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Southeast Symposium for MD-PhD Women in Science was a Great Success!

May 5, 2014
Group Photo of Symposium Attendees
Group Photo of Symposium Attendees

Thank you to everyone who participated and made the first Southeast Symposium for MD-PhD Women in Science a great success! The workshop leaders were fantastic and the Keynote Address from Dr. Pisano was inspirational. It was wonderful to meet everyone, and we hope to make this event a yearly tradition. A special thank you also to the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for making this symposium possible!

Southeast Symposium for MD-PhD Women in Science

April 2, 2014

Saturday, May 3rd, 2014

We are very excited that the first Southeast Symposium for MD-PhD Women in Science is next weekend (May 3rd)!  This landmark event will bring together 38 students from UNC, Duke, Wake Forest, MUSC, UVA, and VCU for an incredible day of career development and networking!

The finalized Symposium Schedule and details can be found on the Symposium Agenda, Symposium Flier, and our Symposium Event Page.

We look forward to seeing all of you on May 3rd!

UNC AMPWIS work recognized by University!!

March 22, 2014

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Audrey and Kate with UNC Chancellor Carol Folt!

We are honored to have received University wide recognition of our work in the first year of our group through the University Award for the Advancement of Women! We look forward to collaborating with fellow award recipients Dr. Donna Bickford and Dr. Karen Booth to continue our mission of educating our peers on the challenges faced by women in academic science and medicine, providing career development skill workshops, and outreach to undergraduates to increase the number of women in MD-PhD programs.

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Thank you for volunteering at Brier Creek Elementary!

February 14, 2014

Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time to bring the joy of science to the 4th graders at Brier Creek Elementary!! We enjoyed meeting volunteers from all over the triangle as we helped the students plan, carry out, and analyze their science fair experiments.

This outreach project was a collaboration between the UNC MD-PhD Program, UNC WISE, UNC WInS, the UNC Outreach Listserv, the Duke MD-PhD Program, GWIS, and WIB. Thanks to all of you, this outreach collaboration was a great success!

We would also like to thank the amazing teachers at Brier Creek Elementary for making this opportunity possible!

 

 

Outreach at Brier Creek Elementary – More help needed!

January 29, 2014

Thank you so much to everyone that has volunteered their time at Brier Creek to help the 4th graders carry out their science fair projects! We have had a ton of fun with this experience during January, but unfortunately both of the dates for this week were cancelled due to snow. In order to best help the students of Brier Creek, we have added February 11th and 13th to our volunteer schedule.

We still need more volunteers for all dates, especially these two make up dates. Even helping for just one date would be amazing! The sign up sheet for dates can be found HERE.

More details about the project can be found on our Events pages.

Information on how to get to the school and day of directions can be found on our Brier Creek Information Flier.

Thank you all for taking the time to show the kids of Brier Creek Elementary that science is fun!!

Upcoming Outreach Project At Brier Creek Elementary!

December 19, 2013

We are super excited to help the 130 4th graders at Brier Creek Elementary to plan, carry out, and analyze their science fair projects in January and February 2014!

We need more volunteers for all dates, so please sign up! Even helping for just one date would be amazing! The sign up sheet for dates can be found HERE.

More details about the project can be found on our Events pages.

Information on how to get to the school and day of directions can be found on our Brier Creek Information Flier.

Thank you all for volunteering your time!!

Welcome!

November 15, 2013

Welcome to our new (and still under construction) website!  Browse our resources and check out upcoming events!

Also, special THANK YOU to everyone who continues to send us relevant articles and links. We love your help in finding important media coverage! Please keep them coming!

We hope to see you all at future events.
UNC Advocates for Inclusion in Medicine and Science is a student organization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill which has been founded for the purpose of promoting the success, recognition, and excellence of women and minorities in academic medicine and medical research. Further, we seek to understand the underrepresentation of women and minorities in MD-PhD programs and advocate for their success. We strive to achieve these goals through: Educating our peers and community on the barriers faced by women and minorities in academic medicine and research through article discussions and book clubs Providing our members with practical career development skills through workshops Creating vertical professional networks to foster mentor and sponsor relationships with successful faculty Mentoring current undergraduates to encourage more women and minorities to pursue dual degree careers Creating peer networks to facilitate future collaborations and support through an annual Southeast Symposium. Through these activities we hope to stimulate thought, discussion, and start a conversation on what we can all do to change the status quo. While this group is focused on the MD-PhD career track, our events are open to all graduate and medical students.