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HERSTORY Under the Microscope: Celebrating Rosalind Franklin's 100 Year Legacy
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5th Annual Women in Science and Healthcare (WiSH) Symposium
September 10, 2020
3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Central (Chicago) Time
Rosalind Franklin University
Virtual Seminar
Complimentary admission. Registration required.
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Exploring the past and future of women in STEM:
To mark the 100th anniversary of Rosalind Franklin's birth, our 5th annual WiSH Symposium will feature a new perspective on Dr. Franklin's contributions and posthumous treatment by the field. Women have advanced dramatically in STEM and healthcare professions, but there is further to go. The symposium will draw lessons from the past as we seek to understand and solve the ongoing under-representation of women in STEM and healthcare leadership, a loss of talent that today's global challenges can ill-afford. For more on these important issues, please see our resource collection on women in STEM in healthcare.
Visit the RFUMS website dedicated to Dr. Rosalind Franklin's Centennial for additional information and events celebrating 100 years of discovery.
Agenda
3:00 p.m. - Welcome by RFUMS President, Dr. Wendy Rheault
3:05 p.m. - Opening Remarks by Rosalind S. Franklin
3:15 p.m. - Keynote by Robin Jensen: "Rosalind Franklin and Nature's Scientist"
3:55 p.m. - Break
4:00 p.m. - Panel Discussion: "Gender, STEM and Healthcare: Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future"
4:45 p.m. - Audience Q&A
4:55 p.m. - Wrap-up and Thank-you's
Keynote Speaker
"Rosalind Franklin and Nature's Scientist"
Robin E. Jensen
Professor of Communication at the University of Utah
Robin E. Jensen studies historical and contemporary discourses concerning health, science, sex, and gender. She recently won a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship to continue research on her third book project, tentatively titled The Sex in the Science: A History of Women Shaping the Trajectory of Fertility Science. In an article published recently in the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Jensen and her fellow Chemical Rhetoric Group members trace the ways in which crystallographer Rosalind Franklin was discussed in the journal Nature to position her as just outside the bounds of elite science.
Welcome
Wendy Rheault, PT, PhD, FASAHP, FNAP
RFUMS President and CEO
President and CEO Wendy Rheault, PT, PhD, FASAHP, FNAP, who stepped into her new role on July 1, 2019, has served the university in numerous faculty and administrative capacities for nearly 40 years. Named the first provost of the institution in 2014, she spent the next four years working closely with the president, deans and vice presidents in developing academic priorities, providing strategic direction and ensuring academic accountability.
Opening Remarks
Rosalind Franklin, CPCC, ACC
A member of Rosalind Franklin University's Board of Trustees since 2004, Ms. Rosalind Franklin represents the Franklin family in honor of her aunt, whose pioneering work in X-ray crystallography led to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA. Ms. Franklin is a certified professional coach and consultant and principal of Rosalind Franklin Group, providing executive coaching for nonprofit and individual clients. A musician (harpist) by training, she also co-founded The California Symphony, an award-winning nonprofit arts organization.
Panelists
Archana Chatterjee, MD, PhD
Dean, Chicago Medical School
Vice President for Medical Affairs
Biography
Elizabeth L. Travis, PhD, FASTRO
Associate Vice President, Women and Minority Faculty Inclusion
Mattie Allen Fair Professor in Cancer Research
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Biography
Lise Loberg, PhD, DABT, PMP
Scientific Director, Emerging Technology Platforms
Development Sciences, AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL
Biography
Robin E. Jensen
Professor of Communication at the University of Utah
Biography
Heather Kind-Keppel, EdD (Moderator)
Executive Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Deputy Title IX Coordinator
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Division of Student Affairs and Inclusion
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Biography
Contact Us
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