NIGMS Symposium on Catalyzing the Modernization of Graduate Education
04/11/2016
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Time |
Event |
Presenters |
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8:30 AM |
Opening Remarks |
Jon Lorsch, Ph.D., Director, NIGMS |
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9:00 AM |
Overview of Landscape: Current Challenges and Opportunities |
Voices of Students: Kate Stoll, Ph.D., Senior Science Policy Advisor, MIT Washington Office Voices of Institutions: Linda Hyman, Ph.D., Associate Provost for Graduate Medical Sciences, Boston University and Division Director, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, National Science Foundation Voices of Employers: Allyn Kaufmann, Ph.D., Section Head, Personal Healthcare R&D, The Proctor and Gamble Company, Member, SACNAS Board of Directors Panel discussion and Q&A |
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10:15 AM |
Break |
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10:30 AM |
Implementing and Assessing Change |
International Perspectives: Francois Taddei, Ph.D., Founder and Director, Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity Assessing Change: Nancy Peleaz, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University |
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11:30 AM |
Lunch (on your own) |
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12:00 PM |
Poster Session |
Mini-talks from among the abstracts |
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1:15 PM |
Experiments in Educational Innovation, I |
Integrated Curriculum: Lynne Regan, Ph.D., Professor, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and Professor of Chemistry and Director, Integrated Graduate Program in Physical and Engineering Biology, Yale First Year Curricular Reform: Ann Flower, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Microbiology and Graduate Program Director, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Quantitative, Computational and Data Science: Patricia Kovatch, Associate Dean for Scientific Computing, Associate Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Structural and Chemical Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Rigor and Reproducibility: Joey Barnett, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University |
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2:45 PM |
Break |
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3:00 PM |
Experiments in Educational Innovation, II |
Diversity and Inclusion: Sherilynn Black, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of the Practice in Medical Education, and Director, Office of Biomedical Graduate Diversity, Duke University School of Medicine Career and Professional Development: Cynthia Fuhrmann, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of Career & Professional Development, University of Massachusetts Medical School Entrepreneurship & Industry Partnerships: Deepak Vashishth, Ph.D, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Director, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, and Director, Biomolecular Science and Engineering Training Program, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Time to Degree: Leemor Joshua-Tor, Ph.D., Professor and HHMI Investigator, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
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4:30 PM |
Reflections, Discussion, and Closing Remarks |
Alison Gammie, Ph.D., Director, Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity |