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1999 Annual Spring Meeting - Agenda
 AGENDA

1999 ANDP Spring Meeting
Hyatt Regency Bethesda
Bethesda, MD
April 17-19, 1999

Saturday, April 17, 1999
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting
(Open to all members)
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ANDP Committee Meetings (Nominating & Membership Committees Only)
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. ANDP Opening Reception
Sunday, April 18, 1999
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Buffet
8:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Session I: The Future of Neuroscience Training
Moderator: R. Ranney Mize, LSU Medical Center
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Alvin Lazen, formerly National Research Council
"NRC Report on Career Trends in the Life Sciences: Facts & Conclusions"
9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Robert Fellows, University of Iowa
"The ANDP Survey: Scope and Design"
9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Ron Schoenfeld, National Institute of Mental Health
"The ANDP Survey: Results and Analysis"
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Joan Schwartz, National Institute Neurological Disorders & Stroke
"Post-doctoral Training at NIH: Mentoring Issues"
11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Walter Schaffer, Office of the Director, National Institute Health
"NIH Policies Related to the Support of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates"
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Question and Answer Period
12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch at the Hotel
1:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Session II: New Models for Neuroscience Training
Moderator: Kay Fite, University of Massachusetts
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Dennison Smith, Oberlin College
"Project Kaleidoscope: Developing Undergraduate Neuroscience"
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. John Boitano, Fairfield University
"Neuroscience Curricula for Undergraduates: A Survey"
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Melvin Billingsley, Pennsylvania State University
"New Models in Training: Combined PhD/MBA Programs"
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Kay Fite, University of Massachusetts
"Establishment of a 5-year Bachelor's/Master's Degree Track in Neuroscience and Behavior at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst"
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tom Fox, Harvard University
"Neuroscience Graduate Training: the Harvard Model"
4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Round Table Discussion
6:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. Open Bar
7:15 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. ANDP Banquet Dinner
Speaker: Joe Dan Coulter, University of Iowa
Monday, April 19, 1999
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Buffet
8:30 a.m. - noon Session III: Trends in Biomedical Research Funding
Moderator: Barbara Talamo, Tufts University School of Medicine
8:30 a.m.- 9:15 a.m. Alan Leshner, National Institute of Drug Abuse
"Neuroscience Research Funding: Present and Future"
9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Ellie Ehrenfeld, Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
"Neuroscience Study Sections: Scope and Plan"
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. - Noon Jack McLaughlin, National Eye Institute
Constance Atwell, National Institute Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Stephen Foote, National Institute of Mental Health
Kathie Olsen, National Science Foundation
Noon - 1:00 p.m. General Discussion, Box Lunch

 

 

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