Dear Colleague,
How are your management skills? Most scientists have no formal training in it, but managing a lab is not unlike running a small business.
New PIs and postdocs who are setting up their own lab for the first time can gain a solid foothold by learning management skills that will ensure research projects stay on track. Hiring and managing the right research staff, organizing data efficiently, staying on a timeline, and keeping a budget are vital to a project's success. Learning organizational skills can reduce some of the strain junior investigators feel due to funding uncertainties and work/family balance stresses.
Martha L. Bruce, PhD, MPH, addresses these very issues in her December 2007 First Tuesday teleconference presentation on strategies for managing research projects. To view Project Management for Postdocs, click here.
Sincerely,
Stephen J. Bartels, MD, MS; Martha L. Bruce, PhD, MPH; Maureen Halpain, MS; Barry D. Lebowitz, PhD;
Charles F. Reynolds III, MD; Gwenn Smith, PhD; Joel E. Streim, MD; Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA
Medical
Updates
Mentoring and Research Misconduct: An Analysis of Research Mentoring in Closed ORI Cases.
Wright DE, Titus SL, Cornelison JB.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2008 Jul 10. [Epub ahead of print]
Are mentors adequately trained to be responsible mentors? This study investigated the role of the mentor as supervisors and assurers of data integrity in cases of trainee research misconduct.
Gender and academic medicine: a good pipeline of women graduates is not advancing.
Puljak L, Kojundzic SL, Sapunar D.
Teach Learn Med. 2008 Jul-Sep;20(3):273-8.
A 27-year retrospective Croatian study showed a trend similar to US medical schools: a close ratio of men:women graduates, yet men outnumber women at the highest faculty and leadership positions.
Evolving trends in balancing work and family for future academic physicians: a role for personal stories.
Harrison R.
Med Teach. 2008 May;30(3):316-8.
Teachers and mentors in academic medicine can help attract and retain trainees by sharing their own personal stories about personal and professional balance.
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In
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Management for beginners
The Scientist.com, July 2008
Three principal investigators tell how they learned to best manage their own labs, from hiring the right staff to successful time management.
Possible Transfusion for NIH
Inside Higher Ed.com, July 17, 2008
Senators Arlen Specter and Tom Harkin are cosponsoring legislation to boost funding for the NIH. If the legislation succeeds it would bring the 2008 NIH budget on pace with inflation for the first time in 5 years.
Taken for Granted: By the Numbers
Science Careers.org, July 4, 2008
A report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences argues that government agencies that fund early-career scientists should do more to track the career progress and outcomes of those funded researchers in an effort to improve federal programs.
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Evolving trends in balancing work and family for future academic physicians: a role for personal stories.
Harrison R.
Med Teach. 2008 May;30(3):316-8.
Teachers and mentors in academic medicine can help attract and retain trainees by sharing their own personal stories about personal and professional balance.
Industrial Postdocs: The Road Less Traveled
Science Careers.org, June 13, 2008
Doing a postdoc in industry can be a lucrative way to network, get access to state-of-the-art equipment, or beat a path to an industry career.
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Presentations
Challenges to the Transition to Independent Investigator and the Role of the Mentor in Geriatric Mental Health
Martha L. Bruce, PhD, MPH
Dr. Bruce's presentation focuses on one of the most important junctures in one's career, that is, the one between having a junior or career development award and making the transition to becoming an independent investigator by having your own NIH R01 or equivalent independent research grant.
Interpreting and Responding to Grant Reviews
Stephen J. Bartels, MD, MS
This presentation describes a stepwise approach to interpreting and responding to grant reviews and offers strategies that will lead to the most successful response.
Events
Calendar
Geriatric Psychiatry for the Primary Care Provider
When: August 1-3
Where: Where: Clearwater Beach, FL
2008 Florida Conference on Aging
When: August 11-14
Where: Where: Orlando, FL
American Psychological Association 116th Annual Convention
When: August 14-17
Where: Where: Boston, MA
Career
Autobiography
Dilip V. Jeste, MD
Dr. Jeste, medical specialist and internationally known researcher in geriatric psychiatry, details his career trajectory. Other career autobiographies can be found in the Researcher Roadmaps section.
Med
Ed
Resources
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
HHMI, a nonprofit medical research organization, has awarded approximately $1.5 billion in grants since 1988. Most HHMI grants are awarded through competitions that have specific objectives and eligibility criteria.
NIH Career Award Wizard
The Career Award Wizard is designed to help applicants identify an individual NIH Career Award that might be right for them.
Association of Women Psychiatrists
The Association of Women Psychiatrists promotes inclusive leadership, professional development, and networking among women psychiatrists.
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