Schedule of Events
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
208 Light Hall
7:00-8:00 – Registration and Continental Breakfast. South Lobby.
Please attend registration to pick up your name tag and registration materials. Your name tag will be required for lunch.
Session I: Career Advancement-Getting a Position and the Funds to Keep It
8:00-8:15 – Welcome
Dr Steven Gabbe, Dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
8:15-9:00 – Understanding the University Structure
Dr Roger Chalkley, Senior Associate Dean for Biomedical Research Education and Training, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
9:00-9:50 – The Job Hunt: An Insider's View on How the Search Committee Finds Candidates
Dr Bruce Carter, Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Dr Josh Gamse, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
9:50-10:00 – Short Break
10:00-11:00 – Funding Strategies
Dr Nancy Brown, Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Scientist Development
11:00-12:00 – Grant Writing from a Reviewer's Perspective
Dr Nancy Brown, Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Scientist Development
12:00-1:00 – Lunch for pre-registered participants (name tag required)
Session II: Some Nuts and Bolts about a Research Laboratory
1:00-2:00 – Feng Shui for Laboratories
Dr. Josh Gamse, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
2:00-3:00 – Developing Motivated Research Teams
Dr Ray Mernaugh, Director of the Master in Laboratory Investigation program
3:00-3:10 – Short Break
3:10-4:15 – Laboratory and Data Management for Scientists
Dr David Blum, Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Thursday, March 8,
202 Light Hall
Session III : Career Advancement: Teaching, Publishing, and Doing it Right
7:30-8:00 – Coffee and Bagels. South Lobby
8:00-9:00 – Teaching to Learn and Learning to Teach
Dr. Kathy Friedman, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
9:00-10:00 – Preparing and Publishing Successful Research Papers
Dr. Vivian Siegel, Director, Center for Science Communication
10:00-10:10 – Short Break
10:10-11:30 – Ethics in Research- A Retrospective
Dr. Elizabeth Heitman, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society
11:30-12:00 – Wrap-up Question and Answer Panel with Selected Speakers; Closing Remarks and the BRET Office Support System
Dr. Roger Chalkley, Senior Associate Dean for Biomedical Research Education and Training
Dr. Kim Petrie, Director of Career Development and Outcomes Analysis