WHEN: June 8-11, 2008
WHERE: UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
UNC Chapel Hill’s SPIRE program hosted this year’s annual IRACDA Conference bringing together the eleven currently funded programs from across the country. IRACDA scholars, PIs, faculty, staff and NIGMS administration participated in professional development workshops, panel discussions, talks, and poster sessions. A total of 154 attendees participated in the conference.
Conference Agenda and Resources
Monday June 9, 2008
- Genetic Scale-up Goes Public – Genotyping in the Consumer World
- Center for Genomics and Society – UNC Chapel Hill
- Academic Careers: Roles, Responsibilities, and Responses
- Dr. Kay Lund- Professor, Cell & Molecular Physiology, UNC Chapel Hill
- Teaching Workshop – “Backwards Course Design”
- Dr. Ed Neal – UNC Center for Teaching and Learning
- Ed Neal’s handout (PDF format)
- Approaches to education, teaching, and what works and what doesn’t
- Dr. Richard Superfine – Professor, Physics and Astronomy, UNC Chapel Hill
- Dr. Frank Church – Professor, Pathology, UNC Chapel Hill Church.ppt
- Dr. Greg Goins – Associate Professor, Biology, North Carolina A&T University Goins.ppt
Tuesday June 10, 2008
- Financial Planning Seminar for IRACDA Scholars
- TIAA-CREF representatives
- Reality Checks for the New Faculty Hire: Understanding the Culture
- Dr. Goldie Byrd – Professor, Biology, North Carolina A&T University
- Dr. Joe Thompson – Assistant Professor, Biology, Franklin & Marshall College
- Dr. Christina Burch – Biology, UNC Chapel Hill
- Approaches to Research-based Courses in Science
- Dr. Le Paliulis – Paliulis.ppt
- Drs. Kowalski and Liu – Kowalski and Liu.ppt
- Drs. Hester, Juarez, and Villa – Hester et al.ppt
- Dr. Peprah – Peprah.ppt
- Fundable Grants: Understanding the Review Process
- Dr. Bob Duronio – Professor, Biology, UNC Chapel Hill
- Dr. Allyn Howlett – Professor, Physiology, Wake Forest University
- Dr. Goldie Byrd – Professor, Biology, North Carolina A&T University
- Dr. Adrienne Cox – Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, UNC Chapel Hill
- Dr. Doug Cyr – Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology, UNC Chapel Hill
- Fundable Grants.ppt
- The Grant Writing Experience and Managing the Funded Grant
- Dr. Bob Poage – Assistant Professor, Biology, UNC Pembroke
- Dr. Dinitra White – Assistant Professor, Biology, North Carolina A&T University
- Dr. Mitch McVey – Assistant. Professor, Biology, Tufts University