Join the ACCESS 2.0 Virtual Kick-Off!
We are pleased to announce that on 22 June 2021 ACCESS is hosting a virtual Kick-off where we will inform you about new and exciting things happening in ACCESS 2021-2024!
Join the Kick-Off to learn about the new ACCESS 2.0 and next steps, to discover how you can apply for funding to host a PhD course and to listen to inspiring speakers about sustainability!
When?: 22 June 2021, 14:30-16:00 CEST (8:30 - 10:00 a.m. for Chile)
Programme
14:30- 14:45 Welcoming and opening of the Kick-Off by Flavio Salazar, Vice President for Research and Development, Universidad de Chile.
14:45-15:00 Keynote speaker, Per Mickwitz, Pro Vice-Chancellor Research, Sustainability and Campus Development, Lund University.
15:00-15:15 ACCESS 2.0 by Stacey Sörensen, Director of the ACCESS platform at Lund University.
15:15-15:25 The launch of the ACCESS Research School (funded by STINT) by Karin Rengefors, Chair of the ACCESS Education Advisory Group.
15:25-15:40 Best practices on virtual learning by Patrice Torcivia, Associate Director of Learning Design at the Teaching and Learning Lab at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
15:40-15:50 Moving Forward by Pedro Bouchon, Vice President for Research, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
15:50-16:00 Q&A
There will be a possibility for an extended 15 min Q&A (optional)
Below you can read about the speakers that will present at the kick-off:
Flavio Salazar, Vice President for Research and Development, Universidad de Chile.
Dr. Flavio Salazar Onfray is a biologist from the University of Uppsala (1991) and got his PhD at the Karolinska Institute (1998) in Sweden. In 1999, he returned to Chile and got a position at the Disciplinary Program of Immunology at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile. Dr. Salazar interest has been focused in several aspects of tumor immunology, from basic research to clinical trials. Dr. Salazar has identified and characterized new melanoma antigens and He lead a multidisciplinary group that performed Phase I and Phase I/II clinical trials in Chile of immunotherapy for melanoma and prostate cancer. He more than 70 scientific publications in high impact international journals such as J. Clin. Oncol. (2009); Clinical Cancer Res (2011); Cancer Immunol Immunother (2012) Brit J cancer (2013) and Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer (2020). He and his group registered several international patents. Dr. Salazar has contributed directly to the formation of 13 Ph.D., and several MSc. Since 2011, Dr. Salazar is Deputy Director of the Institute Millennium of Immunology and Immunotherapy.
Dr. Salazar is member of several international scientific societies and he is the past President of the Chilean Society of Immunology and the Latin American association of Immunology Societies (ALAI). He has obtained several research grants from national and international agencies and he has become the leader of several R&D projects and founded a spin off company, Oncobiomed in 2002, dedicated to cellular immunotherapy. In 2007 and 2008, he was nominated for the innovation AVONNI price by the Forum for the innovation from the Ministry of Economy. In 2009 he was part of the Chilean President delegation during the state visit to India. From June 2014 he is Vice President of Research and Development at the University of Chile.
Per Mickwitz, Pro Vice-Chancellor Research, Sustainability and Campus Development, Lund University.
Per Mickwitz is a professor of environmental policy and was director of the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) in 2019–2020. He has worked for many years at the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) in roles such as researcher and research professor, and was research director for seven years. Per Mickwitz earned his PhD in 2006 from Tampere University where he is an associate professor.
His research has focused on environmental and sustainability policy, how politics can be evaluated, how innovations occur and in particular how system transitions towards sustainability can be supported. Per Mickwitz is also vice chair of the board for the Academy of Finland (the Finnish equivalent of the Swedish Research Council) and was previously chair of the Strategic Research Council. Since 2017 he has been the chair of the scientific committee at the European Environment Agency (EEA).
Stacey Sörensen, Director of the ACCESS platform at Lund University.
Stacey Sörensen was Pro Vice Chancellor, Research, at Lund University 2015-2020. She leads a research group in the Physics Department with a profile in development of experimental tools for momentum-imaging spectroscopy. Professor Sorensen has been a member of the board of the Swedish Research Council, is presently a member of the board of Linnaeus University, chairs the board of the Albert Påhlsson Foundation, is on the steering committee for the German-Swedish initiative Röntgen-Ångström Cluster, and was the Swedish coordinator of the 170-m€ InterReg initiative Cross Border Science and Society for younger researchers in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. At Lund University her areas of responsibility included Open Science, Strategic Research, Research Infrastructures including the MAX IV synchrotron facility, e-science and research data. Professor Sörensen serves on the advisory council for the SOLEIL synchrotron in Paris, and the European X-ray Free Electron Laser facility in Germany. She has been a member of the ACCESS steering group since 2017.
Karin Rengefors, Chair of the ACCESS Education Advisory Group.
Dr. Karin Rengefors is the chair of the ACCESS Education Advisory Group, which is responsible for the PhD course program. She is a professor of limnology at the Biology Department of Lund University, and her research interest is on phytoplankton ecology and evolution, with special focus on harmful algal blooms. Dr. Rengefors also has a strong interest in doctoral education and took the lead in developing and running GENECO, the Graduate Research School in Genomic Ecology at Lund university 2008-2013. For this work she was awarded the Lund University Pedagogical prize in 2012. She was also Director of Graduate in Biology between 2013-2017 and has been a co-director of the internationally renowned Workshop on Genomics. Dr. Rengefors did her BSc as well as her PhD at Uppsala University, followed by two years at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA, on a STINT Fellowship. Dr. Rengefors is especially keen on international collaboration as she grew up in Brazil, Italy, Chile, Austria, and USA.
Patrice Torcivia, Associate Director of Learning Design at the Teaching and Learning Lab at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Dr. Prusko has over 15 years of experience developing innovative pedagogical approaches using multiple modalities. She holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering (B.S.), and Business Management (MBA) from Union College, and Curriculum and Instruction (Ph.D.) from University at Albany. As Associate Director of Learning Design within the Harvard Graduate School of Education Dr. Prusko oversees the design, development and project management of online and technology enhanced courses.
Prior to her current role, Dr. Prusko worked as an Instructional Designer at Cornell University in the Center for Teaching Innovation, and as a faculty member at State University of New York, Empire State College, Center for Distance Learning and International Programs. Her current research focuses on course and system level structures that support inclusive, transformational learning experiences for all students, especially first generation and underrepresented student populations in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. She is passionate about increasing global access to STEM education for all women, and believes by increasing access to education for women we can enable more communities across the globe to thrive and flourish.
Pedro Bouchon, Vice President for Research, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Pedro Bouchon holds since 2017 the position of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) Vice President for Research. He previously served as the Vice Dean of the College of Engineering, and prior to that, as the Director of Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies at the College of Engineering, and as the Director of the 2030 Engineering Project. He was also director and creator of the Master's in Innovation at UC.
Dr. Bouchon is a full professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Bioprocesses of the College of Engineering. His Bachelor’s degree is in Civil Industrial Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and holds a PhD from the School of Food Biosciences of the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. His lines of research are focused on food design, with an emphasis on microstructures, transportation and health.