Items of Interest

Civic Engagement and Service Initiative

Learn about a JCSW-led initiatives to provide service to others in need in our communities. Upcoming events include a winter coat drive and an organized Volunteer Day at The Greater Boston Food Bank.
Click HERE to learn more about the initiative and how you can participate

AAMC August 2009: "Unconscious Bias in Faculty and Leadership Recruitment: A Literature Review"

Women and minorities have made strides in achieving equality in the workplace, but they are still underrepresented in the upper strata of organizations, including senior faculty and leadership positions at medical schools and teaching hospitals. Social science researchers have pursued the theory of "unconscious bias" as one barrier to workplace equality that may persist despite a commitment to increase diversity.

This Analysis in Brief reviews the scientific literature on unconscious bias, explores the role of unconscious bias in job recruitment and evaluations, and offers suggestions for search committees and others involved in hiring decisions at medical schools and teaching hospitals.

Click HERE for the article in .pdf

In the News

JCSW 35th Anniversary Celebration Featured in Article

"In October, the Joint Committee on the Status of Women at HMS and HSDM celebrated its 35th anniversary. During an afternoon filled with reflections on the past, present, and future of women faculty and staff at the two schools, Dean Jeffrey Flier applauded the group for its impressive timeline of accomplishments."

Read the Focus artlcle in its entirety HERE
Also featured in the Harvard Gazette - read the article HERE

JCSW Member and Shore Fellowship Recipient Featured in Article

One of our members, Dr. Rhonda Bentley-Lewis, is a Shore Fellowship recipient and is featured in a recent Harvard University Gazette article discussing the challenges of balancing work and family.

"The Shore Fellowship program was established to help junior faculty at the point in their careers when they must teach, do research, compete for grants, publish, or practice (if a clinical faculty member) at the same time they may be assuming increased family or other responsibilities."

Read the Harvard Gazette article online at
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/11.13/11-shore.html

Gender Differences in Grant Applications and Funding

When associate professor Susan Waisbren and a faculty subcommittee of the HMS/HSDM Joint Committee on the Status of Women looked at grant applications and funding for HMS faculty, they found that gender disparities in academic rank play a key role in funding disparities overall. Women requested significantly less money than men at the lower faculty ranks, but reached a comparable level at full professor; there was no difference in the proportion of money awarded to money requested.

Read more about the study in the Focus Online article at
http://focus.hms.harvard.edu/2008/041808/disparities.shtml

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Career and Leadership Development Events offered by the Office for Diversity and Community Partnership (PDF Download)

Faculty Task Force Meeting
Thursday, February 11, 2010 | 12:00–1:30pm
Gordon Hall, Faculty Waterhouse Room

Mettle of Honor
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Written by Eugene B. Kern, M.D.
Performed by Commonweal Theatre Company
Download Mettle of Honor event flyer for detailed information
Dramatic Reading 4:00–5:30pm
Armenise Amphitheater
Reception to follow in the Modell Atrium

Please send an RSVP to JCSW_AdminAssist@hms.harvard.edu by March 18th (required)

Recent Highlights

Restoring Work/Life Balance: Getting Unstuck Without Coming Unglued
Seminar presented by Sharon Teitelbaum, MCC, Work-Life and Career Coach on January 14th
co-sponsored by JCSW and The Office of Work and Family
Click HERE to visit Sharon's Web Site

"The Dearth of Women in Science" by Ben Barres, MD, PhD
Click HERE for a webcast and slides of the extraordinary talk co-sponsored by the JCSW

Recent report on the "Broken Pipeline"
On March 11, 2008, a group of seven concerned academic research institutions, released a new report — A Broken Pipeline? Flat Funding of the NIH Puts a Generation of Science at Risk

JCSW Lending Library
Books are available to everyone in the HMS/HSDM community

Criteria for Faculty Promotion & Appointment [link]

In 2008, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine adopted new criteria for faculty promotion and appointment. These new criteria recognize the broad range of faculty activities that support the academic mission. By allowing the sum total of an each faculty member’s contributions and achievements to be considered in the evaluation for promotion, these new criteria provide many different paths to academic advancement for our extraordinary faculty.

Proceedings from the FD&D Spring Diversity Conference

Advancing and Empowering Scholars: Transforming the Landscape of the American Academy through Faculty Diversity

The Harvard University Office of Faculty Development & Diversity hosted a working conference on April 11-13, 2008, for stakeholders to review current research pertaining to faculty diversity issues and utilizing these research findings in the development of specific tools and resources for institutions.

- Click HERE to view the conference PROCEEDINGS
- Click HERE to view the Advancing Scholars VIDEO