[Wism-l] Update after today's meeting

[Kimberly Lopes]

Hi Everyone,
Update after today's meeting. Feedback and comments appreciated. Any  
problems contact me,  kilopes at vassar.edu

WISM Meeting Outline:

Rocky 310 on Wednesday, Jan. 30th at 4pm.


-WISM meeting time:
The feedback we have received is that the time WISM meets is  
inconvenient for many members.
·      Ideas

o      Tuesday or Thursday sometime before or after dinner

Any other suggestions?


-All College Day where we would host a table or exhibit at this event
·      Where: College Center and Villard Room

·      Time: 3pm-6pm

·      Date: Wednesday, February 20.

·      Ideas for our table?

-Advertise luncheon and prospective speaker (if secured by then)

-Sell Magnets

-Display copy of Unbowed by Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan woman scientist  
who absolutely embodies the idea of Be the Change.   She founded the  
Green Belt movement.  In fact, I'm sure I could round up a few books  
to display featuring women in science.



Other Ideas for table display??



-Luncheon
       Speaker
Dr. Nalini Nauth-Otello obtained her B.A. degree in Biology at Vassar  
College, Class of ’92, followed by her MD degree from Stanford  
University School of Medicine in California.  She received her  
Pediatric residency training at Children's Hospital Oakland  
(California) from 1997-2000 and has since then been a pediatrician at  
Pine Street Pediatrics, in Kingston, NY. Dr. Nauth-Otello also  
provides well care clinical services for the Ulster County Health  
Department. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and  
is certified in Neonatal Advanced Life Support.  Clinically, she  
enjoys the whole spectrum of pediatric care including adolescent  
medicine and infectious diseases.

She can come on Friday, February 22.

·      Potential Locations: Villard Room, MPR in Main, Any other ideas?

·      Restaurant Choice/Type of food Preference Ideas: Any opinions?

·      Time: 11:30-1:30?

Any additional Comments?


     Preregistration Luncheon April 7th to 18th (Monday to Friday)
Objective: Discuss with students potential classes and to give major  
advice.
Potential Dates: 15th – 18th Any preference for another time?
Restaurant: ? Alex’s (Sub place used last time) Any opinions?

-Speaker Ideas: Feedback or comments?
Dr. Eve Slater  (class of '67) and she currently works at Pfizer.  
Full Bio is at the end:
Dr. Eve Slater works in clinical and laboratory research, developing  
life-saving drugs, managing regulatory affairs at one of the largest  
pharmaceutical laboratories, and guiding health policy decisions  
affecting the nation.



Eve Slater graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College in 1967 and,  
as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society, earned  
her doctor of medicine degree from Columbia University College of  
Physicians and Surgeons in 1971. Her association with Massachusetts  
General Hospital, Boston, began with an internship in internal  
medicine in 1971, a fellowship in cardiology in 1973, and her  
landmark appointment as chief resident in medicine in 1976.



President George W. Bush nominated Dr. Slater as assistant secretary  
for health in 2001, and she was confirmed in January 2002. In this  
role, which she held until February 2003, she oversaw the United  
States Public Health Service, including eight health agency divisions  
and the Commissioned Corps, which includes more than 6,000 uniformed  
health professionals. During her service, special emphasis was given  
to bioterrorism, the protection of human subjects, health care  
reform, women's health, care of the elderly, and HIV/AIDS.



-Overall Ideas Needed for:
·      Fundrasing Events?

o      Ice Cream

·      Movie Night:

o      Contact, Proof

·      Publicizing WISM

o      Through Word of Mouth

o      Through Professors in Each Department

o      Events

o      Potential Candidates for Next Year Executive Board


-Follow-Up on:
·      VSA Organization

·      Confirmation of Table for College Day



Dr. Eve Slater Bio:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/ 
biography_361.html

Dr. Eve Slater works in clinical and laboratory research, developing  
life-saving drugs, managing regulatory affairs at one of the largest  
pharmaceutical laboratories, and guiding health policy decisions  
affecting the nation. United States Secretary for Health and Human  
Services Tommy Thompson hailed Dr. Slater as a relentless advocate  
for the health and well-being of all Americans, and predicted that  
her tireless work at the Department of Health and Human Services  
would result in a lasting legacy of achievement.

Eve Slater was born in 1945 in West Orange, New Jersey. She graduated  
Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College in 1967 and, as a member of the  
Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society, earned her doctor of  
medicine degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and  
Surgeons in 1971. Her association with Massachusetts General  
Hospital, Boston, began with an internship in internal medicine in  
1971, a fellowship in cardiology in 1973, and her landmark  
appointment as chief resident in medicine in 1976. Dr. Slater was the  
first woman to hold that position in the hospital's 165-year history.

 From 1977 through 1982, while serving as chief of the hypertension  
unit at Massachusetts General and as assistant professor of medicine  
at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Slater pursued research on  
hypertension and diseases of the aorta.

In 1983, Dr. Slater joined Merck Research Laboratories as senior  
director of biochemical endocrinology, where she guided teams of  
molecular biologists in researching receptors, endocrinology, and  
arteriosclerosis (the formation of calcium, fats, and cholesterol  
deposits in blood vessels). Her own research focus turned to cell  
signal transduction, the movement of biochemical signals from outside  
the cell to its interior, triggering cellular activity. She credits  
her experience in both clinical and basic research for her 1988  
appointment to lead Merck Research Laboratories' worldwide regulatory  
affairs group. Dr. Slater was promoted to vice president of their  
Clinical and Regulatory Development in 1990 and senior vice president  
in 1994, becoming the first woman to attain those ranks. During her  
tenure as chief safety officer, the company had no product recalls or  
government-mandated safety labeling changes. They also received rapid  
approval for a key drug in the treatment of HIV that was approved by  
the Food and Drug Administration in a near-record forty-two days.

Continuing to teach as her research career progressed, Dr. Slater  
remained an adjunct associate clinical professor of medicine at her  
alma mater, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,  
from 1983 through 2002.

President George W. Bush nominated Dr. Slater as assistant secretary  
for health in 2001, and she was confirmed in January 2002. In this  
role, which she held until February 2003, she oversaw the United  
States Public Health Service, including eight health agency divisions  
and the Commissioned Corps, which includes more than 6,000 uniformed  
health professionals. During her service, special emphasis was given  
to bioterrorism, the protection of human subjects, health care  
reform, women's health, care of the elderly, and HIV/AIDS.

Dr. Slater is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and  
received the 2002 Dr. Luther Terry Award from the Public Health  
Service and the 2003 Virginia Kneeland Frantz Distinguished Women in  
Medicine Award, among many other honors and awards. She is the mother  
of two college-age sons and is an accomplished flutist who, in 1976,  
performed as a soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra under conductor  
Arthur Fiedler.