Events
GWIS Seminars are held the third Thursday of each month from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Download the Spring '26 Schedule
From Manuscript to Mainstream Media: Communicating Science to the General Public
Emily Boynton, B.A. - Senior Science Writer, Public Relations and Communication Department, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Nov 15, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9576
Surprising Function for Histone Modifying Enzymes
Sharon Dent, Ph.D. - Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Director, Science Park Research Division, Co-Director, Center for Cancer Epigenetics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX
Oct 17, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9576
Mind Bugs: The Ordinary Origins of Bias
Carlee Beth Hawkins, M.A. - Researcher, Project Implicit, Social Psychology, University of Virginia
Sep 20, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9576
The Times They Are a Changing
Judy Lieberman, M.D., Ph.D. - Senior Investigator Immune Disease Institute and Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
May 17, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-6823
Finding a Center of Balance: The Work-Life Challenges of an Academic Biomedical Career
Susan R. Wente, Ph. D. - Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Senior Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences, Chair and Professor, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Apr 19, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-6823
Think Hard Today and Plan for Tomorrow: A Woman Scientist's View of the Academic World
Maria Hatzoglou, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Nutrition, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH
Mar 15, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-6823
The Road from Physics to Forensic Biology
Daniel Letzring, Ph.D. - Forensic Biologist, Monroe County Public Safety Laboratory, Rochester, NY
Feb 16, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
From Red Drinks to Red Pens: The Unnoticed Decisions that Led to My Career as an Editor
Angela Eggleston, Ph.D. - Senior Editor, Biology, Nature Magazine, Boston, MA
Jan 19, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9576
Worlds Apart: One Scientist’s Journey from Academic Principal Investigator to Pharmaceutical Executive
Robert T. Abraham, Ph.D. - Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Oncology Research Unit, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Pearl River, NY
Dec 01, 2011 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
How the Yogis Do It: The Science of Stress Management
Eleanor Goldfarb, N.P. - Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Open Sky Yoga Center, Rochester, NY
Nov 17, 2011 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Science and the Psyche, Motherhood and Mentoring
Marlene Belfort, Ph.D. - Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center, Molecular Genetics, Distinguished Professor, School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences, NYS Department of Health, Center for Medical Science, Albany, NY
Oct 20, 2011 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Pros and Cons of Tenure Before Family
Clara Kielkopf, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester
Sep 15, 2011 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Think Policy is Only for Politicians? Perspectives from a Science Policy Fellowship with the National Academies of Science
Amy Hein, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, University of Rochester Medical Center
Apr 21, 2011 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
How I Managed my Lab and my Kids
Renée Schroeder, Ph.D. - Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, University of Vienna, Austria
Mar 17, 2011 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Keeping Your Options Open: Transitioning from Graduate Student to Post-Doc
Lidza Kalifa, M.S. - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology, University of Rochester
Feb 17, 2011 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Women’s Heath Issues
Carla M. Peracchia, M.D. - Senior Instructor,, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center
Jan 20, 2011 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Teaching and Research in the Biology Department of a Research I Institution
Elaine Sia, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Rochester
Dec 16, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Trying to Have it All: Balancing Research, Teaching, and Family as a Faculty Member at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution
Maureen Ferran, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology
Nov 18, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9545
Following My Passion for Fun with RNA
Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology & Department of Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Oct 21, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9545
Biking and Softball Games: The Science You Miss by Staying in the Lab All the Time
Jani E. Lewis, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Biology, SUNY Geneseo
Sep 16, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
From Postdoc to Publishing to Policy
Dorit Zuk, Ph.D. - National Institutes of Health, Special Assistant to the NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research, Bethesda, Maryland
May 20, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Shuffling Off to Buffalo: Choices and Decisions Along the Way
Jennifer Surtees, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Apr 15, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Madrid to Maryland: On Appreciation, Support, and Lessons Learned
Myriam Gorospe, Ph.D. - Senior Investigator, RNA Regulation Section, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health Biomedical Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Mar 18, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Trying to have it all: Balancing research, teaching, and family as a faculty member at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution
Maureen Ferran, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology
Feb 18, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
An Adventure through Alternate Career Paths
Lisa Linske-O'Connell, Ph.D. - Founder, LLO Consulting, LLC, Rockville, Maryland
Jan 21, 2010 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Taking chances: How I climbed, and then jumped off, the academic ladder
Lisa Demeter, M.D. - Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, University of Rochester
Dec 17, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Tips to Maintaining a Happy and Healthy Lifestyle While Simultaneously Having a Productive and Rewarding Career in Life Sciences
Frances Lund, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester
Nov 19, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Collaborating, Cooperating and Competing- How to Navigate the Three Cs
Margot Mayer-Proschel, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Genetics and Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, University of Rochester
Oct 15, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Science at a Research Institute
Leemor Joshua-Tor, Ph.D. - Professor and Dean, Watson School of Biological Sciences, Keck Structural Biology Laboratory, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
Sep 17, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
On being a Scientist and Supportive Spouse to a Scientist
Peter Sarnow, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine
May 21, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Science at a Research Institute
Leemor Joshua-Tor, Ph.D. - Professor and Dean, Watson School of Biological Sciences, Keck Structural Biology Laboratory, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
Apr 16, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Personal Wealth Management: How Proper Asset Allocation When Developing a Portfolio can Reduce Risk and Increase Return
Mark Lomonaco - VP-Regional Investment Specialist, HSBC Global Asset Management
Mar 19, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Beyond the Lab and the Classroom - Using Your Graduate Degree in Nontraditional Ways
Hilary S. Leeds, J.D. - Program Analyst, Office of Science and Technology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Feb 19, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Women's Health Issues
Carla M. Peracchia, M.D. - Senior Instructor, Medicine, Primary Care Physician, Rochester, NY
Jan 15, 2009 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
From Science to Start-Up: How I Went from the Bench to a High-Tech Start-Up
James Roussie, Ph.D., M.S. STC - Sales & Marketing, SiMPore Inc.
Dec 18, 2008 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
On Surfing, Sailing, Sun and Science
Pamela A. Silver, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Nov 20, 2008 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
A Woman in Science: An Unlikely Academic
Anita K. Hopper, Ph.D. - Professor and Chair, Dept. Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University
Oct 16, 2008 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Opportunities and Challenges for Research Scientists in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Leading with the Science
Rob Spencer, Ph.D. - Senior Director, Preclinical Development,
Oct 01, 2008 @ 4:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
My Experiences in Military Science and Academia
Wendy Knapp Pogozelski, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Chemistry, SUNY Geneseo
May 15, 2008 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Science and Life: Determining Your Roles
Valerie J. Thomson, Ph.D. - Principal, Bard High School Early College II, Visiting Scientist, Bard College, Rockefeller University
Apr 17, 2008 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Research Science and Raising a Family (in which both daughters are in graduate school to become research scientists themselves)
Elsebet Lund, Ph.D. - Senior Scientist, Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin
Mar 20, 2008 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Returning to my Roots: University of Rochester, Start (Graduate Student) to Finish (tenured Associate Professor)
Gloria M. Culver, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Rochester
Feb 21, 2008 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Life as an Editor of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Boyana Konforti, Ph.D. - Editor, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Jan 17, 2008 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Is it Possible to Have it All? - Advice from the Trenches on Doing Science and Having a Life
Edith Lord, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology University of Rochester Medical Center
Oct 18, 2007 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Assistant Professorship in Science at a Private Liberal Arts College
Cathleen Cox, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, St. John Fisher College
May 17, 2007 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Balancing Academic Science and Family, Part II
Rachel Green, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Apr 19, 2007 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Balancing Academic Science and Family, Part I
Anna Marie Pyle, Ph.D. - William Edward Gilbert Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University
Mar 15, 2007 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
My Path In Science, Moving Through Four Countries, And Integrating Science And Family
Vera Gorbunova, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Rochester
Feb 15, 2007 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
How I Chose A Career In Clinical Microbiology
Suzanne Dale, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow, Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, University of Rochester
Jan 18, 2007 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
My Path: Gene Therapy to Science Education
Dina Markowitz, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine, Director, Life Sciences Learning Center, Director, Center for Science Education and Outreach, University of Rochester
Dec 21, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Teaching and Mentoring at a Technical Institute
Jean Douthwright, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Biology, Rochester Institute of Technology
Nov 16, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
From Academics To Forensics
Paul Goncharoff, Ph.D. - Criminalist IV and Supervisor, Mitochondrial DNA Analysis Unit, Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), NYC and Clinical Assistant Professor, New York University School of Medicine
Oct 19, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Overview of GWIS Program for 2006 - 2007, and Social
Sep 21, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
My Life in Science
Christine Guthrie, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California-San Francisco
May 25, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Careers in Science Communication
Greg Williams, M.S., Journalism - Senior Science Editor, University of Rochester Medical Center
Apr 20, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
My Path to Program Director at the National Science Foundation
Joanne Tornow, Ph.D. - Program Director, Genes and Genome Systems, BIO/MCB, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
Mar 16, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Research in Large Industry
Deirdre Nelson, Ph.D. - Preclinical Scientist, Global Research Center, Biosciences, General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY
Feb 16, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Patent Law in Science
Tina Williams McKeon, J.D., Ph.D. - Patent Lawyer, Needle & Rosenberg, P.C., Atlanta, Georgia
Jan 19, 2006 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Research and Teaching at a Small Liberal Arts College
Patricia J. Hilleren, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Biology, Lubin Family Professor for Women in Science, Skidmore College
Dec 15, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Balancing Career and Family With an Aim for Academics
Jane Jackman, Ph.D. - Post-doctoral Fellow, Phizicky Lab , Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Rochester
Nov 17, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
My Path HHMI Professor
Brenda Bass, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah
Oct 20, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
One of the Many Pathways to an Academic Career at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution
Laurie Cook, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Science, SUNY-Brockport
Sep 15, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
My Life In Science
Joan A. Steitz, Ph.D. - Yale University-HHMI, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
May 19, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Interviewing for a post-doctoral position
Shona Mookerjee - Graduate Student, Department of Biology, University of Rochester
Apr 21, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
The rewards (and frustrations) of a science career in public health with the federal government
Sheila Dollard, Ph.D. - Clinical Lab Director for Herpesviruses, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mar 17, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Managerial and Leadership Skills
Barbara Iglewski, Ph.D. - Professor and Chair of Microbiology and Immunology, U or R Medical Center
Feb 17, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Starting and Sustaining Your Own Biotech Company: What Intellectual, Human and Financial Resources are Required
Maurice Zauderer, Ph.D. - President/ Chief Executive Officer of Vaccinex, Rochester, NY
Jan 20, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Life as an administrator at a major University: The Path from Professor to Administrator
Joanna Olmsted, Ph.D. - Dean of Faculty Development, U of R River Campus
Dec 16, 2004 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Publish and Perish
Mr. Tom Rickey - Manager of National Media Relations and Science Editor, U of R Medical Center
Nov 18, 2004 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555
Alternative careers in patent law and related services
Claudia Stewart, Ph.D. - Senior Manager, Biomedical Licensing, Office of Technology Transfer, U of R Medical Center
Sep 16, 2004 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 1-9555