2015
Saturday Sat
WOMEN IN MEDICINE AND SCIENCE CONFERENCE
Neurosciences: Brain and Behavior
Thank you for joining us! We look forward to seeing you at the next Women in Medicine and Science Conference in 2017.
Check back to this webpage for audio recordings of the day's sessions as they become available.
Event Schedule
At A Glance
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration, Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Welcome Remarks and General Session
'Women Who Changed Science and the World' - Rachel Swaby (Main Dining Room)
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Break #1
10:20 AM - 11:10 AM
Morning Sessions (Choose One):
A) 'Making Headway: Women in the Neurosciences' - Panel Discussion with Odette Harris, Iris Gibbs, Susan McConnell, & Linda Liau (Main Dining Room)
B) 'Gender Bias and the Brain' -Jennifer Raymond (Gold Lounge)
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Break #2
11:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Afternoon Sessions (Choose One):
A) 'The Balancing Mindset: Crushing It or Crushing Us' - Laraine Zappert (Main Dining Room)
B) 'Building a Future for Females in Science' - Debbie Sterling (Gold Lounge)
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
Break #3
12:40 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch and Keynote Address
'Going Viral in Your Brain' - Diane Griffin (Main Dining Room)
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Closing Remarks
Location
439 Lagunita Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
USA
Stanford Faculty Club
439 Lagunita DriveStanford, CA 94305
Keynote Speaker
Diane E. Griffin, MD ’68, PhD ’71
Diane E. Griffin is Vice President of the National Academy of Sciences and University Distinguished Service Professor in the W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Her research interests are in the area of pathogenesis of viral diseases with a particular focus on measles and alphavirus encephalitis. These studies address issues related to determinants of virulence and the role of immune responses in protection from infection and in clearance of infection. She is an editor for Field’s Virology, has published more than 300 scientific papers, serves on several editorial and advisory boards and has been President of the American Society for Microbiology, the American Society for Virology and the Association of Medical School Microbiology and Immunology Chairs.
Griffin has received the Rudolf Virchow Medal (2010), J.E. Wallace Sterling Lifetime Alumni Achievement Award from Stanford University (2011) and the FASEB Excellence in Science Award (2015). She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Infectious Diseases Society of America and is member of the American Academy of Microbiology, the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences.
She earned her BA in Biology at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL and her MD and PhD at Stanford University School of Medicine. She was a resident in Internal Medicine at Stanford University Hospital, before beginning her career at Johns Hopkins as a postdoctoral fellow in Virology and Infectious Disease. She was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator from 1973-1979. She is Professor of Medicine and Neurology in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and from 1994 through 2014 was Chair of the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology in the School of Public Health.
Featured Speakers
Speakers and sessions are subject to change.
Iris C. Gibbs, MD ’95, Resident ’00
Dr. Iris Gibbs, FACR, is associate professor of radiation oncology and associate dean of MD admissions at Stanford Medicine. She is a 2015 Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Fellow. Dr. Gibbs’ clinical and research expertise are pediatric and adult brain tumors, and radiosurgery. As former co-director of the Stanford Cyberknife Radiosurgery program, Dr. Gibbs contributed to building world-renowned clinical programs in innovative radiation treatment of central nervous system tumors and robotic radiosurgery.
Odette A. Harris, MD ’96
Dr. Odette Harris is an associate professor of neurosurgery for the Stanford University School of Medicine and Director of the Traumatic Brain Injury Program at SUMC. She is also Associate Chief of Staff for Polytrauma and Director of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System. Dr. Harris completed neurosurgery training at Stanford, in addition to completing a Masters of Public Health in epidemiology from UC Berkeley.
Linda M. Liau, MD ’91, PhD
Dr. Linda M. Liau is Professor and Vice Chair of Neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Director of the UCLA Brain Tumor Program. She received her BS degree in Biochemistry and BA degree in Political Science, both with honors, from Brown University. She then received her MD degree from Stanford University in 1991, and a PhD degree in Neuroscience from UCLA. After completing her residency and fellowship training in neurosurgery at UCLA, she joined the faculty at the UCLA School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor. In 1999, she was recognized as one of Stanford University School of Medicine’s 40 distinguished alumni during the medical school’s 40th Anniversary celebration. Dr. Liau is now a tenured Professor of Neurosurgery at UCLA. She is currently a board-certified neurosurgeon with both an active NIH-funded research laboratory and a busy clinical practice in the field of brain tumors and neurosurgical oncology.
Susan K. McConnell, PhD
Susan McConnell received her AB degree in Biology from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges in 1980 and her PhD in Neurobiology from Harvard University in 1987. In 1989 she joined the faculty in the Department of Biology at Stanford faculty, where she is the Susan B. Ford Professor of Humanities and Sciences and an HHMI Professor. McConnell is interested in how neural circuits are established during mammalian brain development. She studies the mechanisms by which young neurons are generated, acquire an identity, and establish specific connections in the developing cerebral cortex. McConnell is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Jennifer L. Raymond, PhD
Jennifer L. Raymond, PhD, is a neuroscientist who has worked extensively to promote diversity in the scientific workforce. She has a BA in Mathematics from Williams College, a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and is currently an Associate Professor of Neurobiology at the Stanford School of Medicine. Dr. Raymond’s research on the neural mechanisms of learning and memory has earned her international recognition, and she is also an award-winning teacher. Her efforts to increase the representation of women in STEM have been chronicled in both scholarly journals such as Nature, the Harvard Business Review, and the Chronicle of Higher Education, as well as national news outlets such as the New York Times and Washington Post.
Debbie Sterling, BS ’05
Debbie Sterling is the Founder and CEO of GoldieBlox, an award‐winning, interactive toy company on a mission to "disrupt the pink aisle" and inspire the future generation of female engineers. She was named TIME’s "Person of the Moment" and Business Insider's "30 Women Who Are Changing the World" for her leadership in the movement toward tackling the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and math. Sterling received her degree in Engineering (Product Design, '05) at Stanford University and currently lives with her husband in San Francisco.
Rachel Swaby
Rachel Swaby is a freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in the Runner's World, Wired, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Atlantic, Afar, and others. She is a former research editor at Wired and a past presenter at Pop-Up magazine. She grew up in Northern California and now lives in Brooklyn. Her recently published book Headstrong presents readers with 52 inspiring and insightful profiles of history’s brightest female scientists.
Laraine T. Zappert, PhD
As a Clinical Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, she teaches medical residents, psychology interns, and Stanford undergraduates, and is Director of the Clinical Neuroscience in Women's Health Ph.D. program and the Stanford Graduate Women's Group Program in Science, Engineering and Medicine. Dr. Zappert maintains an active private practice in Palo Alto, and been been an invited faculty speaker, both nationally and internationally. She is a recognized expert in the fields of clinical psychology, women's health, organizational behavior, sexual harassment, and sexual assault. Most recently, Dr. Zappert was asked to serve on the Provost's Committee on Sexual Assault Policy and Procedures at Stanford. She has also served as a litigation consultant and has been called upon to provide expert forensic consultations. Dr. Zappert has authored a book on women, work, and wellness, Getting It Right: How Working Mothers Successfully Take Up the Challenge of Life, Family, and Career (Simon and Schuster, 2001) which has received national and international acclaim.
Alumni Committee Chair
Women in Medicine & Science Conference
Sharon E. Horton, PhD ’96
Dr. Horton is an experienced professional in the biotechnical and biopharmaceutical industry. She has a wide variety of experiences including senior scientist, development engineer and project management. She is currently working at Pharmacyclics, Inc. in the Project and Alliances Management. Dr. Horton graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1996 with a PhD in Neurosciences and completed postdoctoral fellowships at UT-Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX and at SRI Pharmaceutical Discovery Division in Menlo Park. During her time at Stanford, she was involved with the Stanford Multicultural Scientists (SMS), a group of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows dedicated to creating a nurturing and supportive environment for students of color in the medical and biological sciences.
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