KEYNOTE SESSION

9am-9:50 Arizona | 10-10:50 New Mexico | 12pm-12:50 Florida | 1300-1350 Argentina

To enter session rooms, please click on the links below each room number. Links will be active only on the day of the conference.

Keynote sessions will be recorded for post-conference viewing by registered attendees. Be sure to register if you would like access to the workshop recordings.

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Dr. Andrea romero

Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Professor of Family Studies and Human Development, The University of Arizona

Dr. Andrea Romero became the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at the University of Arizona in January 2019. She is the lead administrator on faculty matters related to professional development, career advancement, and support which include hiring, promotion, annual and five-year reviews, leadership development, and diversity initiatives for tenure-track, career-track, continuing status professionals, and academic administrators.

Dr. Romero has many years of experience in promoting strong mentoring relationships in her own work, as well as supporting faculty and students to grow in their knowledge, understanding, and practice of good mentoring. Dr. Romero is a Professor of Family Studies and Human Development with an extensive record of teaching and research. Dr. Romero’s scholarly work has examined community-based participatory action research methods to end health disparities in underprivileged communities. In addition to authoring two books and publishing numerous research articles, her externally funded research agenda has looked to build community partnerships to help find solutions with the common goal of equity and social justice. She has received numerous awards for her leadership and service, including the Cesar Chavez Award, the Dr. Alfredo De Los Santos Award for Service and Teaching, Mujer en la Lucha Award, the Woman of the Year Award by the Hispanic Professional Action Committee, and the Richard Ruiz Diversity Leadership Faculty Award.

Keynote conversation with dr. andrea romero

Reciprocity in Mentoring: Strengthening Research and Researchers

Keynote Facilitator: Dr. Karna Walter, Assistant Dean for Student Engagement, W.A. Franke Honors College, The University of Arizona

As undergraduate students enter into research, having a good faculty mentor can make the difference in strengthening self-confidence, building research skills, and establishing readiness for graduate school or other experiences after graduation. Faculty benefit from relationships with mentees as well, since mentees offer fresh ideas, perspectives and energy to their shared work. Mentor-mentee relationships can also be a source of personal joy and satisfaction as people get to know each other beyond the research that drew them together initially.

More prepared and supported researchers do better research; this session will discuss the positive gains that can happen when collaborators are moving in the same direction to make progress on their goals. Strong mentoring relationships are one prong of the strategy to do good research.

In this Keynote Conversation, Dr. Romero will draw on her expertise to discuss good mentoring, identifying and establishing a relationship with a research mentor, and building reciprocity between the mentor and mentee. This keynote will leave room for attendees’ questions about making the most of mentoring.

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Dra. teresa damiani

Profesora titular por concurso de Química Biológica en la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo

María Teresa Damiani, Farmacéutica, Bioquímica y Doctora en Bioquímica. Investigadora Principal de CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas). Fundadora y directora del Instituto de Bioquímica y Biotecnología y Jefa del Laboratorio de Bioquímica e Inmunidad en el IMBECU (Instituto de Medicina y Biología Experimental de Cuyo). Profesora titular por concurso de Química Biológica en la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. I. Secretaria de Investigación, internacionales y posgrado de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo.

María Teresa Damiani is a Pharmacist, Biochemist, and Doctor in Biochemistry. She is a Principal Investigator at CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council). Founder and Director of the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology and Head of the Biochemistry and Immunity Laboratory at IMBECU (Institute of Experimental Medicine and Biology of Cuyo). She is also a Full Professor of Biological Chemistry at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the National University of Cuyo. Additionally, she serves as Secretary of Research, International Affairs, and Graduate Studies at the National University of Cuyo

discurso de apertura con dra. teresa damiani

¿Qué es ser científico?

Ser científico o científica es una aventura asombrosa, que desafía en forma constante los límites del conocimiento. Abrazar la ciencia como modo de vida y como herramienta de trabajo implica atreverse a cuestionar lo conocido y asomarse al abismo de lo no conocido, de lo aún no descubierto. Es una experiencia única e irrepetible porque cada trayectoria depende del objeto o tema de estudio y de las hipótesis formuladas para desentrañarlo. Es una tarea ardua y demandante, que impregna todos los momentos del día... y a veces también de la noche, que requiere esfuerzo y dedicación. Pero conocer lo desconocido, comprobar una hipótesis, realizar un descubrimiento, entender cómo funciona algo o cómo funcionamos los seres vivos, son tareas sumamente gratificantes. Hay muchos mitos sobre los científicos, estereotipos que deforman la realidad sobre quiénes son y qué hacen. Los científicos hacen ciencia, lo más elaborado que el hombre es capaz de hacer.

Los invitamos a participar de una charla que muestre desde la propia experiencia ¿Qué es ser científico?

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