Below is an announcement for a conference on teaching survival skills and
ethics. There are a limited number of conference fellowships available from
the sponsors to fund travel, food, and housing expenses. If any faculty
from SUNY Oneonta are interested in attending, and can get a fellowship,
please contact me, I might be able to fund the registration fee.
Jim Greenberg, Director TLTC.
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From: Survival Skills & Ethics Program, U of Pitt
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Sent: Mon 2/20/2006 3:46 PM
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Subject: 12th Annual Conference on Teaching Survival Skills & Ethics
Wešre writing to inform you of the availability of fellowships to support
the attendance of individuals at the 12 th Annual Conference on Teaching
Survival Skills and Ethics to be held June 11-16, 2006, in Snowmass,
Colorado. This 5-day trainer-of-trainers conference, which is funded by the
National Institutes of Health, is designed to prepare faculty and
administrators to establish or improve instruction in the responsible
conduct of research and in professional development (e.g., writing research
articles and grant applications; making oral presentations and teaching;
funding employment; hiring, supervising, and mentoring).
Members of the conference faculty include Gary Comstock (Professor and
Director of the Research Ethics Program, North Carolina State University),
Debra Parrish (Partner at Parrish Law Offices, specializing in research
integrity and intellectual property law), David Jensen (professional career
counselor and contributor to Science Next Wave), Jeffrey Kahn (Professor and
Director, University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics), Julio Ramirez
(Professor, Davidson College), Craig Wilcox(Professor of Chemistry,
University of Pittsburgh), and Clayton Wiley (Professor of Pathology and
Director of MD/PhD Program, University of Pittsburgh.)
Individuals attending the conference will receive an extensive set of
lecture outlines, ethics cases, student handouts, readings, slides, and a
comprehensive bibliography. Attendance is limited to 50 persons and
applications are considered on a rolling basis. More information on the
conference, including the application form, is available on our website
http://www.survival.pitt.edu/events/trainer.asp.
There are a number of conference fellowships available, which cover travel,
lodging, food, and all but $350 of the registration fee.
Please let us know if there is any additional information you would like us
to provide. We hope that you or one of your colleagues will be able to
participate in the conference.
Sincerely,
Beth A. Fischer and Michael J. Zigmond
Co-directors, Survival Skills and Ethics Program
University of Pittsburgh
Hieber Building , Suite 202
3500 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh , PA 15213
Phone: 412-578-3716
Fax: 412-578-3790
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