Items of Interest

MGH's 7th Annual Clinical Research Day :: 5/28/2009 | 8:00am-12:30pm
Please join us for the annual celebration of clinical research at MGH. The day starts at 8am and features keynote address, panel discussion, and poster session. Hosted by the MGH Clinical Research Program. Bulfinch Tent and O'Keeffe Auditorium, MGH

Click HERE for more information

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

JCSW Joint Task Force Meeting
Thursday, June 11th | 12:00–1:00pm | Gordon Hall, Faculty Waterhouse Room

Recent Highlights

"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