Surgeons can thrive in physician-scientist careers. Mayur Patel, MD, MPH, of Vanderbilt’s Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, describes his journey from internal K funding to R01, VA Merit, and more.
Posted by Edge for Scholars on October 2, 2020
Moderated by John McLean, Faculty Senate Chair, and Susan Wente, Interim Chancellor and Provost. This Town Hall was held on June 24, 2020, to address concerns and answer questions of faculty who will need to adapt to new teaching challenges this fall. 08:46 — Presentation: Active Learning in Hybrid & Physically Distanced Classrooms by Derek […]
Posted by Ashley Hood on July 1, 2020
Panelists Rachel Bonami, PhD, Natalie Chichetto, PhD, and Cecilia Chung, MD, discuss moving from T32 postdoctoral training grants to their own mentored career development awards and beyond.
Posted by Rebecca Helton on June 24, 2020
A discussion of what newly appointed assistant professors should expect as they begin life as a college or university faculty member. Drs. Richard A. Smith and Caroline M. Crawford engage in the discussion.
Posted by Edge for Scholars on July 30, 2018
Dr Noor and fellow Duke faculty members Dr Roizen, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, and Dr Ashley-Koch, Professor of Medical Genetics, present advice for a successful faculty career. Dr Noor’s book You’re Hired! Now What? available here.
Posted by Edge for Scholars on July 30, 2018
Practical tips on how to figure out what’s most important, eliminate the trivial, and establish routines for effortless execution. Based on the book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, by Greg McKeown.
Posted by Edge for Scholars on July 13, 2018
National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt on newly released National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report, Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Posted by Edge for Scholars on June 13, 2018
Research on creativity has shown that people tend to produce their most important works when young. But they’ve also found that a scientist has an equally good chance of producing a high impact paper towards the end of their career.
Posted by Edge for Scholars on May 25, 2018
Delegates from the Society for Applied Microbiology’s (SfAM) Early Career Scientist (ECS) Research Symposium offer advice they’d give other early career researchers.
Posted by Edge for Scholars on May 10, 2018
Is anyone procrastinating, by any chance? Of course you are. We all do. What if you started delegating your procrastination?
Posted by Edge for Scholars on April 30, 2018