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Welcome to the SciPAC
Welcome to the USPHS Commissioned Corps Scientist Category web
site.
This site is supported by the Scientist
Professional Advisory Committee (SciPAC) and provides news and
information to Scientist Officers as well as links for civilian
scientists interested in joining the Corps.
The SciPAC provides advice and
consultation to the Office of the Surgeon General and to the
Scientist Chief Professional Officer on professional and personnel
issues. RADM Helena O. Mishoe is the SciPAC Chief
Professional Officer [read more about RADM Mishoe].
CDR Rachel Avchen is the
2008-2009 SciPAC Chair [read more about CDR
Avchen].
See our Scientist
Officers in Action!
LCDR Dominic Frasca, CDR Sara Newman, LCDR
Aliceo Candido, and CAPT Michael McLaughlin, proudly serving in
Alexandria, Louisiana in September 2008.
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Promotion Year 2010 Benchmarks for the Scientist Category are available now.
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The Scientist Professional Advisory Committee (SciPAC) is
requesting nominations for Junior and Senior Scientist of the
Year awards to be presented at the annual USPHS Scientific and
Training Symposium 1-4 June 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. Details
about eligibility requirements, the nomination process, and
evaluation criteria for these awards
available here [PDF]. Please consider submitting a
nomination.
All questions about nominations or completed nomination packages
should be directed to CDR Martin
Sanders, eyo0@cdc.gov, 404-639-3147. The deadline for
receipt of nomination packages is Monday, March 16, 2009.
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2008 SciPAC Awardees
Announced
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We have updated the old "Scientist Officer
Handbook!" The updated content is now available in the
form of downloadable content-specific fact sheets on our
Career Development page. Check
it out!
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Call for Members - Hispanic Officers
Advisory Committee [PDF]
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Category Day
Presentations and photos from the 2008 USPHS Scientific
Training and Symposium are now available!
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All scientist officers are encouraged to
subscribe to the Scientist Category Listserv [instructions
for subscribing]
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Order the new SciPAC Coin [PDF]
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Guidance and sample curriculum vitae for Scientist officers now
available! [PDF][Word]
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SciPAC meeting schedule and call-in information [PDF]
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The
Scientist Professional Advisory Committee, SciPAC, has several
subcommittees which are designed to help you as a Scientist Officer
develop professionally. The subcommittees are chaired by PAC
members, but membership in the subcommittees is open to all
interested Scientist officers. You can benefit yourself personally
and the Category as a whole by getting involved. Visit the
Membership page to
learn more about the subcommittees and who to contact to get
involved.
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There is a
new email address set up to handle questions to the PAC chair. That
email address is on the global and is
Scipac@cdc.gov. The new email
address for CAPT Mishoe is on the global and is
nhlbi_cposcientist@nhlbi.nih.gov.
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Information about Psychology Professional Advisory Group (PSYPAG)
available through
HSPAC web site.
Officer Basic Training Course
From left to right: LCDR Clayton,
LCDR Hunter, ADM Williams, CDR Sparenborg, LT Sydnor, and LT
Hatch following the
graduation ceremony at the April, 2009 Officer Basic
Training Course.
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The new
Officer Basic Training Course (OBC) Scientist Officer Group
out of the Career Development Subcommittee, is comprised of
eight DC-based Scientist Officers. At least one member of
this group each month will attend the OBC graduation
ceremony at the National Conference Center to welcome the
graduating Scientist Officers. Members of the OBC are there
to deliver a personal letter and CPO coin from RADM Mishoe
and to answer any category-specific questions.
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The SciPAC
T-Shirt
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Order the new SciPAC t-shirt! [DOC]
All T-Shirts are White, 100% cotton, with the Scientist logo
on the left front (pocket
area) with “USPHS” Scientist on the back in blue lettering. |
About SciPAC
The Scientist Professional Advisory Committee (SciPAC)
represents a large number of professional interests and disciplines,
and recognizes the importance of the cumulative efforts of
individual scientific contributions to the mission of the U.S.
Public Health Service. The committee functions in a resource and
advisory capacity to assist in development, coordination, and
evaluation of activities related to the respective scientific
disciplines in the PHS. Chapter 5 of the Scientist Handbook further
describes the functions of the SciPAC.
Membership on the SciPAC is professionally rewarding. It provides
the opportunity to:
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meet, know and work with a number of other highly
motivated PHS scientists;
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advise the Surgeon General via the Chief Scientist
Officer on issues/policies affecting commissioned corps and civil
service scientists, and;
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provide guidance and assistance to other scientists
on career development, staffing etc.
Membership assumes your commitment in providing the
necessary support to make this committee effective.
For more information on becoming a member, please visit the
Membership page.
Officers interested in
learning more about the SciPAC are encouraged to read the
SciPAC Charter and the
SciPAC Standard Operating
Procedures (SOP).
More about the history of the
SciPAC [PDF]
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