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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. CAPT Sharon O.
Williams-Fleetwood is the SciPAC Chief
Professional Officer [read
more about CAPT Sharon O. Williams-Fleetwood].
CDR Karon Abe is the 2011-2012 SciPAC Chair [read more about CDR Abe].
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Who
are we?
The Scientist Category in the U.S. Public
Health Service is very diverse with over
46 scientific disciplines, including
biochemistry, biology, biostatistics,
chemistry, clinical psychology, computer
science, entomology, environmental health,
epidemiology, genetics, health physics,
immunology, industrial hygiene,
microbiology, nutrition, parasitology,
pharmacology, physics, physiology, social
science, and toxicology. All Scientist
Officers hold a doctoral degree.
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2011 USPHS Scientific and
Training Symposium Category Day
Scientist officers attending the 2011
Scientist Category Day presentations.
[more
photos from 2011 category day]
Visit the Photo
Archives Page for more photos of
Scientist Officers in Action!
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The
September 2011 issue of SciPAC's Scientist
Officer Newsletter [PDF] is now
available!
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Promotion
Year 2012 Benchmarks for the Scientist
Category are available now.
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Deployment
checklist available here.
[PDF]
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The
"Scientist Officer Handbook," in the format
of downloadable content-specific fact
sheets, is available on our Career Development
page.
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All
scientist officers are encouraged to
subscribe to the Scientist Category Listserv
[instructions for
subscribing]
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SciPAC meeting
schedule and call-in information
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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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Information about Psychology
Professional Advisory Group (PSYPAG)
available through
HSPAC web site.
Officer
Basic Training Course
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From
Left to Right, LCDR Mike
Smith, (FDA, SciPAC Career
Development Subcommittee
Co-Chair) LCDR Mark Clayton,
(DOD, SciPAC representative),
LT Sarah Angstman (IHS, OBC
class 52 attendee), RADM Boris
Lushniak, (OS, Deputy Surgeon
General and Keynote Speaker),
LT Shane Eynon, (DOD, OBC
class 52 attendee), LT John
Pesce, (NIH, OBC class 52
attendee and class Executive
Officer) and LT Jess Cole
(FDA, SciPAC representative).
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The Officer Basic Course (OBC)
Team of the Career Development
Subcommittee is comprised of scientist
officers from the Washington DC
Metropolitan area. At least one member
of this group each month attends the OBC
open house and graduation ceremony to
welcome new active duty scientists to
the Corps and to answer any
category-specific questions. Members of
the OBC Team that attend the graduation
ceremony present a personalized letter
from the CPO, CAPT Sharon
Williams-Fleetwood and scientist
category coin to each new scientist
officer.
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The
SciPAC T-Shirt
The
SciPAC Coin
Front
Back
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Order the new SciPAC
t-shirt or SciPAC
coin! [PDF]
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.
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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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