Past Events - UNC Women’s Reproductive Health Research Program (K12)

2023

Programs Represented: Duke/NCCU BIRCWH; UNC and Duke WRHR
Date: Friday, Feb. 17, 2023
Location: Trent Semans Center Great Hall, Durham, NC
Agenda and Recordings
- Scholar Presentations
  - Jonas Swartz, MD, MPH (Duke WRHR)
  - Charity Watkins, PhD (NCCU BIRCWH)
  - Jerome (Jeff) Federspiel, MD, PhD (Duke WRHR)
  - Tarannum Jaleel, MD, MHSc (Duke BIRCWH)
- Scholar Presentations
  - Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH (UNC WRHR
  - Audrey Blewer, PhD, MPH (Duke BIRCWH)
  - Jennifer Plichta, MD, MS (Duke BIRCWH)
- Presentation & Panel Discussion
  - Geeta Swamy, MD: The “-ships” To Success: Navigating Academia… Post-COVID
  - Panel Discussion: Moderator: Kris Wood, PhD; Panelists: Andra James, MD, Neeta Vora, MD, ClarLynda Williams DeVane, PhD

Programs Represented: Duke/NCCU BIRCWH; UNC and Duke WRHR
Date: Friday, Feb. 18, 2022
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Agenda and Recordings
- Scholar Presentations
  - Andrea Knittel, MD, PhD, FACOG (UNC WRHR)
  - Katelyn Holliday, PhD (Duke BIRCWH)
  - Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH (UNC WRHR)
  - Rebecca Previs, MD (Duke WRHR)
  - Jamila Minga, PhD, CCC-SLP (Duke BIRCWH)
  - Jonas Swartz, MD (Duke WRHR)
- Q&A: Patient and Community Engagement and Retention
- Panel Discussion: Pregnancy as Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria: Ethical and Pragmatic Consequences for Women’s Health Research
- 2022 Symposium Program

Programs Represented: UNC and Duke/NCCU BIRCWH; UNC and Duke WRHR
Date: Friday, Feb. 12, 2021
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Agenda and Recordings
- Welcome and Introductions
- Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Academic Research Careers – Duke and UNC OB-GYN Chairs
  - Part 1
  - Part 2
- BIRCWH Scholar Presentations
- Small Group Breakout Discussions
  - When Things Don’t Go As Planned – Stumbling blocks, twists and turns, and dealing with the unexpected
  - Managing Professional Relationships – What makes them work (or not)
  - Work-life Integration – Creating and maintaining a healthy family/work balance
  - Leading a Research Team – Effective leadership, mentoring, and supervision
- WRHR Scholar Presentations
- Panel Discussion: The Scientific Importance of Race and Racial Diversity in Research

Programs Represented: UNC and Duke/NCCU BIRCWH
Theme: K-Scholar Success – What Does it Take to Transition to Independence?
Date: Friday, Feb. 21, 2020
Location: Washington Duke Inn, Durham, NC
Agenda
- BIRCWH Scholar Presentations
- Networking
- Featured Speaker: Matthew Pearsall, PhD, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, Building Resilient Teams
- Panel Discussion: Paths to success, developing resilience and overcoming rejection, and becoming independent
- 2020 Symposium Program

Programs Represented: UNC and Duke/NCCU BIRCWH
Date: Friday. Feb. 1, 2019
Location: Rizzo Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Agenda
- Career Development: Jeffrey Houpt, MD, Dean Emeritus, UNC School of Medicine, The Tough Stuff: Conflict, Difficult Conversations, and Negotiation
- Women’s Health: Susan Girdler, PhD, Depression and Cardiovascular Disease in Mid-Life Women: Biopsychosocial Mechanisms of Risk and Protection
- BIRCWH Alumnus: Kris C. Wood, PhD, The Transition from Scholar to Independence
- BIRCWH Scholars: Scholar Snapshots
- Keynote Presentation: Nobel Prize recipient Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD, Tales of a Serendipitous Scientist
- 2019 Symposium Program

Programs Represented: UNC and Duke/NCCU BIRCWH
Date: Friday, Jan. 6, 2018
Location: Washington Duke Inn, Durham, NC
Agenda
- Duke BIRCWH Alumna: Geeta Swamy, MD
- Networking
- UNC BIRCWH Alumna: Stephanie Zerwas, PhD
- Keynote Speaker: Joan Y. Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA, Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership, Harvard University
- 2018 Symposium Program

Programs Represented: UNC and Duke/NCCU BIRCWH
Date: Friday, Dec. 2, 2016
Location: Washington Duke Inn, Durham, NC
Agenda
- Anthony Viera, MD, Maximizing/Organizing Time for Writing
- BIRCWH Scholar Presentations
- 2016 Symposium Program