Agenda

Day 1: March 20, 2023

Theme: Research Excellence

Time
Activity
Location
Details
11:00-11:15am
Open Remarks
Grace Auditorium
Introductions from Bruce Stillman, Jonathan Teyan, and Maria Lima
11:15-11:55am
Keynote
Grace Auditorium
Erich Jarvis, PhD, Head of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language at Rockefeller University and HHMI Investigator
12:00-1:30pm
Lunch
Blackford Hall
1:30-3:00pm
Panel discussion: Research Excellence
Grace Auditorium

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

3:00-3:30pm
Coffee break/networking session
3:30-5:45pm
Skill based sessions
(45 mins per session)
Group 1 (Hershey East)
  • Chalk Talk 3:30 - 4:30p
  • Managing a Lab 4:45-5:45p
Group 2 (Hershey West)
  • Career Timeline 3:30-4:30p
  • How to Negotiate 4:45-5:45pm

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)

5:45-6:00pm
Break before dinner
6:00-7:30pm
Dinner
Blackford Hall
Table discussions questions around research excellence
7:30-10:00pm
Poster session
Nichols Biondi
3 hour social event following dinner

Day 2: March 21, 2023

Time
Activity
Location
Details
8:00-9:00am
Breakfast
Blackford Hall
9:00-9:40am
Keynote
Grace Auditorium
Hasina Outtz Reed, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
9:45am-12:00pm
Skill based sessions
(45 mins per session)
Group 1 (Hershey West)
  • How to Negotiate: 9:45am-10:45am
  • Career Timeline: 10:55-11:55am
Group 2 (Hershey East)
  • Managing a Lab: 9:45-10:45am
  • Chalk Talk: 10:55am-11:55am

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)

12:00-1:00pm
Lunch
Blackford Hall
1:00-1:30pm
Special Address
Grace Auditorium
Marie Bernard, MD, Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity, National Institute of Health
1:30-2:45pm
Panel discussion: Funding Opportunities
Grace Auditorium

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

2:45-4:00pm
Final reflection
Grace Auditorium
Steps forward and report from the focus group sessions to the main audience