[GWAMIT] Announcements (1/18/2011)

[GWAMIT]

Dear GWAMIT Members,

Enjoy your weekly announcements.  Also, all events can be seen on GWAMIT’s
calendars at http://mit.edu/gwamit/events.html

*The GWAMIT Board*
Visit us at: http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit
Send your ideas to: gwamit-exec at mit.edu
Send your announcements to: gwamit-sec at mit.edu

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IN BRIEF
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*GWAMIT:*
1. GWAMIT is Recruiting New Leaders

*MIT:
*2. Women in the Sciences: Challenges and Opportunities in the Workplace
3.  [Mediation @ MIT] Active Bystander Workshop
4.  [MIT Alumni] The Promise of Personalized Medicine (Feb 7th)

*Outside MIT:
*5. [Mass-AWIS] The PHARM Game® (Jan 24th)
6.  [Harvard] Latina Empowerment and Development Conference (Feb 12th)

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FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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*********GWAMIT********
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*1. GWAMIT is Recruiting New Leaders *
(It's a continuous process because we're planning a lot)
Interested? Questions? Contact gwamit-exec at mit.edu

*Executive Board Co-Chairs (3 positions):
*- Internal collaborations - maintain relations with MIT offices for
financial and other collaborations
- External relations - maintain corporate and other relations
- General co-chair - oversee smooth operations across GWAMIT activities

*Spring '11 Women's empowerment conference
*- Keynote Event Lead - contact: jeanyang at csail.mit.edu

*Mentoring Program
*- Planning Committee Members - develop matching surveys, plan
kick-off/end-off dinners

*Fall '11 Leadership Conference
*- Co-Chair - oversee events, hold Planning Committee Meetings, attend Exec
Mtgs
-Committee members - help with logistics, advertising, event content, or
coordinating speakers

*Monthly Collaborative Events (Feb. and/or April)
*- Event Lead - work w/ Exec Member to plan a 1-time event in collaboration
with existing MIT offices and services, undergraduates, other universities

Interested? Please send a statement of your interest to gwamit-exec at mit.edu


*********MIT*******
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*2. Women in the Sciences: Challenges and Opportunities in the Workplace
When:* Monday, 1/24/2011, 12:00-1:30 PM
*Where:* W20 (Student Center), 3rd Floor Coffeehouse
*RSVP:* through CareerBridge, https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/

“For the first time in our nation's history, women now represent half of all
workers and are becoming the primary breadwinners in more families than ever
before” (Maria Shriver, A Woman’s Nation). In the sciences,
however, women continue to be underrepresented; according to the U.S.
Department of Labor’s Highlights of Women’s
Earnings in 2009, women represent only about 30% of workers in life,
physical, and social science occupations and earn about 88% of what
men in the field earn. In addition, women experience unique challenges
throughout their careers and can make missteps during the job search process
or in their jobs that could cost them the position, a promotion, etc. Come
hear from our panel how they achieved their successes, what mistakes they
made along the way, and what special issues you will need to consider as a
woman in the sciences! RSVP requested through CareerBridge.

*3.  [Mediation @ MIT] Active Bystander Workshop
When:* Monday January 24th, 10am-4:30 pm
*RSVP:* email sumeetkr at mit.edu by Thursday, January 20th

An active bystander is someone who intervenes in some way, either at the
time or later, to stop harm being done.  The workshop will include
discussions about what we see as MIT community standards, moral courage,
reasons to intervene, reasons not to intervene, and then strategies of what
could be done.  We are inviting a select group of graduate students, faculty
and staff to participate in the workshop and then be part of a discussion
of: (1) whether to bring this type of education to MIT, and then (2)  how to
do it.

For more information or to RSVP email sumeetkr at mit.edu.

*4.  [MIT Alumni] The Promise of Personalized Medicine (Feb 7th)
When:* Monday, February 7, 6:30-9:00pm
*Where:* Bush Room 10-105
*Register:*
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=50181&groupID=182

In recent years, the cost of sequencing an individual’s genome has dropped
significantly bringing us closer to a future where genome sequencing is
routine and doctors prescribe personalized medicines based on both our
symptoms and our genetic makeup. Personalized medicine offers the ability to
classify individuals into subpopulations who differ in their predisposition
to disease or in response to specific therapeutics, and will thereby enable
physicians to treat individual patient in a more targeted manner.

Dr. Nazneen Aziz '87 will discuss where personalized medicine currently
stands – what are tools available to doctors,  what tools are available
directly to consumers, how to evaluate the merits of “direct-to-consumer”
(DTC) tests, clarify misconceptions in the field and surmise some of the
exciting possibilities personalized medicine holds for us.

***********Outside MIT**********
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*5. [Mass-AWIS] The PHARM Game® (Jan 24th)
When:* Monday, January 24, 6-9pm
*Where:* Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR); 220
Massachusetts Avenue, room 132
*More info:*
http://www.thelearningkey.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=59

Join Mass-AWIS for a fun and interactive game to learn more about the
pharmaceutical industry. The PHARM Game® is a proven learning tool to teach
novice and experienced employees about pharmaceutical drug discovery and
development. Employees and contractors in the pharmaceutical industry often
have a limited perspective of the complexity of the pharmaceutical business.
Even senior executives may know only a particular part of the business. The
PHARM Game is an interactive way to learn new information and reinforce
current knowledge about the pharmaceutical business. The PHARM Game® will be
facilitated by Carol Manahan from the Education Office at NIBR. Open to men
and women alike. Please feel free to invite non-members, this is a really
fun activity!

*6.  [Harvard] Latina Empowerment and Development Conference
When:* February 12, 9:00am – 5:30pm
*Where:* Harvard College Student Organization Center at Hilles (59 Shepard
Street)
*Register* and more information: https://sites.google.com/site/lulead2010/
*Contact:*  alister at college.harvard.edu

Conference theme: "Leadership and Service."  Some topics on the schedule
include “Taking the Initiative,” "First impressions: How to ace an
interview, " and "Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders"

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