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Women in Science Scholars Program

Dear all,

It is time again to select two GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Women in Science scholars - one from the Biology Department and one from the Chemistry Department. Since 1993, the Women in Science Scholars Program has opened doors for students by offering a unique educational opportunity to young women that combines scholarship funds with a mentoring program. This program provides female students with professional guidance from women who have excelled in various scientific fields at GSK.

To participate in this program,

A student:

  • should have a sophomore or junior standing the year the initial award is made
  • must demonstrate interest in the sciences and maintain a 3.0 GPA based on a 4.0 scale
  • should desire a mentoring relationship
  • is asked to attend the annual meeting and spring conference and meet with her mentor at GSK in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
  • is encouraged to invite her mentor to visit her on campus
  • should have biweekly email or phone contact with her mentor

A mentor:

  • offers the scholar one-on-one interaction and perspectives on working in the sciences
  • shepherds the scholar through the complexities of the myths and mysteries of the sciences
  • explains practical strategies involved in applying to graduate schools, employment experiences and networking
  • provides academic and moral support to scholars by phone calls, meetings and email.

The monetary value of the scholarship is approximately $1000 per year, but the true value rests in the contacts and experiences with female scientists at GSK along with the prestige of having been awarded this scholarship.

If you have a student you would like to nominate, please let me know as soon as possible.

Thanks.
Laura W. Schrum, PhD
Associate Professor
Coordinator, Honors in Biology
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Department of Biology

New Women With Endowed Faculty Position at UNC Charlotte

Pinku Mukherjee, Irwin Belk Distinguished Scholar in Cancer Research

Mukherjee comes to UNC Charlotte from the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., where she was an Associate Professor of Immunology and Director of the Cellular Immunology Laboratory. Mukherjee’s research focuses on the development of efficient and targeted immune modulating therapies delivered directly to the tumor site in breast and pancreatic cancers.

Mary Ann Nies, Carol Grotes Belk Endowed Chair in Nursing.

Nies comes from Stony Brook University, where she served as Assistant Vice President of Health Services for Research in Community Health since 2005. Nies also was a Professor of Nursing and a Professor of Preventative Medicine and she was the Helene Fuld Health Trust Leadership for Academic Nursing Fellow in 2004-2005.

Laura Talbot, Dean W. Colvard Distinguished Professorship in Nursing.

Since 2003, Talbot has been an associate professor and deputy director of the PhD program in the Graduate School of Nursing at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. Talbot also served as Mobilization Assistant to the Surgeon General for the Air Force District of Washington, D.C., where she was the Commander’s principal advisor. Talbot also was responsible for assisting in the planning and implementation of Air Force and joint medical solutions for Air and Space Expeditionary Force deployment, homeland operations and joint operations within the National Capitol Region. Her current funded TriService Nursing study is is to test two different approaches to prosthetic rehabilitation as potential treatments for improving muscle strength, pain and functional performance of daily activities in war injured military personnel with a lower extremity amputation.

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