1. DO YOU HAVE COMPELLING NEW RESULTS THAT WERE NOT READY FOR THE REGULAR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE? The Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) welcomes Late-Breaking Abstracts that report on new scientific research developments in all areas of Investigative Dermatology for Late-Breaking Abstracts the 2014 SID Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 7 - 10. #SIDABQ2014 #SIDABQ2014 Submission period: MONDAY, MARCH 17 - MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014 Note: All accepted abstracts submitted as late-breaking will be eligible only for Poster presentations. Submission process: Submissions will be accepted through the current online abstract system Abstract CentralAbstract Central Fee for submission: $50.00 U.S. and must be paid at the time of submission.

2. BWH Dermatology SID Travel Awards To support and encourage trainee participation at the 2014 Society Investigative Dermatology meeting, the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Dermatology will provide travel stipends of up to $1500 for selected trainees to attend the meeting for presentation of their research. Applications are due April 4, 2014 For application requirements, please talk to your PI or email Sam Simpson sksimpson@partners.orgsksimpson@partners.org

3. BWHC Family Care Travel Award Family Care Travel Awards Family Care Travel Awards with support from the BWPO and the Biomedical Research Institute Financial support to defray some of the costs of traveling with dependents, or extra care at home, while traveling for professional meetings critical to promoting the advancement of early career scholars with familial obligations. $500 Amount of Award: $500 Eligibility: Appointment of Instructor or Assistant Professor at HMS http://www.brighamandwomens.org/Medical_Professionals/career/CFDD/FellowshipsandAwards/FamilyCare.aspx

4. HMS Foundation Funds HMS Internal Nomination Process for INVITATIONAL AWARD OPPORTUNITIES On February 19th, the HMS Foundation Funds website will post Spring cycle funding opportunities for junior faculty and postdocs. Awards include: Burroughs Wellcome Career Award for Medical Scientists, Burroughs Wellcome Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease Program, Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program, Hearst Fund for Pre- and Perinatal Medicine, Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship Program, Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship, Searle Scholars Program, W.T. Grant Scholars Program, and more… Researchers interested in applying for any of the awards listed above can apply for the HMS nomination by submitting an application online no later than April 1, 2014 at 5:00PM. All inquiries: Betty Carbunari - Phone: (617) 432-7463, betty_carbunari@hms.harvard.edubetty_carbunari@hms.harvard.edu Updated information is available online: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/FoundationFunds/

5. Strategic Decision-Making: Exploring Career Pathways outside Academia Exploring Career Pathways outside Academia Wednesday, March 26th,12-1:30PM Shapiro Breakout Room Dr. Andrey Zarur, Managing Partner at Kodiak Venture Partners and a lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, will discuss various industry career paths in the life sciences, including business development, consulting, finance, entrepreneurship, and venture capital. By sharing his own career path, he will highlight important turning points and how decisions can be informed with external data to build probabilistic models for success.

6. Being a Mentor & Being Mentored A Conversation with the CFDD Faculty Directors Monday, April 14th, 12:00 - 1:30 pm Please register online: http://www.brighamandwomens.org/view/EventDetails.aspx?eventID=58645 http://www.brighamandwomens.org/view/EventDetails.aspx?eventID=58645 The case that will be used, as well as other helpful mentoring resources, can be found in the BWH Mentoring Tool Kit BWH Mentoring Tool Kit Take this opportunity to meet the Center for Faculty Development & Diversity Faculty Directors: Christian Arbelaez, MD, MPH, Faculty Director, Office for Multicultural Faculty Careers Robert Fuhlbrigge, MD, PhD, Faculty Director - Office for Research Careers Nora Y. Osman, MD, Faculty Director, Office for Multicultural Faculty Careers Kathryn Rexrode, MD, MPH, Faculty Director, Office for Women's Careers

7. FACS best practices discussion April 4 after lab meeting HIM 680 This meeting is to discuss issues we have had with the FACS machine on the HIM side and how we can prevent these problems moving forward. Even if this does not directly affect you, we urge everyone who is a FACS user to attend. We can benefit from pooling our collective experience and discussing best practices. Questions? Ask Matt.

8. Happy Hour Today 4:00 pm HIM 680

9. BWH Dermatology Research Presentation Schedule April 4Sackstein Lab April 11Widlund Lab April 18Clark Lab April 25SID Practice Presentations/Posters