[apiSARSEMT] Minorities in Research Science Conference

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Greetings,
 
Below is a press release on our upcoming Minorities in Research Science
Conference, September 15 - 17 at the Baltimore Convention Center.  In
addition to a free Diversity Career Fair for professionals and a free
Career Fair for students, we will feature a Town Hall Meeting on
Healthcare Disparity in Minority Communities, featuring the leading
legislator on healthcare issues, Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, the
Director of the Center for Health Disparities Solutions at Johns Hopkins
School of Public Health, and the President of Johns Hopkins Hospital &
Health, Ron Peterson, among others.  
 
We will also be offering: continuing education credits for participation
in our professional development workshops and seminars, Career
Counseling Breakfast Roundtables, a Health Fair, sponsored by Maryland
General - "one of America's best hopsitals", according to U.S. News &
World Report and the prestigious Emerald Honors Awards gala, honoring
the top minorities in science.
 
For Immediate Release, August 24, 2005
Contact:  Paulette Pettit-Austrich, 410-244-7101, ext. 133;
ppettit at ccgmag.com
 
MINORITIES IN RESEARCH SCIENCE CONFERENCE 

Heralds Top Minorities in Science                                     

                                       

Baltimore, MD - Following its successful Nashville debut, the Minorities
in Research Science Conference comes to the Baltimore Convention Center,
September 15 - 17, 2005.

 

The professional development event for minorities in the research
sciences, the conference will bring together those from a broad range of
scientific fields including: physics, nuclear science and chemistry,
computer science, aeronautics, medicine, and biomedical technology,
among others.

 

In addition to career fairs, networking sessions and the prestigious
Emerald Honors Ceremony - recognizing the achievements of top minorities
in science, attendees will have an opportunity to participate in
professional development and training seminars and workshops and, for
the first time, receive continuing education credits.

 

Formerly known as the Emerald Honors Awards Conference, the new name
reflects the true depth and breadth of this unique forum for addressing
urgent issues within the scientific arena, particularly those pertaining
to minorities.

 

Other highlights of this year's conference include: a Town Hall Meeting
on "Healthcare Disparity in Minority Communities", a Diversity Career
Expo, and Corporate Career Counseling Breakfast Roundtables.  For more
details on these, plus information on the Health Fair, Science Fair, and
Career Fair for Students go to http://www.ccgmedia.com
<http://www.ccgmedia.com/>  and click on Conferences.

 

"Multicultural communities are where the action is in finding, preparing
and recruiting a new generation of science researchers in the U.S.",
says Dr. Tyrone D. Taborn, editor in chief of Science Spectrum magazine
and CEO of Career Communications Group, Inc., producers of the
conference and publishers of Science Spectrum.  "Clearly, if we are to
bring on a new cohort of science talent, we will have to engage the
interests and dreams of people in the multicultural communities.  To do
that, we will have to be innovative, recognizing that in today's media
environment, high visibility is everything."

 

Focused on recognizing and promoting exemplary performance in the field
of science, the Minorities in Research Science conference provides that
visibility.  To register go to http://www.ccgmedia.com
<http://www.ccgmedia.com/>  or call 410-244-7101.

 

 

2005 Emerald Honors Recipients

 

Scientist of the Year


Isaiah Blankson


Senior Scientist

NASA Glenn Research Center

 


Career Achievement


James Hicks


Program Manager

National Science Foundation 

 


Parimal Desai


Vice President

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

 


Mala Chinoy


Professor

Penn State College of Medicine

 


Senior Investigator


Roya Borazjani


Research Fellow 

Bausch and Lomb

 


Yongxing Qiu


Senior Principal Scientist

CIBA Vision

 


Jill Parker


Molecular Biologist

USAF

 


Veena Rao


Professor, Co-Director Cancer Biology Program

Morehouse School of Medicine

 

 Senior Technology Fellow                   


Aileen Van-Nguyen


Senior Research Scientist

DuPont

 


Tianmin Zhu


Director

Wyeth Research

 


Affirmative Action


Roosevelt Johnson


Program Manager

National Science Foundation

 


Educational Leadership


Roland Roberts


Assistant Professor

Towson University

 


Saber Hussain


Scientist

United States Air Force

 


Carlos Ruiz


Research Civil Engineer

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 


Most Promising Scientist


Fuyao Zhang


Senior Research Scientist

Eli Lilly & Co.

 


Wayne Bethea


Research Computer Scientist

Johns Hopkins APL

 

Most Promising Engineer      


John Foster


Aerospace Engineer

NASA

                                                


Student Leadership


Issac Kinde


Student

University of Maryland at Baltimore County

 








Special Recognition Honorees


 


Jih-Fen Lei


Deputy Director, Research and Technology

NASA Glenn Research Center

(Career)

 


Willie May


Director Chemical Science and Technology Lab

National Institute of Standards and Technology

 


Sterling Thompson


Sr. Manager Microbiology Research and Service

The Hershey Company

 


Jose Sanchez


Research Hydraulic Engineer

U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

 


Irene Quenville


Director Lens Care R&D 

Bausch & Lomb

 


Mathew Edwards


Professor of Physics

Alabama A&M University

 


Consuelo De Moraes


Assistant Professor of Entomology 

The Pennsylvania State University

 


Karen Lozano


Assistant Professor

The University of Texas Pan Am

 


Fern Hunt


Mathematician

National Institute of Standards and Technology

 

                                                

 
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