Flyer: Innovative Thinking - A Special Guest Lecture & Interactive Workshop with Dr. Roberta Ness -...

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INNOVATIVE THINKING INNOVATIVE THINKING DATE: Monday, September 15, 2014 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lecture 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Workshop LOCATION: Aresty Auditorium | Lecture LG 503/4 | Workshop Norris Research Tower 1450 Biggy St, Los Angeles, CA Contact: [email protected] RSVP: http://ow.ly/zG7Nr WITH ROBERTA NESS, MD, PHD A SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE & INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP Dean, School of Public Health M. David Low Chair in Public Health Houston Center for Innovative Generation The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Why aren’t we solving the greatest scientific problems of the world today? Innovation is critical to our nation’s scientific enterprise. However, creative thinking has been on the decline and is not generally taught in academic institutions. Renowned public health scientist and clinician, Dr. Roberta Ness, believes that students, established scientists, researchers, and engineers can learn to be more innovative. Through her book Innovation Generation: How to Produce Creative and Useful Scientific Ideas, and graduate course on Innovative Thinking at the University of Texas, Dr. Ness provides the framework and tools to “think outside the box.” She will share these basic concepts in this one-hour lecture. Dr. Ness is a leading researcher in women’s health and widely known for her efforts to bridge from research to policy. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine. * * Presented by the Education, Career Development, and Ethics Program (ECDE) of the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) in collaboration with KSOM Office of Research Advancement, Research Seminar Series & NIH T32HD060549 Training Program

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Why aren’t we solving the greatest scientific problems of the world today? Innovation is critical to our nation’s scientific enterprise. However, creative thinking has been on the decline and is not generally taught in academic institutions. Renowned public health scientist and clinician, Dr. Roberta Ness, believes that students, established scientists, researchers, and engineers can learn to be more innovative. Through her book Innovation Generation: How to Produce Creative and Useful Scientific Ideas, and graduate course on Innovative Thinking at the University of Texas, Dr. Ness provides the framework and tools to “think outside the box.” She will share these basic concepts in this one-hour lecture. Dr. Ness is a leading researcher in women’s health and widely known for her efforts to bridge from research to policy. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine.

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INNOVATIVETHINKING

INNOVATIVETHINKING

DATE:Monday, September 15, 201412:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lecture1:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Workshop

LOCATION:Aresty Auditorium | LectureLG 503/4 | WorkshopNorris Research Tower1450 Biggy St, Los Angeles, CA

Contact: [email protected]

RSVP: http://ow.ly/zG7Nr

WITH ROBERTA NESS, MD, PHD

A SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE& INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP

Dean, School of Public HealthM. David Low Chair in Public HealthHouston Center for Innovative GenerationThe University of TexasHealth Science Center at Houston

Why aren’t we solving the greatest scienti�c problems of the world today? Innovation is critical to our nation’s scienti�c enterprise. However, creative thinking has been on the decline and is not generally taught in academic institutions. Renowned public health scientist and clinician, Dr. Roberta Ness, believes that students, established scientists, researchers, and engineers can learn to be more innovative.

Through her book Innovation Generation: How to Produce Creative and Useful Scienti�c Ideas, and graduate course on Innovative Thinking at the University of Texas, Dr. Ness provides the framework and tools to “think outside the box.” She will share these basic concepts in this one-hour lecture.

Dr. Ness is a leading researcher in women’s health and widely known for her e�orts to bridge from research to policy. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine.

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Presented by the Education, Career Development, and Ethics Program (ECDE)of the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI)

in collaboration with KSOM O�ce of Research Advancement, Research Seminar Series & NIH T32HD060549 Training Program