Open Remarks

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Introductions from Bruce Stillman, Jonathan Teyan, and Maria Lima

Keynote

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Erich Jarvis, PhD, Head of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language at Rockefeller University and HHMI Investigator

Panel discussion: Research Excellence

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Alaji Bah, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at SUNY Upstate Medical Center

Remi Adelaiye-Ogala, PhD, Assistant Professor at Division of Hematology/Oncology, University at Buffalo

Lucas Cheadle, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Karl Lewis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University

Skill based sessions
(45 mins per session)

Session 1: Career timeline creation (Jaime Rubin, PhD, Vice Chair for Investigator Development, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center)

Session 2: How to prepare chalk talks (Sydney Gary, PhD, Director of Research Operations at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Session 3: How to negotiate (contract, benefits, work and family balance) (Josh Brumberg, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Biology, Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY)

Session 4: Managing a laboratory (Glenn Simmons Jr., PhD, Assistant Research Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University)

Dinner

Blackford Hall

Table discussions questions around research excellence

Poster session

Nichols Biondi

3 hour social event following dinner

Keynote

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Hasina Outtz Reed, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

Skill based sessions
(45 mins per session)

Session 1: Career timeline creation (Jaime Rubin, PhD, Vice Chair for Investigator Development, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center)

Session 2: How to prepare chalk talks (Sydney Gary, PhD, Director of Research Operations at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Session 3: How to negotiate (contract, benefits, work and family balance) (Josh Brumberg, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Biology, Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY)

Session 4: Managing a laboratory (Glenn Simmons Jr., PhD, Assistant Research Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University)

Special Address

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Marie Bernard, MD, Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity, National Institute of Health

Panel discussion: Funding Opportunities

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Marie Bernard, MD, Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity, National Institute of Health

NSF: James Moore III, PhD, Assistant Director for the Directorate for Education and Human Resources at the National Science Foundation

HHMI: Blanton Tolbert, PhD, Vice President of Science Leadership and Culture at Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Final reflection

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Steps forward and report from the focus group sessions to the main audience