Providing Diverse Trainees an Early and Transparent Introduction to Academic Appointment and Promotion Processes.

IntroductionThe growth in number of medical schools and increased numbers of faculty tracks have combined with evolving criteria for promotion to trigger a call for greater transparency of academic appointment and promotion processes. Most vulnerable to confusion about these changes are first-generation and diverse medical students and residents, the upstream pipeline of the academic medicine workforce. Diverse medical students have expressed diminished interest in academia because of perceived obstacles in appointment and promotion processes.MethodsThis workshop was designed to utilize didactics and career reflection exercises to help trainees learn: (1) how to define core terms related to academic appointment and promotion processes, (2) how to compare data elements for different CVs and portfolios, (3) common steps in submitting a promotion package, and (4) that they can immediately begin to document content for academic CVs, portfolios, and promotion packages.ResultsOne hundred forty-five diverse participants completed an evaluation at eight conferences across the U.S. More than 90% strongly agreed or agreed that the aforementioned objectives were met. Participants commented that the workshop was "illuminating," was "very informative," and "provided an inside look of how faculty are evaluated." Results showed an immediate impact on participants' self-reported confidence to negotiate appointment and promotion processes.DiscussionIncreases in self-rated confidence to negotiate appointment and promotion processes may help sustain trainees' interest in becoming future faculty. Further monitoring will be needed to determine if early exposure to these concepts improves probability of seeking, obtaining, and maintaining appointments

RegenBase: a knowledge base of spinal cord injury biology for translational research.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) research is a data-rich field that aims to identify the biological mechanisms resulting in loss of function and mobility after SCI, as well as develop therapies that promote recovery after injury. SCI experimental methods, data and domain knowledge are locked in the largely unstructured text of scientific publications, making large scale integration with existing bioinformatics resources and subsequent analysis infeasible. The lack of standard reporting for experiment variables and results also makes experiment replicability a significant challenge. To address these challenges, we have developed RegenBase, a knowledge base of SCI biology. RegenBase integrates curated literature-sourced facts and experimental details, raw assay data profiling the effect of compounds on enzyme activity and cell growth, and structured SCI domain knowledge in the form of the first ontology for SCI, using Semantic Web representation languages and frameworks. RegenBase uses consistent identifier schemes and data representations that enable automated linking among RegenBase statements and also to other biological databases and electronic resources. By querying RegenBase, we have identified novel biological hypotheses linking the effects of perturbagens to observed behavioral outcomes after SCI. RegenBase is publicly available for browsing, querying and download.Database URL:http://regenbase.org

The Grizzly, November 30, 1984

Board Approves $825 Increase in Annual Tuition, Room and Board • Glick Summons Students: Wood Responds to Roving Reporter • Shorts: Messiah; Spring Jobs; Ice Fishing • Hoop Team Upsets West Chester in Opener • Booters Finish Great Season • Mers and Vers Attend Bloomsburg Invitational • Whatley Plans to Expand Intramurals • Co-ed Volleyball Ends • Fencing in First Competition • Scenes From the Soccer Seasonhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1129/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, February 22, 1985

Auto Blaze Cuts Phone Service • New Forensics Society Competing Successfully • All is Well With All\u27s Well Cast • Career Program Scheduled • Students Invited to Presidential Symposium • Pi Gamma Mu Seeks New Members • UC Selected for Ed Project • Bloodmobile Here in March • Nutrition Forum Tuesday • Bears Beat Swarthmore to Finish Season • Baseball Trains for Season and Florida Trip • Carr Puts Teams in Drive • Wellness Week Aimed at Promoting Overall Health • Night on Ice Scheduledhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1134/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, December 9, 1983

Ursinus Continues Excellence in Chemistry • Letters to the Editor • Heads\u27 Album Hits Charts • Aquabears Triumphant in Warrender\u27s Last Meet • Women\u27s Basketball Hustles to Two Victories • Mercer Wins Fencing Tourney • Thoma Leads Bears Over Haverfordhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1110/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, April 19, 1984

New Facilities Will Result in Improved English, Modern Language Departments • UC Backs Hart at Bloomsburg Convention • Stress Management Topic of Lecture • Collector\u27s Plates Displayed at Ursinus • Beverly Oehlert Makes a Difference • The Elvis Brothers: Movin\u27 Up • Team Effort Produces Wins for Softball • Ursinus Professor Reviews Books • Men\u27s Lacrosse Evens Record at 3-3 • Men\u27s Track Off to Quick Start • Netmen Victorious • Grizzlies Drop Game to Widener • UC Women Spark Olympic Field Hockey Team to the Gold • Women\u27s Tennis Wins Three; Record Is 4-3 • Grizzly Bears Fell Into a Tailspin • Ursinus Golf Team Begins Spring Seasonhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1117/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, March 1, 1985

Students Recapture Bear • Road Crews Close Route 29 • Future of Greeks Depends Upon Pledging • Letters: Softball Team Wants Recognition; Inconsiderate Students Annoy Peers; Students Must Grow Up • Springsteen Wins His First Grammy • A Passage to India Deserves a Ten Rating • Van Morrison Comes Back • Profile: Local Man Leads Different Sort of Life • Campus Priest Popular with Students • Men\u27s Track Goes to MAC\u27s • Choir, Orchestra to Perform Handel • Scenes From the Show • Nobel Prize Winner to Speak Tuesday • Fraternity Pledging Underwayhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1135/thumbnail.jp