<div dir="ltr"><div><blockquote type="cite" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><img src="cid:ii_ilmo2v420_15362000ae5d78c3" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="444" height="104"><br><br>​Dear AWIS Community,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard"><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"></p></blockquote><p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"></p><blockquote type="cite" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard"><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif">The <b>AWIS National Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Health and </b></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif"><b>Medical </b></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif"><b>Sciences:</b></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif"><b> A</b></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif"><b> Roadmap for Inclusion</b> is just a few weeks away</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif">. The summit is on March 31^st from 1:00-7:00 p.m. CDT at the Gleacher Center in Chicago.</span><br></p><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">The finalized agenda for the summit is now available online, <a href="https://mail.uchospitals.edu/owa/14.3.266.1/scripts/premium/redir.aspx?SURL=CONBShD4G2HdvSN1dnRmBHgZtZKsZgD8LXisPu3OMDhdLgmAGUnTCGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AdwB3AHcALgBhAHcAaQBzAC4AbwByAGcALwBsAGkAbgBrAC4AYQBzAHAAPwBlAD0AYgBlAGkAaABhAG4ALgBjAGgAaQBlAG4AQABnAG0AYQBpAGwALgBjAG8AbQAmAGoAbwBiAD0AMgAzADIAMQA0ADkANgAmAHkAbQBsAGkAbgBrAD0ANAA3ADEAOQA0ADYAOQAmAGYAaQBuAGEAbAB1AHIAbAA9AGgAdAB0AHAAJQAzAEEAJQAyAEYAJQAyAEYAdwB3AHcAJQAyAEUAaQBuAG4AbwB2AGEAdABpAG8AbgAlADIARABzAHUAbQBtAGkAdAAlADIARQBvAHIAZwAlADIARgAlADIAMwBhAGcAZQBuAGQAYQA.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.awis.org%2flink.asp%3fe%3dbeihan.chien%40gmail.com%26job%3d2321496%26ymlink%3d4719469%26finalurl%3dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww%252Einnovation%252Dsummit%252Eorg%252F%2523agenda" target="_blank">click here to take a look</a>. <br>Event </span><span style="font-family:sans-serif">highlights will include: </span></p><ul><li class="" style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><b>Welcome and opening remarks: </b>Dr. Holly Falk-Krzesinski, vice president of Strategic Alliance in Global Academic Relations at Elsevier and Dr. Bahija Jallal, president-elect of AWIS and executive vice president of AstraZeneca and MedImmune</span></li><li class="" style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><b>Speaker remarks:</b> Big Data, Gender and Diversity by Pavle Sabic, director and head of market development for Corporates with S&P Global Market Intelligence</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><b>Keynote address:</b> Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the STEM, Health and Medical Sciences by Dr. Maria Velissariou, vice president of Nutrition R&D – Grains, Dairy & Convergence Platforms at PepsiCo Foods</span></li></ul><p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">There’s still time to register. <a href="https://mail.uchospitals.edu/owa/14.3.266.1/scripts/premium/redir.aspx?SURL=CJa6W4hMXD2OoKxN1M3xxM0orwfO0gk2SnG51DREaO9dLgmAGUnTCGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AdwB3AHcALgBhAHcAaQBzAC4AbwByAGcALwBsAGkAbgBrAC4AYQBzAHAAPwBlAD0AYgBlAGkAaABhAG4ALgBjAGgAaQBlAG4AQABnAG0AYQBpAGwALgBjAG8AbQAmAGoAbwBiAD0AMgAzADIAMQA0ADkANgAmAHkAbQBsAGkAbgBrAD0ANAA3ADEAOQA0ADYAOQAmAGYAaQBuAGEAbAB1AHIAbAA9AGgAdAB0AHAAJQAzAEEAJQAyAEYAJQAyAEYAdwB3AHcAJQAyAEUAaQBuAG4AbwB2AGEAdABpAG8AbgAlADIARABzAHUAbQBtAGkAdAAlADIARQBvAHIAZwAlADIARgA.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.awis.org%2flink.asp%3fe%3dbeihan.chien%40gmail.com%26job%3d2321496%26ymlink%3d4719469%26finalurl%3dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww%252Einnovation%252Dsummit%252Eorg%252F" target="_blank">Click here for summit details or to register today</a>. You can also follow the event on our <a href="https://mail.uchospitals.edu/owa/14.3.266.1/scripts/premium/redir.aspx?SURL=1lYF4bSCrzrumd3F672NHnWnoPxuQYekD-XjWmOsaMVdLgmAGUnTCGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AdwB3AHcALgBhAHcAaQBzAC4AbwByAGcALwBsAGkAbgBrAC4AYQBzAHAAPwBlAD0AYgBlAGkAaABhAG4ALgBjAGgAaQBlAG4AQABnAG0AYQBpAGwALgBjAG8AbQAmAGoAbwBiAD0AMgAzADIAMQA0ADkANgAmAHkAbQBsAGkAbgBrAD0ANAA3ADEAOQA0ADYAOQAmAGYAaQBuAGEAbAB1AHIAbAA9AGgAdAB0AHAAcwAlADMAQQAlADIARgAlADIARgB3AHcAdwAlADIARQBmAGEAYwBlAGIAbwBvAGsAJQAyAEUAYwBvAG0AJQAyAEYAQQBzAHMAbwBjAGkAYQB0AGkAbwBuAGYAbwByAFcAbwBtAGUAbgBpAG4AUwBjAGkAZQBuAGMAZQAlADIARgA.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.awis.org%2flink.asp%3fe%3dbeihan.chien%40gmail.com%26job%3d2321496%26ymlink%3d4719469%26finalurl%3dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww%252Efacebook%252Ecom%252FAssociationforWomeninScience%252F" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://mail.uchospitals.edu/owa/14.3.266.1/scripts/premium/redir.aspx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