Prioritize Your Development in Concurrent Professional Development Sessions

Concurrent Professional Development Sessions

Thursday, Nov. 10

10:30 – 11:15 a.m.

Make a Positive Impression: How to Excel in Your Graduate School Interviews

Patricia Cameron, Ph.D., Augusta University, Augusta, GA

Nicquet Blake, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, CA

Joshua Hall, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD

Cherilynn Shadding, Ph.D., The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX

Cynthia Wright, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Picking the Perfect Graduate Program for You

Discussion Panel

M.D.–Ph.D., Is it Right for Me?

Dimitri Cadet, B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, MD-PhD, Los Angeles, CA

Kayla Jackson, B.S., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Damani Piggott, M.D., Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Gabrielle Price, B.S., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai MD-PhD, New York, NY

Jose Sandoval, B.S., University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA

Transitioning from Academia to Industrial Research-Career Paths and Opportunities in STEM

Chris Burcham, Ph.D., Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN

Kathryn Wittenberg, M.S., Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN

Belonging in Academia: The Positive Impact of BIPOC Founded Organizations

Brionna Davis-Reyes, Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, CT

Christine Vazquez, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Patricka Williams-Simon, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Developing a Holistic Graduate Program: Ensuring Student Success throughout the Student Lifecycle

Brandy Alexis, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Carlos Grijalva, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Bennetta Horne, Ph.D., Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Weiwei Xu, Ph.D., Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

How We Learn…And How We Don’t

Robert A. Duke, Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Thursday, Nov. 10

8 – 9:30 p.m.

Accessibility Panel Discussion

Discussion Panel

The Art of Mental Revolution: A Musical Exploration

AZA Allsop, M.D., Ph.D., Yale University, Cambridge, MA

Bruce Birren, Ph.D., Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA

Dervin Cunningham, M.D., Yale University, Cambridge, MA

Friday, Nov. 11

8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Time Management & Goal Setting

Sandra Murray, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Navigating Without Assimilating: Strategies for Succeeding in STEM Research Environments

AZA Allsop, M.D., Ph.D., Yale University, Cambridge, MA

Bruce Birren, Ph.D., Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA

Effective Strategies for Applying to Competitive Scholarships

Joseph C. Chen, Ph.D., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

Triscia Hendrickson, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA

John Mateja, Ph.D., Goldwater Scholarship Foundation, Alexandria, VA

Malik McRae, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA

Annabelle Recinos, California State University, Fullerton, CA

Develop Your Mentoring Team: A New Look at Building Strategic Relationships to Maximize Success in Graduate School and Beyond

Margherita Cantorna, Ph.D., Penn State Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, State College, PA

Dana Coval-Dinant, Penn State University, State College, PA

Donna Korzick, Ph.D., Penn State Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, State College, PA

Cesar Matamoros, Ph.D., U.S. Department of Agriculture

Shaneice Nettleford, B.S., Penn State University, State College, PA

NIH Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students through Junior Faculty that You Should Know About!

Maria Carranza, Ph.D., National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Kenneth Gibbs, Ph.D., National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Timothy Gondré-Lewis, Ph.D., National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Patricia A. Labosky Ph.D., National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

New Strategies and Trends for Assessing Program and Trainee Success

Sherilynn Black, Ph.D., Duke University, Durham, NC

Victoria Freedman, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY

Nancy B. Schwartz, Ph.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

David Van Vactor, Ph.D., Harvard University, Boston, MA

IIIB: Identity, Intersectionality, and Implicit Bias

Debra Ragland, Ph.D., Duke University, Durham, NC

Friday, Nov. 11

11:15 a.m. – 12 p.m.

The Ins and Outs of Graduate School

Senior Graduate Student Panelists

How to Build Your Online Presence as a Scientist

Ben Andrews, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA

Hansook Oh, M.A., California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA

Christa Reynolds, M.A., University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Playing Scientist: Traits of Highly Successful Researchers

Tejas Bouklas, Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

NIH/NIGMS Research and Research Training Opportunities for Individual and Institutional Applicants, from Graduate Student to Faculty

Sydella A. Blatch, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Bethesda, MD

Shakira M. Nelson, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Bethesda, MD

If You Don’t Publish It, You Didn’t Do It

Victor DiRita, Ph.D., Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

How We Learn…And How We Don’t

Robert A. Duke, Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Making the Uncomfortable Comfortable – Changing Culture to Ensure Inclusion in Science

Emmanuel Adukwu, Ph.D., University of the West of England, Bristol, UK