Past Events
2021
- Programs Represented: UNC and Duke/NCCU BIRCWH; UNC and Duke WRHR
- Date: Friday, Feb. 12, 2021
- Location: Virtual via Zoom
- Agenda and Recordings
- Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Academic Research Careers – Duke and UNC OB-GYN Chairs
- 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
2020
- 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
2019
- 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
2018
- 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
2016
- 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