Achieving XXcellence in science; role of professional societies in advancing women in science; proceedings.Q130 2004-295188 0-309-09174-8 Achieving XXcellence in science; role of professional societies in advancing women in science; proceedings. Workshop on [Title] AXXS AXXS Achieving Xxcellence in Science (National Institutes of Health) 2002 (2002: Washington, D.C.) Ed. by Sally Shaywitz and Jong-on Hahm. National Academies Press, [c]2004 99 p. $26.50 (pa) In these proceedings from a July 2002 workshop, participants described their research in recruiting, retaining, advancing, and re-entering of women into biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. careers. The keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. by Carola Eisenberg Carola Eisenberg, MD, now retired, is the former Dean of Students of MIT (the first woman to hold that position at MIT), Dean of Students then at Harvard Medical School. She is now Professor Emeritus in the HMS Department of Social Medicine. (Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. ) reviews progress made and yet to be made, and other presentation topics include a report on AXXS from 1999 to 2002, a model for career progression, the advancement of women in academic medicine, differences in the basic and clinical disciplines, and women in leadership. The volume includes reports from the breakout sessions and the closing remarks. |
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