In April the Council on Government Relations (COGR) hosted a webinar title “A Focus on Compensation Polices Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis” to learn from universities about their policies relating to... read more →
Many HRA members are shifting their scientific conferences to virtual. This document compiles tips, benefits, and lessons learned for those planning to switch conferences or meetings to virtual in the... read more →
This webinar featured a read-out and discussion of the recent National Academies report on the Science of Effective Mentoring in STEMM (PDF above).
Panelists: Shirley Tilghman (president emerita, Princeton University), Lida Beninson (Program Officer, NASEM), and Laura Contreras-Ruiz (staff scientist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.) The changing landscape of biological research has changed the day-to-day... read more →
BEST (Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training) is an effort by 17 institutions to explore ways of improving biomedical career development. A fraction of biomedical PhDs will take a tenure-track faculty... read more →
There has been a large movement to broaden the career development of Ph.D. trainees for a variety of career paths, including those outside of academia but still in research-related positions.... read more →
In a Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences publication by Bruce Alberts, Marc Kirschner, Shirley Tilghman and Harold Varmus (2014). Leading academics in biomedical research described a series of... read more →
Jessica Polka, PhD, and Kristin Krukenberg, PhD, both of Harvard Medical School, organized of the Future of Research Symposium. In a webinar, they presented the primary issues they were seeking... read more →