| The Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
Bethesda Chapter is pleased to announce that
its Annual Awards for Excellence in Mentoring
would be awarded to Dr. Joan Lunney and to
Ms. Erika Ginsberg. The awards are in recognition
and appreciation of outstanding mentoring
of young scientists. |
Joan Lunney, Ph.D.,
is a Research Scientist at the Animal Parasitic
Diseases Laboratory
for the Agriculture  Research
Service at the USDA. Dr. Lunney has a passion
for advancing
women in science. She has devoted her time
and experience to mentoring women scientists,
addressing structural and organizational
change to benefit women in science, and
mentoring by the example of her own full
and accomplished
professional life. Dr. Lunney has trained
numerous
undergraduates, MS and Ph.D. students as
well as postdoctoral fellows. She is committed
to
enabling younger scientists, particularly
women, to meet their personal career goals
with a
focus on long-term strategic career planning.
She is a valued mentor and friend to many
women scientists. She listens to women's
life stories,
asks questions, and guides by allowing
her mentees to "discover" their
own solutions. |
 Erika Ginsberg, MA, is a senior technician
in the Mammary Biology and Tumorigenesis Laboratory
at the National Cancer Institute, NIH. Ms.
Ginsberg oversees much of the mentoring of
the new investigators, particularly the post-baccalaureate
fellows, student interns and summer students.
It is she who meets with them on a daily basis
and navigates them through the waters of a
beginning research career. She counsels them
on science and on life. We all know that the
first experience that a young person has in
a laboratory will color their thinking forever
about a career in science. Erika Ginsburg is
an excellent mentor who guides them, teaches
them, counsels them, supports them and encourages
them. In many cases, this role continues long
after they have left the lab. Former mentees
seek her advice on things scientific and on
things about life in general. Many of the post-doctoral
fellows, after leaving the lab, seek Erika’s
advice as they set up their own program. She
is a calm and patient teacher and a dedicated
friend to them
all. She has a Master’s degree in scientific/medical writing and serves
on the NCI CCR Fellows Editorial Board where she edits fellows’ manuscripts
and advises fellows from the CCR on manuscript preparation. |
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