Digital Science Communication
June 1st – June 12th – Week 2
Course description: In this course students learn the skills required for modern, digital scientific communications including video production, public speaking in a virtual environment, creating posters, and writing abstracts. Students will review scientific information presented in professional and popular media and will produce drafts of videos, presentations, abstracts, and posters. In addition to learning effective communication, students will learn to evaluate the quality of science presentations available across various media from popular media (news, magazines, blogs) to professional sources (scientific journals).
June 8th
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Program virtual “huddle” with Kendra
Meeting ID: 921 7339 1580 Password: 529212
Topic: Program virtual “huddle”
Start Time : Jun 8, 2020 09:57 AM
Meeting Recording:
https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/rec/share/xPJXDLLd3WJOc5HT4nqOfYQLPomiT6a81Cga_aUMmR6zdLrvNg–hvfBErRQn4KY
OPTIONAL: 12:00 PM-1:00 PM : Virtual VSSA – Faculty Seminar
See the calendar of seminars here: https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vssa/virtual-vssa-2020/
1:00 PM-3:00 PM: Video Group Update: Learning objective, script, & storyboard
For today’s session please click on the URL for your group:
Group name: Don’t go bacon my heart
Audience: Our focus is the general public with a focus on minority groups that are disproportionately affected.
Learning Objective: To educate individuals on the relationship between lifestyle/diet and heart/ cardiovascular health.

Group name: The Fantastic V Scholars
Audience: General public, women of childbearing age, pregnant women, and African American women
Learning Objective: Educate women and other individuals on the effects of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia during pregnancy and the long term effect on cardiovascular health

Group name: The Heart’s Mind
Audience: General population (non-scientific), with specific emphasis on those afflicted by these issues
Learning Objective: Educate at risk individuals of the correlation between heart and mind and highlight ways to protect themselves from further complications

Group name: A Heart Worth A Lifetime
Audience: Those most at risk for congenital heart defects as well as those who already have congenital heart defects and their family members
Learning Objective: Educate those at risk due to family history and advise patients and families with a diagnosis of potential long-term effects and expectations

June 9th
OPTIONAL: Gental Yoga Session
Description: Kaitlin Briana Oliver, Yoga Instructor in Bristol UK
Meeting ID: 2864883911 Password: 0Ygptz
OPTIONAL: SU – Faculty Career Path Talks
Description:
Dr. Alison Marsden – https://profiles.stanford.edu/alison-marsden
Dr. Phillip Yang – https://profiles.stanford.edu/phillip-yang
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bVlDHFWjR8KF6_GwQTvTBA
Recording: https://med.stanford.edu/cvi/education/aha-cvi-undergraduate-summer-research-program/resources/webinar-recordings.html – Password: heart@1120
2:00 – 3:00 PM : COVID and Cardiovascular Disease — Josh Beckman MD
Josh Beckman M.D.
COVID and Cardiovascular Disease
OPTIONAL: 3:00 PM- 4:00 PM – SU- Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar
Buddhadeb Dawn, MD – Professor and Chairman Department of Internal Medicine Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Nevada
Las Vegas School of Medicine
Recording:https://med.stanford.edu/cvi/education/aha-cvi-undergraduate-summer-research-program/resources/webinar-recordings.html – Password: heart@1120
June 10th

June 11th
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM – Career Pathway Talk
Reflections with Dr. Joey Barnett about all recent career talks and pathways.
Please come prepared to discuss:
- What you have already heard?
- What you would like to hear more about?
- Other career options?
Recording: https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/rec/share/1dF0AO3AxkxJSZ2c0FjPepR6DJ–eaa80HNL-aYFn0cstDmeTxXLjDjhGYf7qwH3
12:00-1:00PM ANIMATION WORKSHOP with Maddie Rice
Maddie Rice
Medical Illustrator and Animator
Master’s Candidate, Biomedical Visualization University of Illinois at Chicago
Maddie is an artist and researcher from the southern U.S., born and raised in Dallas, Texas, and completed her undergraduate career in Mississippi where she received a B.S. in Microbiology. She is currently a master’s candidate in Biomedical Visualization at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she specializes in creating 2D and 3D educational graphics for both the public and researchers alike. As an illustrator she collaborates with others to develop visuals for complex life science topics through animation, 3D modeling, molecular visualization, and digital painting. Her work is featured in the Northwestern Public Health Review, Cell Stem Cell, and as the cover of the December 6th issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
OPTIONAL (highly recommend)2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Personal Development – Describing your science to a lay audience
Facilitators : Wendy White, PhD (Tougaloo College) & Robyn Landry (AHA)
June 12th
OPTIONAL: 12:00 – 1:00 PM – Virtual VSSA – Gap Year
See the calendar of seminars here: https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vssa/virtual-vssa-2020/
OPTIONAL: AHA Lifelong learning Orientation Virtual Training
Michelle Bruns, AHA National Lifelong Learning Director
https://learn.heart.org/Catalog.aspx
Recording: https://heart.zoom.us/rec/play/usV-Iuj5qTk3ToKWtASDVPQvW43rKq2shiEW86cJyUixUXdWZlvwZONDM7PEWZlBmbMMJsdFkbWublgR?continueMode=true Password: 0l^+6e80