AAMC STAT, January 7, 2013:

Call for Abstracts for AAMC 2013 Integrating Quality Meeting
The annual AAMC Integrating Quality Meeting in June, which will bring together health care leaders, educators, residents, and students from the medical education and health professions communities to share strategies for enhancing the culture of quality in clinical care and education, is accepting abstracts until Jan. 18.  Proposals are being sought for poster presentations, interactive workshops and sessions, and selected plenary presentations in the following areas: approaches to improving value and educating for quality; aligning strategy for health reform and changes in the regulatory environment; team-based and interprofessional approaches to quality improvement; and student and trainee initiatives in quality improvement and patient safety.  To learn more, visit the meeting's Web page.

AAMC CAS-Chairs, January 7, 2013:

The "call for proposals" deadline for the AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion's annual professional development meeting is January 18th. The meeting will be held May 16-19, 2013 in Toronto.

ASPH Friday Letter, December 21, 2012:

Academic Public Health Caucus Call for Abstracts Now Open: Deadline February 4

The Academic Public Health Caucus is now accepting abstracts for the 141st APHA Annual Meeting. The caucus solicits abstracts for oral and poster session formats during the meeting. Consideration will be given to abstracts that: (a) promote the caucus purpose; (b) address one or more of the caucus' topic areas; and (c) fulfill the abstract criteria. The deadline for submission for the Academic Public Health Caucus is Monday, February 4, 2013.

The American Medical Women's Association annual meeting will take place March 15-17, 2013 at the New York Palace Hotel. The largest networking event of the year is AMWA's annual meeting. It is the leading strategic career and personal development conference for women physicians, medical students and residents. Session topics range from mentoring and breaking the glass ceiling to issues in global women's health such as advances in vascular surgery, cardiovascular disease in women, inflammatory skin disorders, arthritis, bleeding disorders and imaging in gynecologic oncology. AMWA invites women in medicine to attend this meeting and learn from pre-eminent women physician leaders of today and tomorrow. Registration is now open.

Registration is open for the Center for Courage & Renewal's 2nd Annual Health Care Institute: Integrity in Health Care: The Courage to Lead in a Changing Landscape, April 24-27, 2013 in Chaska, MN.

Get details and register now for Integrity in Health Care.
 

The next Courage to Lead, a program of leadership development and renewal for leaders in healthcare and other serving professions, begins in October 2013.  Visit www.pennywilliamson.net for information.

Associated Press, December 30, 2012:

Nobel scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies in Rome

Rita Levi-Montalcini, a biologist who conducted underground research in defiance of Fascist persecution and went on to win a Nobel Prize for helping unlock the mysteries of the cell, died at her home in Rome on Sunday. She was 103 and had worked well into her final years.

The Huffington Post, January 8, 2013:

The 24 Best Moments For Women In 2012

This year has been ... interesting for women. Some of 2012 was rough going -- see many idiotic, offensive comments male Republican lawmakers and candidates made about women's bodies, health and reproductive rights. Then came the news that women still aren't getting any more of the top jobs in companies. Meanwhile, we lost Helen Gurley Brown, the woman who told the world that single women they deserved satisfying sex lives and careers, and the inimitable Nora Ephron, who wrote female characters women actually recognized.

But there were also great moments for women in 2012, lots of them. Here are our 24 favorite...