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SUMMARY
ASSOCIATION OF NEUROSCIENCE
DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS
FALL MEETING SUMMARY
Loews Miami Beach
Miami, FL
OCTOBER 23, 1999
The ANDP held its annual Fall Meeting and
Banquet on Saturday, October 23, at the Loews Miami Beach, in Miami,
Florida. This year, ANDP initiated a new program for graduate students
and postdoctoral trainees, the ANDP Training Fellowships. The program is
designed to develop leadership skills in neuroscience training and
education by involving trainees in policy issues that concern leaders in
academia and scientific and government agencies. The five new fellows
for 1999-2000 were introduced at the meeting. They are postdoctoral
fellows Laura Stone (Oregon Health Sciences University, Vollum
Institute); Benjamin Walker (Georgetown University Medical Center); Anne
Baldwin (University of Wisconsin-Madison); Annette Gilchrist
(Northwestern University); and graduate student Anita McCauley (Wake
Forest University). These Fellows will be responsible for developing a
session at the Spring meeting of ANDP, which will be held at Georgetown
University Conference Center in Washington, D.C., May 6-8, 2000. The
Fellows program is supported in part by royalties derived from the new
textbook, Fundamental Neuroscience, published by Academic Press. A more
detailed description of the program can be found on the ANDP web site: www.andp.org/fellows.htm
.
A highlight of the banquet was the
presentation of two major awards given by ANDP. About 65 attendees
were present for the presentation to the Education Award winner for
1999, Michael Zigmond, Ph.D.,
of the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Floyd Bloom, a previous winner of
the ANDP Education Award, introduced Dr. Zigmond and remarked on his
many contributions to neuroscience training and education. In
particular, he noted his role in spearheading publication of the new
textbook, Fundamental Neuroscience, and his role in developing workshops
for trainees and educators that emphasize strategies for optimizing the
training period and for choosing and obtaining a job.
 A
Distinguished Service Award was presented to Ms.
Nancy Beang, Executive Director of the Society for Neuroscience, in
recognition of her support and management contributions to the ANDP
during the years that its administration was housed in the Society for
Neuroscience headquarters in Washington, D.C. Dr. James Blankenship,
former President of ANDP, of the U. Texas described the development of
ANDP, its relationship to the Society for Neuroscience and collaboration
with the Society in lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill during the early
part of its history. He noted Ms. Beang's many contributions to
the development of these successful organizations.
ANDP sponsored two other events in Miami
Beach. On Saturday, October 23, ANDP and NIMH co-sponsored a workshop on
Job-Seeking and Granting skills, organized by Dr. Michael Zigmond and
Ms. Beth Fischer. An enthusiastic audience interacted with the guest
speakers representing careers in industry (Eli Lilly), scientific
publishing (Academic Press), undergraduate science teaching (Davidson
College) and (scientific administration) NIMH. Doug Meinecke from NIMH
discussed granting strategies and policies. On Monday, Oct. 25, the
second annual ANDP Forum on Graduate Training in Neuroscience featured
the presentation and discussion of data from two surveys of graduate
training and careers. Dr. Ranney Mize (Louisiana State University)
organized the presentations of the third ANDP Five Year Survey by Dr.
Ron Schoenfeld of NIMH (currently an IPA fellow with ANDP) and of the
National Research Council Report on Trends in the Early Careers of Life
Scientists, by Dr. Corey Goodman (U.California, Berkeley). Concerns
about interpretation and potential usage of the data to determine
training policy were represented in a lively panel discussion with the
presenters, Dr. Connie Atwell, of NINDS and Nicholas Brecha (U.
California, Los Angeles).
As in previous years, ANDP and the
Society for Neuroscience co-sponsored the Student Hospitality Suite,
open daily from 8 AM to 5 PM as a retreat from the hubbub of the
meeting. Students greatly appreciate having a spot of their own.
Volunteer graduate students from a variety of training programs manned
the site. They received ANDP T-shirts and reimbursement for meeting
registration in return for their services.
New officers of ANDP assumed their duties
at this meeting: Barbara R. Talamo (Tufts University School of Medicine)
President, Edward Stricker (University of Pittsburgh) President-Elect,
Cheryl Sisk (Michigan State) Treasurer, and Leslie P. Tolbert (U.
Arizona) Councilor. We appreciate the valuable contributions of outgoing
Treasurer George Rebec (Indiana University), Councilor Dennison Smith
(Oberlin College), and are particularly appreciative of the services of
Ranney Mize (Louisiana State University), who served as Past President
and also acted as Co-President with Barbara Talamo (President-Elect)
during the past year.
Please note that ANDP has moved its
administrative offices. Our new office is located on the FASEB campus in
Bethesda, MD. Address: ANDP, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD.
20814-3998. Phone: 301 530-7120.
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