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 | Nov 27, 2018 | FOR meetings, Fundraising, Ideas for change, Mentoring
Image by Lipofsky: Future of Research members at our first summit in Boston in 2014 Academia is reaching a critical turning point, where effective and positive mentoring is more necessary than ever before. A slew of recommendations, reports and surveys are...
by Gary McDowell | Nov 22, 2018 | Fundraising, Ideas for change, Mentoring
Future of Research is bringing mentoring back to the heart of academia. Mentoring the next generation of scientists is critical to the future of research. Unfortunately, academia has lost its focus on the development and wellbeing of young scientists. This has...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 20, 2018 | Diversity in science, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, Mentoring, News, NIH, Policy
On Thursday, August 23, at 10 AM EDT the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) will hold a hearing entitled “Prioritizing Cures: Science and Stewardship at the National Institutes of Health”. The hearing will be webcast here. Last week...
by Gary McDowell | Oct 3, 2017 | Mentoring, Personal perspectives, Webinar
Scientists today are increasingly needed in advocacy and policy efforts, as well as conducting research, securing funding, and teaching classes, and we need to ensure that we foster all of this in the next generation of scientists. How can you ensure that you develop...
