Are Your LGBTQ Trainees Safe: Thoughts on Life Post Orlando
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Today’s massacre in Orlando of unarmed patrons of a gay nightclub in Orlando is sickening, stunning and all too personal for many of us in academics. Earlier today, I …
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Translational Newbies: Awesome FREE Advice
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Do you have great patient recruitment skills and not-so-cutting-edge tools to look at outcomes? Do you worry that your basic science model won’t hold up in a clinical trial? …
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Six Sacrifices You Shouldn't Make for Work
The Edge for Scholars
If you routinely check your work email the moment you wake up and right before you go to bed at night, then you might have a problem. If you call …
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Three Irish Scientists You Should Know
The Edge for Scholars
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, here are three Irish scientists who've made contributions to medical history.
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Don't Delay (Or Do). Read Wait: The Art and Science of Delay
Rebecca Helton, MA
Did you know that speakers who frequently pause for short periods are more persuasive than those who don’t? Or that not lingering on a date that’s going well …
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If I'm a Minority Recruit, Is It Tacky to Point Out There are No Other Minority Faculty?
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Around the Twitter world today, a kindly trainee had been offered an awesome job (woot!). BUT, and there’s always a but, there were no other minority hires in their …
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Exercising Your Professional Brand at Conference Interviews
Rebecca Helton, MA
At Vanderbilt, we’ve been doing a lot with professional branding lately. What you wear, what you do, and how you speak, sit, and walk all say things about you …
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To Succeed, Forget Self-Esteem
Rebecca Helton, MA
If you look under the Self-Help heading on Amazon, you’ll find roughly 5,000 books listed under the subhead Self-Esteem. The vast majority of these books aim to not only tell …
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Watch the Front Lines
David Calkins, PhD
Delegation is important; but make sure to remain engaged.
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Know the Vital Players in Your Career: Tenure-Track Peers
The Edge for Scholars
An assistant professor in the social sciences once described a group of tenure-track colleagues in his department as “the lamenting society.” Once a week they met for lunch to complain …
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