All Entries Tagged With: "University of California San Francisco"
Eight Women Academics Given Prestigious Honors
The honorees are Dolores M. Shoback, Natalie Winklefoos, Lesley Farmer, Mary Louise Petersen, Dawn J. Wright, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Colette Heald, and Roslin Growe.
Neurobiologist Cori Bargmann to Be Awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal
Cori Bargmann, the Torsten N. Wiesel Professor and the director of the Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at Rockefeller University in New York City, has been selected to receive the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
Nine Women Appointed to New Faculty Positions
The nine women taking on new faculty roles are Beverly McIver, Stacy Reischman Fletcher, Codrina Popescu, Jung Eun Lee, Claire Max, Jennifer R. Grandis, Ellen Weber, Theresa A. Johnson, and Susan Schneider.
Two Women Are New Bloomberg Distinguished Professors at Johns Hopkins University
Patricia H. Janak comes to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore from the University of California, San Francisco. Kathleen M. Sutcliffe held an endowed chair at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Five Women Honored With Awards From the National Academy of Sciences
Allison J. Doupe, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Deborah S. Jin, Rebecca Saxe, and Elizabeth Shilin Spelke are honored.
UCSF Chancellor Appointed Head of the Gates Foundation
In 2009, Susan Desmond-Hellmann became the first woman chancellor of the University of California at San Francisco. Previously, she directed all pharmaceutical clinical trials for Genetech.
University Study Finds Women Who Take the Pill Face a Greater Risk of Glaucoma
The University of California study examined more than 3,400 women over the age of 40. The women who had taken birth control pills for more than three years were twice as likely to be diagnosed with glaucoma, a disease that slowly damages the optic nerve.
Nursing Dean at the University of Virginia Earns Second Five-Year Term
Dorrie K. Fontaine was named dean in 2008. She is the Sadie Heath Cabaniss Professor of Nursing at the school and is the founder of the Compassionate Care Initiative. Earlier she was associate dean for academic programs and clinical professor at the University of California San Francisco.
Eleven Women in New Administrative Positions at Colleges and Universities
The 11 women taking on new administrative roles in higher education are: Valandra German, Tracey Criss, Gina Eubanks, Claire Wurmfeld, J. Renee Navarro, Sarah Schroth, Gina Siesing, Erin McDermott, Ronna Vanderslice, Danielle Wood, and Nicole Norian.
Three Women Among the 2013 Searle Scholars
The Searle Scholars program is reserved for young scholars at the assistant professor level in the chemical or biological sciences. Each winner receives an award of $300,000 to support their work over the next three years.
Two Women Scholars Honored by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Tejai Desai of the University of California at San Francisco and Jean Nappi of the South Carolina College of Pharmacy will receive their awards in July.
Four Women Receive Minority Nurse Faculty Scholar Awards
In return for funding for their graduate studies, the women agree to seek teaching jobs at nursing schools once they earn their Ph.D.
Dr. Mary McGrath Honored by the American College of Surgeons
She is a professor of surgery in the division of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of California at San Francisco.
A Trio of Award Winners
Beth Maloch, Kathleen Dracup and Lynn Obrbillig are honored.
