Jocelyn Spragg Lecture & Career Panel

Date: 

Monday, April 30, 2018, 12:15pm to 1:15pm

Location: 

Goldenson 122, 200 Longwood Ave.

Speaker: Tracy L. Johnson, Professor Maria Rowena Ross Chair Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence, UCLA
Title: "RNA Splicing, Chromatin Modification, & the Coordinate Control of Gene Expression"
About: Please join us for the Annual Jocelyn Spragg Lecture and Career Paths Panel on Monday, April 30th at 12:15 PM in the Goldenson Building, Room 122 at Harvard Medical School (Career panels is at 4:30pm, details below). Our invited guest speaker is Dr. Tracy Johnson, Professor Maria Rowena Ross Chair of Cell Biology and Biochemistry and Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence at the University of California, Los Angeles. As part of this event, Dr. Johnson will be meeting with and talking to students and post-doctoral fellows during breakfast and lunch. Please click here for an opportunity to meet with Dr. Johnson. 
About the Jocelyn Spragg Lecture: This symposium is in memory of Dr. Jocelyn Spragg who was a strong advocate for women and minorities in science. She established one of the first summer programs for undergraduates in the US to increase diversity in science. * If you have any questions about the event, please send a message to knherrer@fas.harvard.edu
Career Panel: 
Monday, April 30th at 4:30 PM in the Cannon Room (Harvard Medical School) for a panel discussion about a variety of career paths beyond the PhD, followed by a reception with light refreshments.
Our panelists include:
Tracy Johnson, PhD, Professor Maria Rowena Ross Chair of Cell Biology and Biochemistry and Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Knatokie Ford, PhD (BBS '11), Senior Policy Advisor, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy during the Obama Administration, and Founder and CEO of Fly Sci Enterprise. 
Dodzie Sogah, PhD (BBS '08), Director of Business Development, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (2011-2016), Vice President of Corporate Development & Strategy at Scholar Rock.
Josef Kurtz, PhD (Immunology '02), Associate Dean of Natural Sciences, Emmanuel College.

Sponsored by Minority Biomedical Scientists of Harvard, with additional funding from Harvard Integrated Life Sciences, The COOP, Graduate Student Council, and the Division of Medical Sciences