FOCUS Archive

October 2009

Articles on BWF's resource for scientists in developing science center and the second in a series of articles on women in science  This issue's audiocast is with Laura Miller, a career awardee at the scientific interface.  We also look at the first two years of the BWF Scholars program that hopes to increase the number of science and mathematics majors becoming licensed teachers.

July 2009

Articles on giving a one-minute talk and the first of a series of articles on women in science  Profiles include Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom (also as an audiocast) and Paul Roepe.  This issue also names the recipients of the Career Awards for Medical Scientists, Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research, and the Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease.

March 2009

Articles on the state of BWF's grant programs, the creation of the Career Award for Science and Mathematics Teachers.  Profiles include Center for International Understanding and Adrienne Fairhall.

Summer 2008

Articles on the translational research environment and offer letters.  BWF profiles include Erica Ollman Saphire and Andrew Neish.

Spring 2008

Articles on working with the university news office, NIH peer review, and learning from Singapore.  BWF profiles include Kathleen Caron, Amy Wagers, and Robert Kaletja.

Summer 2007

Articles  recapping the career development meeting, the 10th anniversary of the Frontiers in Reproductive Science, and funding fundamentals.  BWF profiles include Michael Gale and veterinarians working in infectious disease.

Spring 2007

Articles on what it takes to be a great mentor and constructing a winning grant.  BWF profiles include Louis Muglia, Monte Evans, and Mike McCune.

Winter 2007

Articles on investing in the right staff for your lab and a collaboration that grew out of a chance encounter at a BWF infectious disease meeting.  BWF profiles include Ticora Jones and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 

Summer 2006

Articles on preparing for disasters, learning from India, and science outreach.  BWF profiles include Maurizio Del Poeta and the Grassroot Science Museum Collaborative.

Spring 2006

Articles on NIH's career development award, talking science, and DonorsChoose.  BWF profiles include George Daley and the Program in Mathematical and Computational Neuroscience at Boston University.