OUR MISSION
- To support the advancement and leadership of women in academic medicine
- To promote education and research in women’s health
Archived Seminars
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1999 - 2000 Seminar Series (Archived)
SEPTEMBER 14, 1999, Rhoads Conference Room, 12-1pm
Susan Gennaro, DSN, FAAN
Professor Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
Director, International Center of Research for Women
Immune Status and Health in Mothers of Very Low Birth Weight Infants
OCTOBER 12, 1999, Rhoads Conference Room, 12-1pm
David Hufford, PHD
Professor, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Humanities with joint appointments in Behavioral Science & Family and Community Medicine Director, The Doctors Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Co-Director (with Risa Lavizza-Mourey, MD at the Institute of Aging), Initiative to establish a Center for Spirituality, Religion, and Health, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Body & Soul: The Role of Spirituality in Medical Diagnosis and Patient Decision Making
NOVEMBER 9, 1999, Founders 3, Plaza B, 12-1pm
Suzanne Shepherd, MD
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
The Win/Win of a Mentoring Relationship: Benefits for Mentor and Mentee in Academic Medicine
DECEMBER 14, 1999, Rhoads Conference Room, 12-1pm
Michelle Battistini, MD
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology,
University of Pennsylvania
Director, Penn Health for Women
Hormone Replacement Therapy: When It Becomes Your Issue as Both a Patient and a Doctor
JANUARY 11, 2000, Rhoads Conference Room, 12-1pm
Cathie Siders, PhD
Independent Organizational Consultant, Washington, D.C. 13-year faculty member in AAMC’s Women in Medicine Professional Development Seminar
Balancing Work and Family in the Unbalanced Systems of Academic Medicine
FEBRUARY 8, 2000, Rhoads Conference Room, 12-1pm
Valerie Weil, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Herbal Approaches and Alternatives in Managing Menopause
MARCH 14, 2000, Rhoads Conference Room, 12-1pm
Elizabeth Datner, MD
Assistant Professor and Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Co-Director with Joel Fein, The Violence Intervention Project
Joel Fein, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Where Have All the Children Gone: Growing up Fast and Furious in a Violent Society
APRIL 11, 2000, Rhoads Conference Room, 12-1pm
Charles Bosk, PhD
Professor Sociology; Faculty Associate Bioethics;
Senior Fellow Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Virginia Adams O'Connell, MA
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania
Attrition in Residency: A National Study of Five Specialties
A look at how program structure and the selection process impacts attrition rates, and a discussion of the association between race, gender and the assessment of character and personality traits.
APRIL 18, 2000, Rhoads Conference Room, 12-1pm
Part I of two-part format (although participation in both not required)
Marilyn Kraut
Manager, Quality of Worklife Programs, Human Resources University of PennsylvaniaFOCUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP: "Working with Your Network to Achieve Your Personal and Professional Goals"
Come to this workshop and learn to identify your network; establish reasonable and achievable goals; and get your networks on board.
MAY 9, 2000, Rhoads Conference Room, 12-1pm
Diana Santana, MA
Research Associate
Women's Health Education Program
MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine
Cultural Issues in the Care of Minority and Marginalized Women
May 12, 2000, Founders 3, Plaza A, 12-1pm
Marilyn Kraut
Manager, Quality of Worklife Programs, Human Resources
University of Pennsylvania
FOCUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP- Part II- Follow-up: "Working with Your Network to Achieve Your Personal and Professional Goals"
MAY 23, 2000, Rhoads Conference Room, 12-1pm
Myrna Cohen, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Education
Associate Director for Learning Resources
University of Pennsylvania
By popular request, the first of a series of workshops that will be offered quarterly to support SOM faculty
FOCUS TIME MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
How can you balance short- and long-range tasks? What are the methods for accomplishing both personal and professional goals? In this workshop, participants will have an opportunity to explore their own time management styles and strategies for taking control of their time.
JUNE 13, 2000, Rhoads Conference Room, 12-1pm
Stephanie Abbuhl, MD
Associate Professor and Medical Director, Emergency Medicine
Faculty Director, The FOCUS Leadership Mentoring Program
University of Pennsylvania
By popular request, FOCUS is sponsoring a seminar geared to junior medical faculty to review the real nuts and bolts of the promotion process at Penn.
Promotion 101 at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Do you know what's expected of you when you come up for promotion? What is an educational database anyway?
July 12, 2000, Founders 3, Plaza A, 12-1pm
Bonnie O’Connor, PhD
Education Coordinator, Brown University
Faculty Development in Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Ambulatory Medicine
Rhode Island Hospital
The Role of Human Diversity in Women’s Health: Impact on Clinical Practice
JULY 25, 2000, Founders 3, Plaza B, 12-1 pm
Myrna Cohen, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Education
Associate Director for Learning Resources
University of Pennsylvania
FOCUS TIME MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
How can you balance short- and long-range tasks? What are the methods for accomplishing both personal and professional goals? In this workshop, participants will have an opportunity to explore their own time management styles and strategies for taking control of their time.