Washington Wire
Edited by Trudy L. Jackson Bosilovic, MS
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Greetings!,
We hope you enjoy reading the Washington Wire. The articles are compiled by AWIS members. If you are interested in helping us identify articles for the Wire, we have a few openings available.
Volunteering for the Washington Wire involves a one time per month commitment. Throughout each month, our volunteers collect articles for an assigned interest area that are timely and would be of interest to AWIS members. Then, once a month, they write up an abstract for each submission along with the link to the article.
Interested in doing more writing or editing? We are always looking for contributors and editors for AWIS Magazine. This would involve anywhere from a once a year to a four times a year commitment. Topics range from feature articles to work tips to health.
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Contributed by Meghan Mott, PhD
7 Job Hunting Rules to Break
Many traditional job search tips no longer apply in today's fast paced, internet-based system. A generic resume isn't going to catch the hiring manager's eye. Instead of casting a wide net, focus on fewer jobs and tailor each application to your target company.
Conventional wisdom
New Study on Why Women Leave Academia
Women weigh the risks and rewards of a career in academia differently than men. According to a new study, women leave the academic track more often than men, and do so earlier in their career. A fall 2012 survey of 89 basic-science PhD graduates revealed that job insecurity, long hours, and the need for mobility affect women more than their male counterparts.
Brain drain
5 Career Tips for Ambitious Women
While more women than men earn postsecondary degrees, they still earn 82% of what men earn. Women who get ahead are relentless, competitive go-getters bent on perfection. Some 'Type A' qualities, however, can hinder climbing the career ladder.
Taming Type A
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Contributed by Trudy Bosilovic, MS
Where are the Women?
Wondering where the women are? Why aren't women going into STEM fields? Yale researchers, including one of the first two women to earn a bachelor's in physics at Yale, take a hard look at the evidence in a new study.
So few
Education Transforms Lives
UNESCO's Education for All Global Monitoring Reporting Team finds that education's transformative powers knows no boundaries. The team discusses how going beyond basic education can improve one's circumstances and future. We learn how education is an effective tool that makes life worth living.
Never stop learning
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Contributed by Demetra Farley, PhD
2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded
Dr. James Rothman, Dr. Randy Schekman, and Dr. Thomas Sudhof were jointly awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their work defining cellular transport mechanics. Disturbances in this intricate cellular system are linked to diseases such as diabetes and immunological disorders.
American professors win Nobel
Glimpse at Infant Health Before Conception
A New-York based company opening by year's end will offer a simulated glimpse at children's risk of disease. Using a technique called targeted exon sequencing, Genepeeks hypothetically creates 10,000 babies from each mother and father DNA pair, identifying which genetic disorders future children may be at risk of developing.
Peek a'baby
Stem Cells as Drug Delivery Systems
Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital and MIT have engineered mesenchymal stem cells capable of successfully delivering a drug payload to sites of inflammation in mice. The proof of concept study, published in the journal Blood, is of interest to pharmaceutical companies in need of safe and effective drug delivery systems for biological agents.
What can't stem cells do?
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Volunteer Spotlight
Elizabeth Travis, PhD
Sustaining member AWIS
Dr. Travis is associate vice president, Women Faculty Programs, and professor, Departments of Experimental Radiation Oncology and Pulmonary Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Contributed by Catherine Moorwood, PhD
How to Thrive in the New 24/7 World
The realities of the 21st century, such as technological advances and increasing globalization, have changed the norm for the way we live and work. Here are seven ways to succeed in the new world of work and keep your life in balance too.
The new rules
Work-Life Balance is Hard, Even in Sweden
Sweden is often held up as a paradigm of gender equality and family-friendly policies. However, a new survey finds even Swedish working parents can struggle with managing work and life. Men and women are affected differently, but their challenges are similar to those of American men and women.
It's never easy
Choosing to Take a Lunch Break
Working through lunch might seem like a bad idea, but, according to a new survey, a key factor is whether you choose for yourself how to spend your time. Working through lunch results in more fatigue by the end of the day, compared to doing a relaxing activity, but the effect is reduced if choosing to work was your own personal decision.
Choosing wisely
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Contributed by Trudy L. Jackson Bosilovic, M.S.
Take Your Vitamins
The Women's Health Initiative Clinical Trials and the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Observational Study included 7,728 women, aged 50-79 years of age who had been diagnosed with incident invasive breast cancer. These women, many of whom who took daily multi-vitamins and minerals (MVM) prior to the study, were followed for over seven years. The results suggested a possible role for daily MVM use in attenuating breast cancer mortality in women.
One-a-Day
Wearable Analyzer
Wearable computing is around the corner and will track more than just steps taken and heart rates. These new wearables will contain optical sensors that can track biochemical changes occurring in a patient's body. Combine this new technology with the analytical skills of computational biologists, wearable computers will have far-reaching possibilities in medicine.
You are what you wear
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The Editor's Choice is a new Washington Wire section and will be filled with reports and articles that the AWIS National Staff and other AWIS members would like you to see. In this issue we have a few additional articles that we thought you might be interested in reading.
How to Build a Faculty Culture of Change
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This is the highest honor bestowed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and has recognized outstanding young researchers (within 7 years of receiving the PhD or younger than 36) since 1976. And you can't win if you don't get yourself nominated. Nominations deadline is October 25, 2013. - LAST CHANCE!
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NSF's Career-Life Balance (CLB) Initiative
Scientists now have the opportunity to submit supplemental funding requests to support additional personnel (e.g., research technicians or equivalent). This will help sustain research when the Principal Investigator is on family leave. In FY 2012, up to 3 months of salary support may be requested (for a maximum of $12,000 in salary compensation) by CAREER awardees.
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Established to encourage outstanding women and minority PhD recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California. Fellowships are awarded for research conducted at any one of University of California;s ten campuses. All applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and must hold or receive a PhD from an accredited university before the start of their fellowship. Online Application Deadline: November 1, 2013.
NSF-led Gender Summit 3 - North America Diversity Fuelling Excellence in Research and Innovation. The aim is to achieve positive change towards greater diversity in the STEM workforce and leadership, and greater inclusion of the "gender dimension" in research content and process.
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