NWABR and the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) present:

Special Speakers' Workshop
Translating Your Research: An Investigator Communication Workshop

Friday, May 30, 2008
11am-4pm

Children's Hospital Research Institute
9th and Stewart, Seattle

For Bioscience Investigators and Postdoctoral, Graduate, and Undergraduate Students

REGISTER by MAY 16, 2008 - Space is limited so register early!

Online registration website: http://nwabr.kintera.org/speakertraining0508

A complimentary luncheon will be served, with specialty chocolates from Oh! Chocolate

Download Speakers' Workshop Flyer (pdf)

Workshop Objectives

After completing this half-day workshop, attendees will:

• more effectively prepare and orally present scientific and supporting information for a variety of public audiences
• know key components of clinical and translational research to share with public audiences
• understand language and frameworks to facilitate effective ethics-based discussions
• be equipped with talking points and resources on difficult questions encountered in translational research
• through round robin rotation, meet teachers and community groups interested in receiving talks
• meet an expanded professional network

Speaker Susanna Cunningham, PhD, discusses how to address difficult audience questions
at an NWABR Speaker Training breakout session

The NWABR Speakers' Bureau has provided a connection between the scientific community and the general public since 1989. It is a statewide program funded in part by the National Center for Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health.

The training is made possible with funding from the Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health - 1 UL1 RR 025014-01 .

For questions about the Workshop, please contact:
Jennifer Wroblewski, Speakers’ Bureau Coordinator, NWABR, 206.957.3337
jenniferw@nwabr.org

NWABR is a 501(c)3 organization. All contributions are tax deductible.
The NWABR web site was made possible by funding from the National Center for Research
Resources and the National Institutes of Health through a Science Education Partnership Award.

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