Mary Woolley, president and CEO of Research!America, will deliver the inaugural Bob and Helen Bartee and Family Advocacy of Science Lectureship today (March 26) at noon in the Yanney Conference Room at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. The presentation also can be seen on Zoom.
Woolley will speak on “Your Role in Winning Hearts and Minds for Research.”
The Bartee Lectureship, created by Bob Bartee, the former vice chancellor for external relations, and his family, invites a recognized expert to UNMC annually to provide a lecture and engage with UNMC faculty and students on topics related to making science relevant, creating ways for scientists to engage with the community and build science literacy and trust in scientific rigor and results.
Woolley has led Research!America in its efforts to advocate for science, discovery and innovation to achieve better health for all. Under her leadership, Research!America has garnered attention and respect for its innovation in advocacy for research.
“We are proud to welcome Mary Woolley as our inaugural speaker,” Bartee said. “She is a strong and positive force for science, research, outreach and advocacy, particularly in the health sciences arena.”
Also at the event, UNMC’s Mark Rupp, MD, chief of infectious diseases, will receive the Bartee Advocacy of Science Award, which is given to a UNMC scientist who exemplifies and lives out a commitment to community engagement.
Woolley is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and served two terms on its Governing Council. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and has served on the National Academy of Sciences Board on Higher Education and the Workforce and the Board on Life Sciences. She is a founding member of the Board of Associates of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and served as a member of the University of Chicago Medical Center’s Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine Council. She is co-chair of the Science and Technology Action Committee.
She has a 35-year publication history on science advocacy and research related topics, and she is a sought-after speaker, often interviewed by science, news and policy journalists.