AACBNC Members
Registration = $425 = membership dues for 2021-2022.
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Members who have already paid their 2020-2021 annual dues, and emeritus members, are automatically registered for the meeting free. There is nothing more to do. A meeting link will be sent in February 2022.
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Members who have not paid their annual dues for 2021-2022 can register to attend the meeting by clicking the green button below to renew their membership. Renewal will also automatically register for the meeting, and a meeting link will be sent in February 2022.
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See details of the meeting program below.
Non-Member Meeting Registration
Thank you for your interest in the Annual Meeting of the AACBNC.
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The registration fee for non-members is $450. To pay, please click the button below OR contact the AACBNC Administrator America Ortega at america@aacbnc.org (or call 909-4905907) to arrange payment. Only credit card payments can be accepted.
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Following registration, log on access details for the meeting will be sent to you by email in February 2022.
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See details of the meeting program below.
Many thanks

Joint AACBNC/AMSNDC 2021 Meeting Program
Thursday, Feb 18, 2021
11:00 ET
Welcome and introductions
Lynne Opperman, President AACBNC
Lucia Notterpek, President AMSNDC
11:10 ET
Panel 1 - Departmental Impact of SARS-CoV-2
Part I: Budgets | Teaching | Training | Restrictions
Moderator: Lynne Opperman
Panel: Kamran Khodakhah - Albert Einstein COM, NY
Paul Micevych - UCLA
Christi Walter - Univ Texas
12:10 ET
Health Impacts of COVID and Research Opportunities
Joshua A Gordon, MD, PhD
Director - National Institute of Mental Health
12:50 ET Break
1:00 ET Panel 2 - Departmental Impact of SARSCoV-2
NIH COVID-19 Survey Report
Nina F. Schor, MD PhD, Deputy Director NINDS
Part II: Faculty Evaluations | Productivity |
Grants | Recruitment
Moderator: Lucia Notterpek
Panel: Wendy Macklin - Univ CO
Cheryl Dreyfus - UNDNJ
Sue Menko - Thomas Jefferson Univ PA
2:00 ET
COVID-19 and Medical Education: A National Perspective on Events and Selected Impacts
Alison J. Whelan, MD
Chief Medical Education Officer, AAMC
2:50 ET New Chair Introductions
3:00 ET
Breakout Rooms:
1. Brain Initiative 2.0
John Ngai, PhD
Director, NIH BRAIN Initiative
2. Updates on Virtual Teaching of Gross Anatomy
Jennifer Brueckner Collins - Univ Louisville, KY
Matthew Kesterke - Texas A&M Univ
3:45 ET
Closing Remarks / Discussion
Virtual Happy Hour
Friday, Feb 19, 2021
11:00 ET
Welcome and introductions
Lucia Notterpek, President AMSNDC
Lynne Opperman, President AACBNC
11:10 ET Breaking the Silence in Uncertain
Times: Addressing Racism in Medical Education
David Acosta, MD
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, AAMC
12:00 ET
Panel 3 - Moderated Q&A
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NIH funding for diversity initiatives
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Faculty recruitment for diversity
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How to talk about race, gender and unconscious bias
Moderator: Lucia Notterpek
Panel: David Acosta - AAMC
Bill Guido - Univ Louisville, KY
Gonzalo Torres - CUNY
Lynne Opperman - Texas A&M Univ
12:50 ET Break
1:00 ET
Navigating the treacherous waters of disruptive approaches to faculty hiring and shared governance at a R1 doctoral university.
Philip H Kass
Vice Provost, Academic Affairs, UC Davis
1:50 ET
Panel 4: Q&A
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Legal issues in recruiting for diversity
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Issues related to diversity/role model
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Growing your own diverse faculty
Moderator: Lynne Opperman
Panel: Philip Kass - UC Davis
Sandra Inouye - Midwestern Univ, IL
Sunny Nakae - CUSM, CA
Tim Ebner - Univ Minnesota
2:40 ET
AACBNC Business Meeting
AMSNDC Business Meeting
3:40 ET
Closing Remarks / Discussion
Virtual Happy Hour


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