Bent Hall Rm. 101C, Queens Campus
Guest
Speaker: Susan Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.
Careers in the STEM disciplines offer many opportunities and
more than a few challenges. While STEM trainees begin their careers
in an academic setting only a minority will stay in academia for an
entire career. Transitioning into different work sectors can
open up unexpected windows of opportunity but requires flexibility
and adaptability. It also requires an ability to translate
knowledge and skills gained during education into a variety of
contexts. For women, in addition to the typical career stresses
encountered by anyone fulfilling the expectations of a demanding
STEM career, there are the added challenges presented by gender
stereotypes, implicit bias, and societal norms regarding women’s
roles in family and community life. Fortunately, there are
strategies (e.g. joining organizations like AWIS) that can help you
assemble your talents, interests, and education into a rewarding
and fulfilling career.
About Susan Fitzpatrick
Susan Fitzpatrick, Ph.D. is Vice President of the James S.
McDonnell Foundation. The McDonnell Foundation is one of a limited
number of international grant-makers supporting university-based
research in the biological and behavioral sciences through
foundation-initiated programs via competitive, peer-review proposal
processes. She received a B.S. from St John’s University,
summa cum laude (1978), a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Neurology from
Cornell University Medical College (1984) and pursued post-doctoral
training with in vivo NMR spectroscopic studies of brain metabolism
in the Department of Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics at Yale
University.
Dr. Fitzpatrick served as the Associate Executive Director of
the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis (1989-1992), a comprehensive
basic science and applied science research center focused on
restoring neurological function to persons with spinal cord injury;
and as Executive Director of the Brain Trauma Foundation
(1992-1993), guiding the Foundation through a re-organization. In
1993 she joined the James S. McDonnell Foundation as the
Foundation’s first Program Officer and was promoted to Program
Director in 1997 and to Vice President in 2000. Dr. Fitzpatrick is
an adjunct associate professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy and
Occupational Therapy at Washington University School of Medicine
(St. Louis). She serves on the boards of the Association of Women
in Science, the Ontario Brain Institute, and the American
Occupational Therapy Foundation; and is a past member of the board
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Date: Monday, October 15th,
2012
Time: 1:50 PM - 3:15 PM
Location: Bent Hall Rm. 101C, Queens
Campus
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