Patricia Soochan
HHMI
Patricia Soochan received a Bachelor and Master of Science from George Washington University in 1977 and 1981. In 1982 she became a research and development biochemist at Bethesda Research Labs, later to be known as Life Technologies. Her work included conducting biotechnology workshops in France and Brazil. In 1987 she became a senior information specialist at Social and Scientific Systems, a consultant to the National Cancer Institute. There she worked with physicians in publishing reports of investigational cancer therapies. In 1991 she joined the National Science Foundation as a science assistant/biologist involved in grants management in the cell biology program. In 1994 she joined the undergraduate and graduate science education programs, now the Inclusive Learning Group, under the Center for Advancement of Science Leadership and Culture, at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, where she is a program officer engaged in all aspects of competition and award management from system design to policy development, most recently with Inclusive Excellence 1&2.
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Building Institutional Capacity for Inclusive Excellence Builds Capacity for Faculty Leadership part of Transforming Institutions Conference 2023:Program:Poster Presentations
In 2017 and 2018, HHMI awarded $57 million in $1 million, 5-year awards to 57 colleges and universities to build institutional capacity for Inclusive Excellence (IE1&2). This new initiative constituted a major ...
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June 2023 2021 Transforming Institutions Conference
June 2021 2019 Transforming Institutions Conference
April 2019 2021 Transforming Institutions Base Camp 19
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Workshop Participant (5 workshops)
June 2021 Organization-focused Networks as Levers for Change: A Research-based Theoretical Framework to Conceptualize and Advance their Work
June 2021 Promotion and Tenure: Continuing to Evolve University Systems of Academic Reward and Advancement
June 2021