by Gary McDowell | Dec 23, 2018 | FOR meetings, Ideas for change, Mentoring
This is part of a series of blog posts explaining our push for centering mentoring in academia. We are organizing a meeting in Chicago in June 2019 to take action – you can learn more about the effort here. Donate to our mentoring effort! This is a guest post by...
by Gary McDowell | Dec 23, 2018 | FOR meetings, Fundraising, Ideas for change, Mentoring
This is part of a series of blog posts explaining our push for centering mentoring in academia. We are organizing a meeting in Chicago in June 2019 to take action – you can learn more about the effort here. Donate to our mentoring effort! One of the issues we...
by Gary McDowell | Dec 22, 2018 | FOR meetings, Ideas for change, Mentoring
Table from “Towards sustaining a culture of mental health and wellness for trainees in the biosciences” summarizing recent studies into graduate and postdoctoral mental health. This is part of a series of blog posts explaining our push for centering...
by Gary McDowell | Dec 21, 2018 | Ideas for change, Mentoring
Donate to our mentoring effort! Over the last 12 days of 2018, we want to discuss various aspects, and release details about, our meeting to Put Mentoring at the Heart of Academia in Chicago, June 14th 2019. You can read more details about the meeting here, and...
by Gary McDowell | Dec 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
This is a guest post by FoR Advisory Board member, Dr. Christopher Pickett. On Thursday, the Advisory Council to the Director of the National Institutes of Health discussed the formation of a new working group on sexual harassment in NIH-funded labs. Well after the...