Leader in education development delivers annual SPIRE lecture
| October 30, 2006 | |
| SPIRE, a UNC postdoctoral fellowship program, will host its seventh annual Distinguished Scholar Seminar on Friday, (Nov. 3) at 11 a.m. in Fox Auditorium, room L300 in the School of Nursing addition.Dr. Marian Johnson-Thompson, director of education and biomedical research development for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, will present “A Rewarding Biomedical Career: What is the Prescription for Success?”
Johnson-Thompson, who is also an adjunct professor in the School of Public Health, is active at in all levels of education and is an advocate for increasing the participation of underrepresented minorities and women in the biomedical sciences. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dale Beach, (919) 619-6070 or dale_beach@unc.edu. For more on SPIRE, visit http://spire.unc.edu/.
News Services contacts: L.J. Toler, (919) 962-8589; Clinton Colmenares, (919) 843-1991 or clinton_colmenares@unc.edu. School of Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, (919) 966-7467, ramona_dubose@unc.edu. |
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