Women in Toxicology Webinar: "Achieving Work-Life Balance Across Career Stages"

Women in every stage of their careers (from first-year graduate student to senior toxicologist) strive to achieve a balance between work and non-work activities. Although many have heard the phrase “work-life balance,” there are no universal attainment criteria (i.e., where is the optimal balance) or attainment metrics (i.e., how does one know if they have reached optimal balance?). In this webinar, you will hear what work-life balance (WLB) means to expert toxicologists Dr. Elena Hernandez-Ramon and Dr. Linda Birnbaum, and how WLB has evolved and changed during their life and career stages. They also will share situations or decisions that have helped or hindered WLB and offer suggestions for flexible compromises when trying to create WLB within our own situations. Webinar attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions following the speaker presentations.

Speakers

• Elena E Hernandez Ramon, M.D., Ph.D.
  Pre-medical advisor/Scientific Program Manager, Office of Intramural Training & Education, National Institutes of Health
• Linda S. Birnbaum, Ph.D., DABT, ATS
  Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program

Sponsor

• Women in Toxicology from the Society of Toxicology