Education and Public Outreach

20th Anniversary Undergraduate Program Celebration
Outreach Programs
Paracelsus Outside the Classroom
SOT Resource Pavilion
Undergraduate Education Program
Undergraduate Toxicology Faculty Meeting

20th Anniversary Undergraduate Program Celebration

Saturday, March 14, Time: 7:00 PM–9:00 PM
Room 343
Baltimore Convention Center

Chairperson(s): Claude McGowan, Johnson & Johnson, Skillman, NJ and Vicente Santa Cruz, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Brussels, Belgium

Sponsor: Committee for Diversity Initiatives

The Anniversary Celebration honors previous program participants and organizers and is open to all who have been connected to the Undergraduate Program for Minority Students since 1989.

7:00 PM–8:00 PM	Welcome Lecture: The Beginning of the Future Keynote Speakers: Faye Calhoun Broadwater, North Carolina Central State University, Durham, NC, and Marion Ehrich, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Presentation: Perry J. Gehring Diversity Travel Award to Vanessa Y. De La Rosa, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
8:00 PM–9:00 PM	Dessert and Networking

Outreach Programs

Make A Change: A Community Service Project for the Citizens of Baltimore

For the first time ever, SOT is sponsoring a community service project for the citizens of Baltimore during the 2009 Annual Meeting at the Baltimore Convention Center. SOT members are being asked to give back to the Baltimore community by placing spare change in one of the specially marked collection boxes and old parking meters which are located in various hotel lobbies and through Downtown's Pratt Street corridor. Meters will be placed inside the Convention Center so we can track how we give back. All the money that is collected goes to support Baltimore's homeless shelters. In addition, items such as large sized white cotton socks, shirts, underwear, unused toiletries, etc., can be donated. Any left over items from the Exhibition may be placed in the bins located in the Convention Center. The City's Make A Change program was begun sometime ago by Downtown Partnership of Baltimore and Baltimore Homeless Services to "increase services for people who are truly in need and to discourage a behavior (panhandling) that adversely affects the quality of life for thousands of people each year," according to Downtown Partnership President Kirby Fowler. He explained that there are many people on the street who are panhandling simply to make a fast buck, even though they present themselves as being in need. While the majority of SOT members do not live in Baltimore, the Society can also make a real difference in the lives of Baltimore's homeless.

Paracelsus Outside the Classroom

Sunday, March 15, 10:00 AM–12:30 PM, 1:00 PM–4:00 PM

Chairperson(s): Maureen Gwinn, U.S. EPA, Washington, DC

Sponsor: Communications Committee

Partners:
Port Discovery Children's Museum
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute

SOT invites meeting attendees and their families, as well as the larger community, to visit Port Discovery Children’s Museum in Baltimore on Sunday, March 15.

Port Discovery is near the Inner Harbor and is a top ranked children's museum. Toxicologists will enrich the museum exhibits with hands-on science activities to engage participants in the process of science and learn more about toxicology. Children can drop in and participate informally or those in Grades 1–6 can register for one of the groups scheduled to rotate among hands-on experiment stations. High school students will serve as group leaders for half the day and will participate in their own special workshop at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute the other half of the day.  Request a morning or afternoon session if you wish to schedule your elementary children into one of the formal groups.

If you need assistance or have a general inquiry, please contact the Paracelsus Event Chair and Coordinator.

More information, and the registration forms are found at e Paracelsus Outside the Classroom.

SOT Resource Pavilion

The SOT Resource Pavilion will feature materials that you can use in outreach related to toxicology. Brochures, posters, and other career items, information to share about the use of animals in research, ideas for participating in science education in K–12 informal education and classroom settings, and other resources of interest to toxicologists will be available.

Undergraduate Education Program

Saturday, March 14, 4:15 PM–9:00 PM

Chairperson(s): Mari Stavanja, Celanese International Corporation, Dallas, TX

Sponsor: Committee for Diversity Initiatives

This event is for undergraduate students and advisors receiving 2009 MARC and SOT travel funding and SOT program volunteers.

4:15 PM–5:45 PM	Orientation for SOT Hosts, Peer Mentors, and Advisors (Room 330)
5:45 PM–6:15 PM	Opening Event (Room 339)
6:15 PM–7:00 PM	Dinner
7:00 PM–9:00 PM	20th Anniversary Celebration (Room 343)

 

Sunday, March 15, 8:00 AM–8:30 PM

Chairperson(s): Mari Stavanja, Celanese International Corporation, Dallas, TX

Sponsor: Committee for Diversity Initiatives

The Sunday program is open to undergraduate students who register for this event using the Annual Meeting Registration Form, the undergraduate students receiving MARC, SOT, and Pfizer travel funding, and the SOT program volunteers.

All Participants:	Room 343
8:00 AM–8:15 AM	Welcome
8:15 AM–8:50 AM	Introduction to Toxicology, José Manautou, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
9:00 AM–9:45 AM	Nano-a-Nano: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Martin Philbert, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
9:45 AM–10:00 AM	Break
10:00 AM–10:45 AM	Transcription Factors and Fetal Programming of Renal Disease, Adrian Nanez, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY—Program Alumnae
10:45 AM–11:30 AM	Research Presentation, TBA
11:30 AM–11:45 AM	Break
11:45 AM–2:30 AM	Lunch and Networking
Breakout Sessions: For Students Rooms 305, 311, 312
12:30 PM–1:05 PM	What Is Graduate School and What Can I Expect?
1:15 PM–1:55 PM	How to Get into Graduate School: An Academic Advisor's Perspective
Breakout Sessions for Advisors Room 304
12:30 PM–1:05 PM	Tips for Advising Prospective Graduate Students or How to Get Your Students Accepted to Graduate School!!
1:15 PM–1:55 PM	Best Practices: Idea Sharing About Keeping Students on a Science Path
All Participants:	Room 339
2:00 PM–2:40 PM	Career Opportunities in Toxicology—Panel Discussion, Moderator: Vanessa Silva, Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH—Program Alumnae Academia: Alice Villalobos, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Industry: Robert P. Casillas, Battelle, Columbus, OH Government: Marquea D. King, U.S. EPA, Washington, DC
2:40 PM–3:00 PM	Break
Breakout Sessions for Host Mentor and Peer Mentors Rooms 311
3:00 PM–3:30 PM	Host Mentor and Peer Mentor Meeting, Adrian Nanez, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
For Students and Advisors Rooms 343
3:00 PM–5:00 PM	Student and Advisors: Open Time with Academic Toxicology Program Directors and Internship Sponsors, Chairperson:Kim Daniel, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
5:15 PM–6:30 PM	Awards Ceremony (Room 321) (including the recognition of the 20th Anniversary)
6:30 PM–7:30 PM	SOT Welcoming Reception (Ballroom)
All Students	Camden Lobby
7:30 PM–8:30 PM	Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Mixer

Monday, March 16, 7:15 AM–2:00 PM

Chairperson(s): Mari Stavanja, Celanese International Corporation, Dallas, TX

Sponsor: Committee for Diversity Initiatives

This event for undergraduate students and advisors receiving MARC and SOT travel funding, and the SOT program volunteers.

7:15 AM–8:00 AM	Student, Advisor, Peer Mentor Meeting (Room 339)
8:00 AM–9:00 AM	Plenary Opening Lecture: Signal Transduction Pathways Used by Theraputic Agents and Drugs of Abuse, Paul Greengard, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY—Nobel Laureate
9:15 AM–11:15 AM	Poster Session for Visiting Students (Exhibit Hall)
11:15 AM–12:00 NOON	Selected Scientific Sessions
12:15 PM–1:30 PM	In Vitro Luncheon (Room 339)
1:30 PM–2:00 PM	Closing Session Chairperson: Mari Stavanja, Celanese International Corporation, Dallas, TX (Room 343)

Undergraduate Toxicology Faculty Meeting

Tuesday, March 17, 3:30 PM–4:30 PM
Room 302

The Education Committee is hosting the Undergraduate Toxicology Faculty Meeting for all faculty involved in the teaching of toxicology to undergraduates, or for those interested in including toxicology at the undergraduate level. Hear an update on initiatives for undergraduate faculty, provide your input, and network.