Fifth Annual Women in Science Symposium

The Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute hosted the Fifth Annual Women in Science Symposium on Thursday, November 14, 2002. The half-day symposium was entitled "Environmental Justice and Community Health Issues". Dr. Sandral Hullett, Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director of Jefferson Health System, was presented with the Women in Science Award for 2002. The award was presented by the Carmen Twillie Ambar, Dean of Douglass College. Dr. Hullett earned her undergraduate degree in biology at Alabama A&M University, her medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and her Master's in Public Health from The University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Dean Carmen Twillie Ambar (left), presents the Women
in Science Award to Dr. Sandral Hullett

The keynote speech was given by Dr. Joanna Burger, a Distinguished Professor at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and a member of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute. Dr. Burger was the most recent winner of the prestigious Gorenstein Award and is the Chair of the Women in Science Committee.

 

Joanna Burger, Ph.D., Chair of the Women in
Science Committee, giving the keynote address

A panel session on "environmental justice" followed and included Mark Robson, Ph.D., M.P.H., UMDNJ-School of Public Health and EOHSI; Wunmi Osinubi, M.D., UMDNJ-School of Public Health and EOHSI; and Marla Perez-Lugo, Doctoral Student, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Environmental Justice panel speakers (from top to bottom) Dr. Mark Robson, Doctoral Student Marla Perez-Lugo and Dr. Wunmi Osinubi.

The concept of an annual symposium dedicated to women in science is based on the recognition that despite the many women who have made significant contributions to science, there is a sense that many young women feel alienated from science and would appreciate the demonstration that women work actively and productively in leadership positions in the sciences. This program is devoted to a demonstration of the many accomplishments of women in science by offering a scientific symposium featuring women scientists and by highlighting the career of a distinguished woman scientist.

The symposium is co-sponsored by the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute; Douglass Project for Rutgers Women in Math, Science and Engineering; Rutgers, The State University, Division of Life Sciences; the Department. of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; the Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology; the Joint Doctoral Program in Exposure Assessment; the NIEHS Center for Environmental Health Sciences; UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; and UMDNJ-School of Public Health.

Dr. Sandral Hullet giving her acceptance
speech following receipt of the
Women in Science Award

Our sincere thanks to the Women in Science Committee members: Chair, Joanna Burger, EOHSI and Rutgers University; Caron Chess, EOHSI and Cook College; Betty Davis, EOHSI; Marta Figueroa, UMDNJ-School of Public Health, Marion Gordon, EOHSI and Rutgers University; Jacki Heads, Douglass College; Debra Laskin, EOHSI and Rutgers University; Ellen Mappen, Douglass College; Patricia T. Sparrell, ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences; Valerie Turan, Rutgers University; Mark Robson, EOHSI and UMDNJ-School of Public Health; Maria Trabaris, Rutgers University; and Lynn Waishwell, EOHSI and UMDNJ School of Public Health.

Women in Science Honoree and Speakers (from left to right) Dean Carmen Twillie Ambar, Dr. Mark Robson, Dr. Joanna Burger, Dr. Sandral Hullett, Doctoral Student Marla Perez-Lugo, and Dr. Wunmi Osinubi


Dr. Robert Snyder, EOHSI Director (left) and Dean Camen Twillie Amber (center) congratulating Dr. Sandral Hullett on receiving the Women in Science Award