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Articles by Early Career Scientist Committees (164 results)
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Community Voices
Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Uyen Linh Ho
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. Uyen Linh Ho Community and Membership Engagement Subcommittee Center of Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland As a PhD-trained scientist, you have many career options. What interests you the…
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Community Voices
Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Tammy Lee
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. Tammy Lee Multimedia Subcommittee University of Toronto Research Interest How is genetic information that is stored in the germline passed on from one generation to the next? The germline…
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Early Career Leadership Spotlight: David Daesung Lowe
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. David Daesung Lowe Career Development Subcommittee Harvard Medical School Research Interest I grew up in a low-income, single-parent household, where my mother was an undocumented immigrant. We struggled greatly…
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Community Voices
Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Faith Onditi
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. Faith Onditi Communication and Outreach Committee Institute of Primate Research Research Interest: I am interested in advancing research in malaria during pregnancy through advocacy and translational research. The development…
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Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Caroline Aragón
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. Caroline Aragón Communication and Outreach Subcommittee University of Minnesota Research Interest: I vividly remember the day when my parents came home, called my siblings and me into the living…
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Community Voices
Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Elizabeth DiLoreto
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. Elizabeth DiLoreto Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee Worcester Polytechnic Institute Research Interest: I have always wondered why. “Why do we make certain choices?” “Why does the smell of cookies bring…
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Community Voices
Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Jillian Freese
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. Jillian Freese Accessibility Subcommittee J. Craig Venter Institute Research Interest My unshakeable desire to be a scientist was cemented when I first began SCUBA diving. Sinking below the waves…
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Community Voices
Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Daniel J. Gironda
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. Daniel J. Gironda Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee Wake Forest School of Medicine Research Interest: Metastasis, the spread of cancer from a primary tumor to a secondary organ site, is…
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Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Jadson C. Santos (Jall)
Jadson C. Santos (Jall) Career Development Subcommittee University of São Paulo Research Interest I have carried out research in various scientific areas—among them, human genetics, bioinformatics, structural biology of proteins, and molecular immunology. I’ve always been passionate about science, but the molecular world sparked my imagination and attracted me more than any other area. Currently,…
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Providing meaningful undergraduate research experiences
By Melissa Drown Early career research experiences can be instrumental in leading science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors into scientific careers. Unfortunately, with limited time for mentoring and a high faculty-to-undergraduate student ratio, providing undergraduates with meaningful research experiences can be challenging. Below are some recommendations for providing meaningful undergraduate research experiences (UREs). These…
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Careers
Career development through the lens of design-thinking
By Michelle Jonika After graduate school or a postdoc, the ultimate goal is to get a job. For some, the goal would be to stay in academia; for others, to transition to industry. Some have thought about specific careers or companies to work for in the future. However, not many of us have considered designing…