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Gender Bias Under the Microscope: Rosalind Franklin University's Inaugural Women in Medicine and Science Symposium
September 23, 2016
Rosalind Franklin University

8:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:50 a.m.
Welcome / Opening of Symposium
  • Wendy Rheault, PT, PHD, FASAHP, FNAP, Provost
9:00 a.m.
Dr. Franklin's Legacy
  • Rosalind Franklin, RFU Trustee
9:20 a.m.
Plenary
Gender Bias and the Human Genome:
The Case for Diversity in Biomedical Discovery
  • Sarah Richardson, PhD, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University
10:15 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
Panel
Women's Progress and the Barriers to Diversity in Science and Health care
  • Panelists:
    • Neelum T. Aggarwal, MD, '92, Clinical Core Co-Leader, Department of Neurological Sciences at Rush University Medical Center
    • Philip Hadjuk, Vice President, R&D Information Research for AbbVie
    • Ramona Sequeira, MBA, President, United States Business Unit, Takeda
    • Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD, MS, Senior Vice President of Community Health & Equity and Chief Wellness and Diversity Officer at Henry Ford Health System
  • Moderated by:
    • K. Michael Welch, MB, CHB, FRCP, President and CEO of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
11:30 a.m.
Lunch hour Workshops
  • Sexism in Medicine: Monica Vela, MD, University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine
  • High-impact Negotiation Skills: Abbie Wazlawek, PhD, Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management
  • Enlisting Male Advocates and Allies: Jonathan Eisen, PhD, University of California, Davis
  • Overcoming Stereotype Threat: Anna Kaatz, PhD, MPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1:00 p.m.
Ruth M. Rothstein Keynote Lecture
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
  • Mahzarin Banaji, PhD, Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Harvard University
3:00 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m.
Panel
Overcoming Implicit Bias to Foster Better Research and Health care
  • Panelists:
    • Monica Vela, MD, University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine
    • Jonathan Eisen, PhD, University of California at Davis
    • Abbie Wazlawek, PhD, Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management
    • Anna Kaatz, PhD, MPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Moderated by:
    • Mildred M. G. Olivier, MD, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Global Health Chair for Chicago Medical School and Professor of Ophthalmology at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
4:15 p.m.
Closing Plenary
The Only Woman in the Room
  • Eileen Pollack, Professor, Helen Zell MFA Program in Creative Writing, University of Michigan
5:30 p.m.
Networking Reception and Exhibit
7:00 p.m.
Stage Reading
Photograph 51 by Anna Ziegler
  • Produced by The Theatre School at DePaul University

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