Sunrise Series for Women Faculty and Fellows
A new venue for junior women faculty and clinical fellows
in the School of Medicine to network across departments...
and an enlightening forum to learn strategies for advancing your
career and achieving personal satisfaction from the experiences of
more senior faculty.
All women faculty are encouraged to attend.
Come to share and learn from your colleagues.
Spring 2008
Wednesday April 16, 2008
Featuring:
Susan R. Johnson, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Provost for Faculty
University of Iowa
7:30 – 8:00am
Breakfast Reception
8:00 – 9:00am
Presentation and Discussion:
A Woman Faculty’s View from the Top
(and How to Get There)
Location: S120 Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower
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Fall 2007
Wednesday November 14, 2007
Featuring:
Marie C. DeFrances, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Mona Melhem, M.D.
Professor of Pathology
7:30–8:00am
Breakfast Reception
8:00–9:00am
Presentation and Discussion:
How to Effect Change in Your Department:
Lessons from The Pathology Women's Task Force
Location: 1104 Scaife Hall
Spring 2007
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Featuring:
Melissa A. McNeil, MD, MPH
Chief, Section of Women’s Health
Associate Chief, Section of General Medicine
Director, Comprehensive Women’s Health Program
Program Director, BIRCWH Program
Director, Women’s Health Fellowship
Professor of Medicine
7:30am-8:00am
Breakfast Reception
8:00am-9:00am
Presentation and Discussion:
The Perils of Girl Talk:
How to Survive in a Mans’ World
Location: S100 Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower
February 16, 2007
Making the Most of Your Peers:
Peer Mentoring and Information Networks
Discover strategies for expanding your support network.
A panel of junior faculty from the Center for Research on
Health Care will share their story of how one peer mentoring
group has enhanced their careers.
7:30am-8:00am
Breakfast Reception
8:00am-9:00am
Presentation and Panel Discussion
Location: S120 Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower
Introduction:
Pamela B. Peele, PhD
Vice President, Health Economics
UPMC Health Plan
Facilitator:
Amber E. Barnato, MD, MPH, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Health Policy &
Management
Associate Director, Clinical Scientist Training Program
Center for Research on Health Care and the Institute for
Clinical Research Education
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Faculty Panelists:
Cindy L. Bryce, PhD
Associate Director, CRTP and CETP
Institute for Clinical Research Education
Center for Research on Health Care University
Kathleen M. McTigue, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Center for Research on Health Care
Margaret Conroy, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Center for Research on Health Care
Julie M. Donohue, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy & Management
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh
Rachel Hess, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Section of Women's Health
Center for Research on Health Care
Susan Zickmund, MD or PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Communication
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP)
Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Sponsors
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in
Women's Health Programs (BIRCWH)
Office of Faculty Affairs, School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
Office of Academic Career Development
Spring 2006
March 15, 2006
Featuring:
Ann E. Thompson, MD
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
7:30am-8:00am
Breakfast Reception
8:00am-9:00am
Presentation and Discussion:
Building a Program:
Passion, Strategy and Muddling Through
Location: S100 BSTWR
Fall 2005
December 1, 2005
Featuring:
Margaret V. Ragni, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
7:30am-8:00am
Breakfast Reception
8:00am-9:00am
Presentation and Discussion:
You've Got to Have Art
Location: 1104 Scaife Hall
Spring 2005
January 27, 2005
Featuring:
Jennifer Rubin Grandis, MD
Professor of Otolaryngology and Pharmacology,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,
and Program Leader of the Head and Neck at the
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
7:30am-8:00am
Breakfast Reception
8:00am-9:00am
Presentation and Discussion:
Career Satisfaction as a Female Surgeon
and Physician-Scientist
Location: 1104 Scaife Hall
Fall 2004
September 30, 2004
Featuring:
Katherine L. Wisner, MD, MS
Professor of Psychiatry, and Obstetrics, Gynecology
and Director of Women's Behavioral HealthCARE at the
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
7:30am-8:00am
Breakfast Reception
8:00am-9:00am
Presentation and Discussion:
Women in Academic Medicine:
Accepting the Right Invitations
Location: 1104 Scaife Hall
