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Articles by Early Career Scientist Committees (164 results)
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Community Voices
Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Abhinava K. Mishra
We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Abhinava K. Mishra Career Development Subcommittee University of California, Santa Barbara Research Interest: Since my early childhood, I have been fascinated by curiosity-driven science. More so, I perceived natural…
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Community Voices
Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Opoola Mubaraq Abolaji
We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Opoola Mubaraq Abolaji Communication and Outreach Subcommittee University of Louisville Research Interest: I started my career as an agriculturist. I am a trained animal scientist and used to work…
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Community Voices
Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Ashitha SNM
We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Ashitha SNM Multimedia Subcommittee Indian National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences Research Interest: It was an instant connection with genetics, and then there was no looking back!…
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Policy & Advocacy
Accessibility: A journey of learning and change
People with disabilities pursuing STEM careers frequently face hardships, discrimination, stereotypes, and ableism that hamper their growth and well-being. Inability to comply with ADA guidelines has created barriers to accessibility, which worsened with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic as the world transitioned to a virtual way of living. In 2020, many organizations, such as…
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An introduction to science advocacy and policy: a short course from FASEB
Developing humankind’s scientific understanding of our modern world is contingent on the policies and facilitators that are funding our prospective research. Over the past several decades, government policies and initiatives have been enacted to promote groundbreaking research across the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Breakthrough discoveries are occurring almost every day, yet the…
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Policy & Advocacy
Lance David Miller: Lighting Your Own Fire by Finding the Right Resources
By Daniel J. Gironda In the Paths to Science Policy series, we talk to individuals who have a passion for science policy and are active in advocacy through their various roles and careers. The series aims to inform and guide early career scientists interested in science policy. This series is brought to you by the…
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Community Voices
Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Julio Molina Pineda
We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Julio Molina Pineda Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee University of Arkansas Research Interest My research interests focus on using model organisms to genetically dissect complex traits related to human disease.…
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Graça Almeida-Porada: The Importance of Communication in a Technologically Advancing World
By Daniel J. Gironda In the Paths to Science Policy series, we talk to individuals who have a passion for science policy and are active in advocacy through their various roles and careers. The series aims to inform and guide early career scientists interested in science policy. This series is brought to you by the…
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Community Voices
Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Peiwei Chen
We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Peiwei Chen Accessibility Subcommittee California Institute of Technology Research Interest Far from a harmonious place, the genome is a battleground, where every bit of DNA fights for inheritance and…
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Community Voices
Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Eshna Jash
We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Eshna Jash Multimedia Subcommittee University of Michigan Research Interest Since my first genetics class as an undergraduate, I have been fascinated by how genomes can be so complexly regulated…
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Community Voices
Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Chandrika Konwar
We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Chandrika Konwar Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee University of Delhi Research Interest Growing up amidst the strife and struggle of northeast India, I saw that my community faced a lack…