IGSP Explorations Week: Discover the Possibilities
The Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (IGSP) brings together faculty, students, post-docs, and staff in the life and health sciences, engineering, social sciences, and humanities to explore the genome, embrace its potential, and enrich the human condition. We encourage you to participate in IGSP Explorations Week to learn about opportunities for research, education, professional development, and discovery.
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Monday, September 14 | 3 - 5pm | 4233 French Family Sciences Center | Tomalei Vess |
IGSP Faculty Research at a Glance
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Tuesday, September 15 | 4 - 5:30pm | Love Auditorium, B101 LSRC | IGSP Faculty |
Genomes@4: Biomedical Research in the 21st Century: What's race got to do with it?
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Wednesday, September 16 | 4pm | F-CIEMAS, Schiciano B Auditorium | Charmaine Royal |
Movie Night: Minority Report and discussion with Bob Cook-Deegan (BCD)
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Wednesday, September 16 | 6pm | 107 White Lecture Hall | Bob Cook-Deegan |
Interdisciplinary Research Career Panel
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Thursday, September 17 | 4 - 5:30pm | ***Bryan 103*** Please note new session location | Daniel Burns, Thomas Denny, Susanne Haga, Joel Meyer, Robert Mitchell |
Science & Society Journal Club: Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future
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Friday, September 18 | 12pm | **2240 CIEMAS** Please note new session location | Sheril Kirshenbaum |
Ice Cream Social, featuring Mapleview Farms
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Friday, September 18 | 3:30pm | F-CIEMAS Atrium | |
Contacts: Jennifer Avery Anderson 919/684-0881 Jennifer.Avery@duke.edu Shandra L. Robertson 919/684-3156 Shandra.Robertson@duke.edu |
RCR Training: Setting Expectations and Resolving Conflict in Mentoring Relationships
Relations between faculty, students, postdoctoral fellows, and other mentees are often regarded by the mentees as the most important aspect of the quality of their research training experiences. Interpersonal conflicts between mentor and mentees are often the result of the lack of mutually understood expectations. This workshop focuses on principles of and steps used in applying the interest-based approach to resolving conflicts and setting explicit expectations. See website for registration information.
To receive RCR credit, graduate students and post-docs must register to attend.
Moderator:
Tomalei Vess, PhD, joined the IGSP as Associate Director for
Education, Training, and Academic Development in the spring of 2009.
Tomalei received her PhD in Biology from Duke in 2002. She has held a
variety of education-related positions, including Assistant Dean for
Graduate Student Development, Educational Consultant and biology
teacher at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. In
the IGSP, Tomalei is responsible for providing administrative
oversight and support for all educational programming as well as some
aspects of training and curriculum. Some of these programs include
the Computational Biology and Bioinformatics graduate training program
and certificate, the Genome Sciences & Policy undergraduate
certificate, the undergraduate summer fellows research program, the
IGSP Focus program, and the HHMI Professors program. Tomalei can be
reached at tomalei.vess@duke.edu or 681-7621.
IGSP Faculty Research at a Glance
Don't miss this entertaining session, where IGSP faculty will give lightning-fast overviews of their ongoing research projects. Join us and learn how you can get involved. Refreshments to follow.
Faculty Speakers:
Genomes@4
Charmaine Royal is an Associate Research Professor in the Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy and the Department of African and African American Studies. She received her BS in Microbiology, MS in Genetic Counseling, and PhD in Human Genetics from Howard University. She subsequently completed her postdoctoral training in the Bioethics and Special Populations Research Program at the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health, and in the Division of Epidemiology and Behavioral Medicine at the Howard University Cancer Center.
Prior to joining the Duke faculty in 2007 Dr. Royal was Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health and Director of the GenEthics Unit in the National Human Genome Center at Howard University. She serves on various professional committees and boards, including the: Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society for the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Advisory Committee to the NIH Director's Working Group on Participant and Data Protection for the Genetic Association Information Network; Bioethics Advisory Committee of the March of Dimes Foundation; Social Issues Committee of the American Society of Human Genetics; and the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Bioethics. Recently, Dr. Royal was awarded the Greenwall Faculty Scholar award and will conduct research over the next three years to seek answers in reducing or eliminating health disparities.
Dr. Royal's research and scholarship focus primarily on ethical, psychosocial, societal, and biomedical issues at the intersection of genetics/genomics and concepts of "race", ancestry, ethnicity, and identity. A key objective of her research program is to advance a more wholistic approach to understanding and improving human health and well-being through the integration of genetic and genomic research with behavioral, social science, and humanities research.
Movie Night: Minority Report and discussion with Bob Cook-Deegan (BCD)
Enjoy a short after movie discussion with everyone’s favorite Alspaugh resident, Bob Cook-Deegan (BCD). Light refreshments to be provided before the movie.
Robert Cook-Deegan, MD, Director, IGSP Center for Genome Ethics, Law & Policy (GELP)
Robert Cook-Deegan became Director of the IGSP's Center for Genome Ethics, Law & Policy in July 2002. He was previously director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellowship program (2000-2002) at the Institute of Medicine (IOM), National Academy of Sciences, a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Investigator at Georgetown University (1999-2002), and a seminar leader at Stanford-in-Washington (1996-2003). He worked at The National Academies in various capacities from 1991 until coming to Duke.
He is the author of The Gene Wars: Science, Politics, and the Human Genome (New York: Norton, 1994; paperback 1996; tr. Korean 1995, Japanese 1996) and an author on over 200 articles.
Interdisciplinary Research Career Panel
Interdisciplinary Science, Group Science, Big Science - we've all heard the buzz, but what does it mean for a junior scientist? How can postdocs and graduate students best position themselves for careers in interdisciplinary research? What skills do you need, what is the funding outlook, and what are the pros and cons of working with an interdisciplinary group? How do you find an interdisciplinary job and how do you sell your interdisciplinary skills? Join us as our faculty experts answer these questions and more.
Faculty Panelists:
Daniel Burns, PhD, Sr. Director, Pharmacogenetics Consulting, Cabernet Pharmaceuticals
Daniel Burns, Senior Director, Pharmacogenetics Consulting, with Cabernet Pharmaceuticals is a recognized leader in bringing innovative science to challenges across pharmaceutical R&D pipelines.
During his 24 years in the pharmaceutical industry, Burns has worked across the continuum of discovery and development of medicines and their post-approval management. He has led in-house scientific departments at large pharmaceutical companies while also building successful collaborations with the biotechnology industry, academia, government, patient-advocacy groups, and public-private partnerships.
Before his appointment to Cabernet, Burns served in senior-management positions at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), most recently as Senior Vice President, Pharmacogenetics. In addition to managing line functions comprising up to 150 staff, he took a principal role in working across therapeutic-area teams to integrate PGx into development throughout the R&D organization and to ensure that applications of PGx aligned with broader R&D objectives. He had held positions of increasing responsibility at Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. prior to his years at GSK.
Burns holds BS (Biology), MA (Zoology), and PhD (Molecular, Cellular, and Development Biology) degrees, all from Indiana University.
Thomas N. Denny, MSc, Department of Medicine and Chief Operating Office of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and the International Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine ImmunologyThomas N. Denny, MSc. is the Chief Operating Officer of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and the Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Associate Professor of Medicine. He has 25 years of immunology experience studying host defense mechanisms. As part of the HIV clinical trials program, he has served on numerous committees for the NIH over the last two decades. Previously, he served on an expert panel for the CDC helping to establish clinical laboratory guidelines for using T-cell immunophenotyping in patients with HIV disease. In 1997, he received an NIH HIV Innovative Vaccine Grant award to study a new method of vaccine delivery. He is the principal investigator of the NIH-NIAID Division of AIDS Immunology Quality Assurance Program. Mr. Denny has authored or co-authored more than 75 peer-reviewed papers and serves on the editorial board of Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, Communications in Cytometry and Clinical and Applied Immunology Reviews.
Susanne Haga, PhD, Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy
Susanne B. Haga is an Assistant Research Professor at the Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy at Duke University. She received a Ph.D. in Human Genetics from the University of Maryland. Previously, she served as senior staff to a federal advisory committee on genetic testing at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and as a Project Director at the Venter Institute, a non-profit genomics research and policy center. Her research interests focus on policy issues related to the translation of genomic medicine, particularly pharmacogenetics, and the legal or regulatory, ethical, educational and social implications of genomic research and applications.
Joel Meyer, PhD, Nicholas School of the Environment
Dr. Meyer received his Ph.D. (Environmental Toxicology) from Duke University in 2003, and carried out postdoctoral research studying DNA damage and repair with Dr. Bennett Van Houten (NIEHS) from 2003 to 2006. Dr. Meyer studies the effects of genotoxic agents on human and wildlife health. He is interested in understanding the mechanisms by which environmental agents cause DNA damage, the molecular processes that organisms employ to protect prevent and repair DNA damage, and genetic differences that may lead to increased or decreased sensitivity to DNA damage. He studies DNA repair and other responses to DNA damage via molecular and genetic as well as genomic and systems biology approaches.
Robert Mitchell, PhD, Department of English, Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy
Robert Mitchell is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, Affiliated Faculty in Women's Studies, and a Faculty member of the Institute of Genome Sciences and Policy at Duke University. He research focuses on late eighteenth and early nineteenth century intersections between science and literature, as well as more contemporary relationships among biological materials, economics, and information technologies. His published work includes Sympathy and the State in the Romanic Era: Systems, State Finance, and the Shadows of Futurity (Routledge, 2007); Tissue Economies: Blood, Organs and Cell Lines in Late Capitalism (Duke University Press, 2006), co-authored with Catherine Waldby; and Data Made Flesh: Embodying Information (Routledge, 2003) and Semiotic Flesh: Information and the Human Body (University of Washington Press, 2002), both co-edited with Phillip Thurtle. He is also editor, with Phillip Thurtle, of the book series In Vivo: Cultural Mediations of Biomedical Science, published by the University of Washington Press.
Science and Society Journal Club
Sheril Kirshenbaum will join us for a scholarly lunchtime discussion of her recent book, "Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future". All are welcome to attend!
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to: Jennifer.Avery@duke.edu.
Sheril Kirshenbaum, MS, Associate in Research
Sheril Kirshenbaum is an associate at Duke University and co-author of "Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future" with Chris Mooney. She is involved in conservation initiatives across levels of government and works to improve communication between scientists, policymakers, and the public. Her second book, The Science of Kissing, will be published Fall 2010.
In 2007, Sheril helped to found Science Debate 2008; an initiative encouraging candidates to debate science research and innovation issues on the campaign trail. She has also worked as a legislative science fellow on Capitol Hill with Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) where she was involved in energy, climate, and ocean policy.
Sheril holds two Masters degrees in Marine Biology and Marine Policy from the University of Maine. Now a science journalist, she contributes to publications including New Scientist, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, and The Nation, frequently writing about topics that bridge science and society from climate change to genetically modified foods.