Vox culture contributor Anne Helen Petersen talks with Liz O'Donnell, an advocate for working caregivers and the author of Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents While Making a Living. They talk about the emotional and financial costs of elder care in America, how the burden disproportionately falls on women, and what everyone should know before taking on a caregiving role

Date: December 16, 2021

Time: 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Location: Zoom

This December, the Karmanos Health Equity Book Club will be reading the book Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine. We are extremely pleased to announce that we will be joined by the author, Damon Tweedy, M.D. to discuss the book and his work.

Register to join us today! The webinar is limited to 500 people, so space is limited.

Date: November 12, 2021

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location: ZOOM

The Wayne State University School of Medicine Office of Faculty Affairs & Professional Development welcomes all members of our community to join us for a special interactive discussion.

Learning Objectives: This session will be presented by Ulliance EAP and WSU Wellness Program experts.

Learning Objectives:

1. Ability to recognize signs of post-traumatic stress in self and staff
2. Learn how to manage stressors, minimizing impact on health and team productivity
3. Confidence in utilizing Employee Assistance Services for self, and referring staff
4. Learn how wellness impacts effectiveness

Date: November 10, 2021

Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Location: Zoom

In this Town Hall event, the WSU-GEARS team will present and discuss the findings from our Baseline Survey. The goal of the Wayne State University Gender Equity Advances Retention in STEM (WSU-GEARS) is to hire, retain, and advance diverse women faculty in physical, life, and social sciences; technology; engineering; and mathematics disciplines (STEM).

We administered our Baseline Survey to full-time faculty at Wayne State in Winter 2021. The purpose of the survey was to understand the employee context during the first year of the grant program. The survey captured such information as family composition, social identities, and general perceptions of experiences as a WSU employee, satisfaction with the institution’s response to COVID-19, and three barriers (toxic work environment, work/family/life strains, and hidden workloads) that have been identified as obstacles for underrepresented women in STEM.  

Application Due: November, 30 before 1:00 pm

The AACR Career Development Award to Further Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Clinical Cancer Research has been established to support the development and diversity of highly talented cancer researchers from underrepresented groups (as per NIH guidelines) in the field of clinical cancer research.

Letter of Intent Deadline: 

December 14

Awards will be given to mid-career investigators who are members of racial and/or ethnic groups traditionally excluded in academic medicine and biomedical research, and who wish to conduct original breast cancer research not currently funded.