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- March 29th from 4-6 pm: Perfectionism and Burnout: Seminar and Workshop
Women in Science will be hosting Maryam Khodadoust PsyD on Monday, March 29th from 4 to 6 pm for a seminar, followed by a workshop, on the effects of perfectionism and burnout in our current work climate. The seminar will be from 4 to 5 pm and will be open to all who are interested. The workshop will take place immediately afterwards from 5 to 6 pm and will require registration to participate. The workshop will be capped at 40 people. The workshop will provide a space for you to take what you learned from the seminar, to collaborate with your fellow attendees to identify and navigate your personal struggles with perfectionism and burnout.
- April 30th at 12pm : Panel & Discussion on Health Disparities and Community Engagement for Inclusive Research and Recruitment
We are organizing a panel of speakers around the topic of health disparities, improved inclusion in research studies, and community outreach. We hope this panel will help to educate the research community on how to improve equity in access to and involvement in health research, to work towards better addressing needs of under-represented communities, and to identify ways in which the research community can better contribute best to the communities of the greater Boston area. Our current panelists include team members of MGH’s Community Access, Recruitment and Engagement (CARE) Research Center, Dr. Arun Nagendra of the Mongan Institute at MGH and Dr. Jim Morrill of the Charlestown HealthCare Center.
Here are the slides from the events.
Please feel free to reach out to Community Access, Recruitment and Engagement (CARE) here to set up an appointment to discuss inclusiveness in your research recruitment https://www.massgeneral.org/research/division-clinical-research/centers-units-and-faculty/care/research or email them at mghcare@partners.org
If you are interested in connecting with Community Health Centers (CHC’s), please contact the Community Research Program at MGH Chelsea https://www.massgeneral.org/locations/chelsea/research and the Mass League of Community Health Centers https://www.massleague.org/
- May 11th at 12pm :Introducing the “Know The Line” Program with Jovita Thomas-Williams
Come listen to Jovita Thomas-Williams, Senior Vice President of Human Resources at MGH, present the “Know The Line Program”, a multi-faceted program to promote high standards of respect and civility, address and prevent workplace harassment and eradicate inappropriate workplace behaviors. The program will be launched as part of the annual training requirements. In this event, we will hear an overview of the new program, and will provide the community some time to ask questions. Stay tuned for follow up after the official launch, too!.
- May 20th at 4pm: Book club – Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
In her comic, scathing essay “Men Explain Things to Me,” Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don’t, about why this arises, and how this aspect of the gender wars works, airing some of her own hilariously awful encounters.
She ends on a serious note— because the ultimate problem is the silencing of women who have something to say, including those saying things like, “He’s trying to kill me!”
This book features that now-classic essay with six perfect complements, including an examination of the great feminist writer Virginia Woolf’s embrace of mystery, of not knowing, of doubt and ambiguity, a highly original inquiry into marriage equality, and a terrifying survey of the scope of contemporary violence against women.
- In June 29th at 3pm: How to use Twitter to advance your career and make an impact
Register for the event here.
More and more Twitter has become a living archive, with scientists using Twitter to share their research, accomplishments, and awards as well as establish collaborations, discuss issues that affect scientists and trainees, learn about job opportunities and beyond. WiS is hosting a panel and workshop about how scientists can use Twitter to advance their careers, increase their research visibility and impact, and advocate for social justice and other issues that are important to them.
Meet our panelists:
Michael Morrison, MGH Director of Media Relations. Michael is responsible for social media strategy and execution for the Office of Public Affairs and serves as a hospital wide social media advisor and liaison.
Dr. Daniel S. Quintana (@dsquintana) is a researcher in biological psychiatry at the University of Oslo. His research interests include social behavior, the oxytocin system, heart rate variability, autism spectrum disorder and meta-analysis. He is a podcaster, co-host of Everything Hertz and of the Physiology and Behavior show. He also has a blog about oxytocin research and ways to evaluate and improve scientific practices.
Angeline Dukes (@FutureDrDukes) is a PhD candidate in Neuroscience at the University of California, Irvine where she is a member of Dr. Christie D. Fowler’s Neurobiology of Addiction lab. Angeline is the founder and president of Black in Neuro, which aims to highlight and develop a community for Black scientists in neuro-related fields.
Sarafina Nance (@starstrickenSF) is a PhD candidate in astrophysics specializing in supernovae and cosmology at the University of California-Berkeley, as well as a women’s health advocate. She is the host of the astronomy show Constellations by Seeker, the author of STARSTRUCK and of a forthcoming children’s book Little Leonardo’s Fascinating World of Astronomy (Gibbs Smith) and one of Forbes 30 Inspirational Women and of Arab America’s 40 Under 40. Sarafina has recently been selected for @NASA’s @HI_SEAS, a Mars Analog Astronaut Simulation on Mauna Loa, Hawai’i.
