faculty Development & Diversity at Stanford University, will be visiting Washington University. She will give a talk about her role as diversity officer at Stanford. Her talk is entitled “Building Excellence Through Faculty Diversity: Institutional Implementation“
The event included an open discussion following Professor Jones’ talk lead by a panel of faculty members from both campuses, who have been involved in the campaign to move the bar graphs and the culture of our institution in the direction of greater diversity. As with all events sponsored by AWF this semester, the Town Hall Meeting was open to all members of the university community. Dr. Jones’ powerpoint presentation.
Each year AWN sponsors a
Women’s Health Issues Symposia.
Summer AWN Planning Retreat (Board Members Only)
AWN General Membership Meeting
AWN Special Event: Advances in Obesity
Date: November 29, 2001
Place: Cori Auditorium
Time: Noon
Brown Bag Lunch Seminars (All are welcome.)
Career Management Issues
Fall, 2012 – A Refresher on Personal Finance Literacy
Spring, 2012 – Clearing the Clutter to Make Room for the Possibilities in Your Life
Spring, 2012 – Balancing the Work-Life See-Saw
Spring, 2011 - There’s Not Enough Time (and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves): How Our Thoughts Sabotage Us
Winter, 2011 - Academic Success and Motherhood: Truths About the Juggle
Spring, 2010 - It Takes a Village: Peer Mentoring at WUSM
Summer, 2009 - What’s Love Got to Do with It?: Ingredients to a Successful Medical Marriage
Video of event. (Need windows media player to view.)
Winter, 2008 - Leadership Tips for Academics in Medicine
Spring, 2007 - Demystifying Promotion: a Panel Discussion
Winter, 2006 - Work-life Balance: One Women’s Perspective
Fall, 2006 - How to Succeed in Clinical Research: a panel discussion
Fall, 2004 – Career Management Issues
The Grantwriting Series
Spring, 2003
For Brown Bag Seminars from 1991-1999
