October 27, 2003
In Print Photo by Steve Gilbert From Focus: First Findings Reported in Survey on Faculty Careers At an Oct. 15 conference, Maureen Connelly presented preliminary findings from the HMS faculty career advancement and satisfaction survey conducted last spring. It appears that clinical duties, family responsibilities, and time away from work may be bigger obstacles than gender to getting ahead at the School. But this does not mean that gender does not influence career paths.   Publications Online BBS Bulletin Focus HMI World HSTconnector MD-PhD Newsletter MedEd News Mentations On The Brain   Related Links InteliHealth Harvard Health Publications		Headlines Research Collaboration Identifies Gene Essential to Puberty Study Finds Way to Dramatically Increase Hematopoietic Stem Cells Upcoming Academic Teaching Conference Series 2003-2004: Child Mental Health--Development and Society Karen Hacker, Institute for Community Health Jacqueline Dyer, Cambridge Public Schools Wednesday, Nov. 5 9:00-10:15 a.m. Beyond Hippocrates: Doctors in a Brave New World Ruth Simmons, Brown University Wednesday, Nov. 5 3:30-5:00 p.m. Lab Works A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research The 60-second Survey Take a survey to tell us how you use WebWeekly.		Spotlight Photo by Justin knight Children's Cuts Ribbon on New Building for Research Children's Hospital held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new 12-story research building on Blackfan Circle. The facility adds almost 300,000 square feet of research space, nearly doubling the area the hospital devotes to labs. Student Scene The Family Van: Driving Out Illness in At-risk Neighborhoods In the news recently for its Heart to Heart program to reduce heart disease, the School's Family Van offers many other screening, counseling, and health promotion activities. Student volunteers are having an especially big impact in Student Sight Savers, a glaucoma screening service established last year.

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