Speed Mentoring: Seven Steps to a Successful Session
The Edge for Scholars
Speed mentoring is a riff on speed dating that allows trainees & early career faculty to meet multiple mentors in a short time. We share all the details needed to host …
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How to PhD: 10 Tips from Hindsight
Evelyne Deplazes, PhD
A PhD is challenging but also rewarding journey. Here I share 10 tips that helped me navigate my PhD.
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A Beginner's Guide for Addressing Sexual Harassment in Academia
Needhi Bhalla, PhD
Suggestions for how scientists, specifically male scientists, can undermine the alienating culture of sexual harassment that exists in STEM.
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Angry Academics
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Are you feeling surrounded by buzzkills and unhappy academics? You aren't alone. Here's some protips for not becoming the angry academic.
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Relief from Social Distancing
Katherine Hartmann, MD, PhD
Seven ideas for getting relief from social distancing.
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Why I Wrote "Mentoring Minority Trainees"
Antentor Hinton, PhD
Effective mentoring strategies which are specifically tailored towards mentoring minority students.
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Job Search: Interviewing from the Waist Up
Ashley Hood, PhD
Whether interviewing or being interviewed, odds are you are about to be a video star. We've rounded up the most practical and clear advice.
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A Guide to Managing Research Teams
Timothy Hohman, PhD
Our ability to effectively manage a team, which often is not taught in academic medicine, is critical to the success of our careers.
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Networking for People Who Hate Networking: A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected
The Edge for Scholars
If you’re like your correspondent, the very word “networking” sends a trickle of terror down your spine. Even the thought of mingling at a conference fills you with dread. …
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Not that Kind of Spending: Tales of Investing in Your Career
Pipette Protagonist, PhD
Spoiler: Be prepared to spend some of your money investing in yourself and your career.
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