February 19, 2004

Research day brings together investigators from across campus

By Marilyn Idelman Soglin

Feinberg School of Medicine Dean Lewis Landsberg will present the keynote lecture at the All Campus Research Day on March 4. photo by Jim Ziv

The Northwestern Medical Women Faculty Organization (WFO) is sponsoring an All Campus Research Day for women and men. Northwestern faculty and students from all disciplines will present their research on Thursday, March 4.

Nalini Rajamannan, M.D., an assistant professor of Cardiology in the Feinberg School of Medicine, is coordinating the school-wide research day. “I hope this program means more interactions between basic scientists, clinical researchers and those who conduct translational research,” she said.

Dr. Rajamannan, who is the driving force behind the All Campus Research Day, said the program is based on a similar research day at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Rajamannan expects about 150 poster presentations with prizes. In addition, speakers will provide break-out sessions on important updates from the Institutional Review Board and the Animal Care and Use Committee. There will be a grant-writing seminar to provide up-to-date information on grant opportunities and writing techniques. The afternoon also will provide a chance for faculty to present their research and meet investigators in various disciplines at the University.

Lewis Landsberg, M.D., dean and vice president for Medical Affairs of the Feinberg School of Medicine, will give the keynote lecture at 4 p.m.

The program runs from 1-6 p.m. at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Feinberg Conference Room A on the third floor. For more information, contact wforesearchday@northwestern.edu or check the WFO Web site at http://nums-wfo.northwestern.edu/

The Medical Women Faculty Organization was created in 1993 by the Medical School Dean’s Office with leadership by women faculty, especially the late Carolyn Brent, M.D., an associate professor of anesthesiology.

The organization identifies and studies issues within the Medical School that are relevant to women faculty but that ultimately benefit all members of the faculty. Both men and women attend WFO programs.

The major annual event is a lectureship in memory of Dr. Brent, featuring a distinguished woman in science and medicine. Past speakers have been from institutions in the United States and Canada and from academic environments and the National Institutes of Health.

This year, Neena Schwartz, Ph.D., will be the speaker at the April 21 event. It will be held at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in the Pritzker Auditorium on the third floor of the Feinberg building. Dr. Schwartz is a professor emeritus of neurobiology and physiology at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. She is a leader in the field of reproductive physiology and a founding member of the Association of Women in Science.

Tomorrow (Feb. 20), Ava Greenwell, associate professor on the broadcast faculty of the Medill School of Journalism and associate dean for curriculum will conduct a lunch time seminar for the WFO on media presentations and how to give an interview.

For more information on that meeting, please contact Sheri Carney in the Medical School’s Faculty Affairs Office at s-carney@northwestern.edu or (312) 503-4696.