The Office of Health Sciences Education, The Office for Continuous Professional Development and
the Academy for Excellence in Education
present
Contact
Mary Ann NicholsVanderbilt University
maryann.nichols@vanderbilt.edu
615-936-8510
Where
202 Light HallHealth Sciences Education Grand Rounds
Monday, March 20, 2017
202 Light Hall
12:00 - 1:00 pm
"Strategies to Recruit, Retain and Sustain Physician Researchers"
P. Kay Lund, PhD
Director, Division of Biomedical Research Workforce
Office of Extramural Research,
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
A boxed lunch will be provided for all registrants.
Please register below by Friday, March 17, 2017
About Dr. Lund:
Dr. P. Kay Lund is Director of a new Division of Biomedical Research Workforce in the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The division has responsibilities for policy and extramural programs related to training, career development and diversity of the biomedical research workforce. The division also performs research and economic analyses to predict workforce trends and future needs.
Dr. Lund joined NIH from a career in academia including appointments at the Massachusetts General Hospital and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she held the endowed Sarah Graham Kenan Professorship in Cell Biology and Physiology, with joint appointments as Professor in Pediatrics and Nutrition. She has mentored large numbers of biomedical researchers from undergraduate students to faculty including Ph.D. and MD scientists. Dr. Lund has published widely in her scientific discipline and has also written articles about broadening definitions of career outcomes for Ph.D. scientists see (The Flexible Ph.D. Gastroenterology, 203 125:1301).
Dr. Lund serves as co-chair of the NIH Working Group on Strengthening the Biomedical Workforce which advises on the BEST program geared towards Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training.
CME Credit:
Sponsored by Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Office for Health Sciences Education, Educator Development Core, The Office for Continuous Development and the Academy for Excellence in Education.