Women in Biomedical Research: Best Practices for Sustaining Career Success

 8:00 – 8:15 a.m.

Welcome and Goals for the Workshop (PDF) ( 0:00:00 in Video)
Barbara Alving, M.D., Director, National Center for Research Resources, NIH

 8:15 – 9:15 a.m.

Keynote Address ( 0:05:50 in Video)

Introduction (PDF)
Vivian Pinn, M.D., Director, Office of Research on Women’s Health; and Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health, NIH

Progress and Promise: Women in Academic Medicine (PDF)
Nancy Andrews, M.D., Ph.D., Dean, Duke University School of Medicine

9:15 -10:00 a.m.

Opening Session: Framing the Issues ( 0:48:40 in Video)

Demographics of Women in Biomedical Research: What is the current reality? (PDF)
Timothy Ley, M.D., Associate Director of Basic Science, Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center; and Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Medicine, Washington University Medical School

The Reality of the Data: Employment of Women with PhDs in Biomedical Science (PDF)
Phoebe Leboy, Ph.D.,  President, Association for Women in Science; and Professor of Biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

 10:00-10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break

 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Panel Session – Models for Advancement in Industry ( 1:54:00 in Video)

Discussion of why and how businesses are ensuring career success of women

Panel Chair: Joan Lakoski, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Career Development, University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences

Deloitte’s Experience with the Women’s Initiative (WIN)
Asif Dhar, M.D., Deloitte & Touche

Creating a Flexible and Inclusive Culture (PDF)
Jo Ellen Helmer, Partner, Health Sciences, Ernst & Young LLP

11:30-12:00 a.m.

Military Medical Scientists: An Air Force Perspective (PDF) ( 2:57:50 in Video)
Debra Niemeyer, Ph.D., Colonel, US Air Force,  Deputy Assistant Surgeon General, Modernization and Consultant for Biomedical Research, Office of the Surgeon General of the United States Air Force

12:00–1:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00–1:20 p.m.

The NIH: Promoting Sustained Career Success for Women ( 3:27:23 in Video)
Elias Zerhouni, M.D., Director, NIH

1:20-2:20 p.m.

Panel Session: Developing Women Leaders  ( 3:48:47 in Video)

Creating Systems of Organizational Vitality – Actions for Leaders
Panel Chair: Diane Magrane, M.D., Associate Vice President, Faculty Development and Leadership, Association of American Medical Colleges

Enhancing Departmental Climate to Promote the Development of Women Leaders in Academia
Jennifer Sheridan, Ph.D., Executive Director & Research Director, Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI) 

Fostering Leadership – Learning from Two Institutions (PDF)
W. Sue Shafer, Ph.D., Consultant, Women’s Careers in Science

 2:20 -3:20 p.m.

Panel Session – Models for Advancement in Academia ( 4:42:20 in Video)

Discussion of how academia is ensuring career success of women in biomedical research (PDF)

Panel Chair: Judith Bond, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine

Progress in Recruiting and Retaining Women in Research at UC Davis: A Decade of Defining, Refining and Implementing Best Practices (PDF)
Barry Klein, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research and Professor of Physics, University of California – Davis

Women in Biomedical Research (PDF)
Andrew Schafer, M.D., Chair and E. Hugh Luckey Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

Women in Biomedical Research: Best Practices for Sustaining Career Success (PDF)
Elizabeth Ofili, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Dean for Clinical Research and Director, Clinical Research Center; Chief of Cardiology and Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine 

3:20-3:50 p.m.

Coffee Break

3:50-4:50 p.m. 

Panel Session – Best Practices Initiatives at the NIH ( 5:42:09 in Video)

Discussion of NIH activities both Intramural and Extramural to ensure career success of women in biomedical research (PDF)
Panel Chair: Kathryn Zoon, Ph.D. Director, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

Building an Evidence Base to Address Challenges in the Careers of Women in Science (PDF)
Raynard Kington, M.D., Ph.D., Deputy Director, NIH

Career-Related Extramural Policies and Activities (PDF)
Walter Schaffer, Ph.D. Senior Scientific Advisor for Extramural Research, NIH

National Library of Medicine Pilot Activities to Enhance Biomedical Careers (PDF)
Valerie Florance, Ph.D., Deputy Director for Extramural Programs, National Library of Medicine, NIH

Intramural NIH Initiatives (PDF)
Joan Schwartz, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Office of Intramural Research, NIH

Responder: Jeremy Berg, Ph.D., Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH

Responder: Joan Goldberg, Executive Director of the American Society for Cell Biology

4:50-5:20 p.m.

Wrap Up and Next Steps (PDF) ( 6:51:30 in Video)

Barbara Alving, MD, Director, National Center for Research Resources, NIH