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Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty

Program

Wednesday, April 2, 2008: Discover Your Leadership Style

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Registration
Herberman Conference Center
2nd Floor, UPMC Cancer Pavilion

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Introduction and Program Overview
Room 202A

 

Course Objectives : Joan M. Lakoski, PhD

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Keynote Address
Room 202A

 

On the Value of Abandonment, Death, Disaster, and Serendipity
in Forging a Successful Academic Career

Speaker: Randy P. Juhl, PhD

11:30 PM - 12:15 PM

Achieving Great Performance - Introduction
Room 202A

 

Facilitator: Brian Fitch, PhD

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM

Lunch in Room 201A/B

12:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Increasing Personal and Work Team Productivity:
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Room 201A/B

 

Facilitator: Brian Fitch, PhD

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Break

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Leadership and Communication:
Listening With Empathy and Having Constructive Dialogue

4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Becoming Facilitative Leaders of High Performance Teams:
360-Degree Feedback
Room 201A/B

 

Facilitator: Brian Fitch, PhD

Thursday, April 3, 2008: Leading Your Team

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Becoming Facilitative Leaders of High Performance Teams—
Developing Action Plans and Facilitating Consensus
Room 201A/B

 

Facilitator: Brian Fitch, PhD

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Becoming Facilitative Leaders of High Performance Teams—
Developing Action Plans and Facilitating Consensus (Continued)
Room 201A/B

 

Facilitator: Brian Fitch, PhD

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Lunch in Room 201A/B

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Navigating the University Terrain and Tenure
Room 202A
          

 

Presenters:
Joan M. Lakoksi, PhD
Ann E. Thompson, MD

2:15 PM - 3:45 PM

Challenges and Barriers to Academic Career Success:
What are They and How to Overcome Them
Room 201A/B

 

Facilitator: Bruce A. Freeman, PhD

 

Panel:
Catherine L. Haggerty, PhD
Patricia L. Opresko, PhD
Charles F. Reynolds III, MD

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Break

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Utilizing New Resources to Build Your Research Portfolio
Room 202A

 

Facilitator: Doris M. Rubio, PhD

 

Panel:
Pat Karausky RN, BSN
Jeremy P. Somers, PhD
Nancy H. Tannery, MLS

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

Break

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Looking to the Future of Biomedical Research
Room 202A

 

Remarks: Arthur S. Levine, MD

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Networking Reception
Room 201A/B

Friday, April 4, 2008: Managing your Research Program and Career

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Managing Interpersonal Conflict: A Problem Solving Approach
Room 202A

 

Presenter: Cathie T. Siders, PhD

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Managing Interpersonal Conflict: A Problem Solving Approach (Continued)
Room 202A

 

Presenter: Cathie T. Siders, PhD

12:00 PM

Grab and Go Lunch

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Concurrent Sessions I

 

More Roses, Fewer Thorns: Staffing your Research Group
Room 202C

 

Facilitator: Catherine J. Baty, DVM, PhD

 

Panel:
Donna O. Farley, PhD, MPH
William R. Lariviere, PhD
Barry London, MD, PhD

 

Being Successful and Striving for Sanity: Balancing your Career and Your Life
Room 201A

 

Facilitator: Ora A. Weisz, PhD

 

Panel:
Amber E. Barnato, PhD
Brian M. Davis, PhD
Janet S. Lee, MD
Laura J. Niedernhofer, MD, PhD

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Break

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Concurrent Sessions II

 

Understanding your Budget and Getting to Know your NIH Project Officer
Room 201A/B

 

Facilitator: Deborah L. Seltzer

 

Panel:
Anna M. McCormick, PhD
Kathleen Sidorovich

Smoothing the Transition from Mentee to Mentor
Room 202C

 

Facilitator: Jennifer E. Woodward, PhD

Panel:
Gregg E. Homanics, PhD
Muturi Muriuki, PhD
James M. Roberts, MD
Seth Rubin, MD, MSCP

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Break

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Fostering Innovation in Scientific Research
Room 202A

Introduction: Joan M. Lakoski, PhD
Presentor: David Armstrong, PhD

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Closing Remarks
Room 202A

Joan M. Lakoski, PhD

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Closing Reception
Room 201A/B