Thursday • September 03, 2020
Research Funding Announcements and Events Professional Development
Research Funding
MRA 2020 - 2021 RFP: New Special Opportunity Supporting Melanoma Brain Metastasis Research

The Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) is pleased to announce a Second Release of its Request for Proposals (RFP) for pre-clinical, translational, and early clinical research.

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DEADLINE REMINDER: PSOM Limited Application - Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Program
calendar September 8, 2020

Johnson & Johnson‘s (J&J) invites applications for the WiSTEM2D Scholars Program, an award to support women pursuing research in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design.

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15TH Annual CEET Symposium
calendar September 30, 2020

The CEET is pleased to announce its 15th Annual Symposium. This year, the Symposium will be an online virtual event and the theme is ‘Environmental Exposures & Cancer‘.

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Announcements and Events
Penn Childcare Resources and Support

Caregiving can be a challenge during the best of times. Meeting your childcare needs during a global pandemic can be even more stressful.

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Breaking News in Benjamin Rush History!
calendar September 8, 2020

Benjamin Rush biographer and Penn faculty member Stephen Fried will discuss new access to Rush’s writings.

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COVID's Impact on Life Science Investing: Opportunities and Challenges
calendar September 10, 2020

Barbara Shilberg, Managing Director and CEO, BioAdvance, will discuss how Covid-19 has impacted VC funding for life sciences discoveries.

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Professional Development
The American Health Care System (online graduate course)

In this 6-week online course, learn about the historical development of the American Health Care system and policies from the turn of the Twentieth Century to the present. Tuition benefits apply.

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Evaluating Health Policy and Programs (online graduate course)

This 6-week online course provides an overview of fundamental concepts and empirical methods in the analysis of health policies and programs. Faculty tuition benefits apply.

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Health Care Operations (online graduate course)

In this 6-week online course, learn to apply state-of-the-art innovation methodologies to improve health care for patients, clinicians, and organizations. Faculty tuition benefits apply.

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Translating Ideas Into Outcomes (online graduate course)

This 6-week online course guides you through the development of innovation projects from idea generation, through problem definition, testing, and preparing for delivery. Tuition benefits apply.

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Writing Letters of Recommendation for Trainees Online (12/7-12/18)

Participants will learn key tips for getting started with writing a LoR, how to structure a LoR, identify and avoid common mistakes, and to understand options for when trainees request letters.

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Managing Discriminatory Patient Encounters While Teaching (Online Course) 11/30 - 12/11

Course participants will learn to describe the ERASE (Expect, Recognize, Address, Support Encourage) Framework.

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Your First Years as PSOM Faculty: Connection to Success

There are so many university, school, and health system resources available to PSOM faculty, it often takes years to discover even a fraction of them. Don’t wait years. Find out who and what is here to support you in your research, teaching, and clinical efforts.

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Teaching at PSOM 101 Online (9/14-10/2)

Teaching at PSOM 101 covers best practices and recommended pedagogical strategies for teaching and foundations for providing effective feedback to trainees.

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Providing Effective Feedback II Online (10/19-11/6)

Providing Effective Feedback to Trainees is an online course that will run via Canvas and cover best practices and pedagogically sound strategies for providing effective feedback to trainees.

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