AWIS Update
Carmen Canavier, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Cell Biology
and Anatomy
President, SL-AWIS
The Southeast Louisiana chapter of AWIS held a mock interview session for current
graduate students and postdoctoral fellows on February 5th. Thanks go to Angela Amedee,
Grace Athas, Allison Augustus-Wallace, Michael Salling, and Lisa Harrison-Bernard
for serving as faculty interviewers. Thanks also go to postdocs Elizabeth Fucich and
Chelsea Kasten for their contributions to organizing this event. We received very
positive feedback from the applicants who participated and from the interviewers.
For the applicants, it was a unique opportunity to get outside feedback on progress
made in specific stages of their scientific careers, and helped prepare them for upcoming
interviews. We hope this will become an annual professional development spring event
for AWIS.