Career DevelopmentThe mission of the Career Development Committee (CDC) is to promote and develop career assistance for ABRF members through job fairs, counseling, workshops and a mentoring program. ABRF launched an upgraded Mentoring platform early in 2021 to help new and experienced members connect to share information and ideas to support their professional development. The new Mentoring system allows users to identify their interests, needs, and mentoring preferences and suggest potential ABRF Mentors. The Career Development Committee oversees the system to provide opportunities for participants to connect at ABRF national and regional meetings. To stay informed about the new ABRF Mentoring Platform, contact the Career Development Committee. Questions or interest in joining an ABRF committee? Contact us! Highlights of the Satellite Workshop on Mentoring at ABRF 2019: From Claudia Bispo (UCSF): "During this meeting I also had the opportunity to join the Satellite Workshop #2 (the Mentoring Way), which I found tremendously helpful, not only in learning about methods and skills on how to mentor, but particular interesting to me was learning how to be a good mentee and fully understand the benefits of a valuable mentoring partnership. I’m really hoping that next year I’ll have another opportunity to continue building-on these principles as well." Questions? [email protected]berclicks.net Core-Specific Job FamiliesMany U.S. Institutions have created job families specifically for directors, managers and staff working in core facilities. The rationale for specific job families is that these positions require advanced training and expertise in research technologies, above average interpersonal skills, business acumen and training, and are typically not soft-money positions. These job families have names like core scientist, core technician, core staff scientist, core research assistant, or core facility research professional. The following institutions have provided information with core-specific job families. If you would like to add your institution to the list, please send your information in a .pdf file to Phil Hockberger - Jackson Laboratories (86K) Courses 1. Leadership and Management in Core Facilities Seventh Annual Course Offered by Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management June 14-17, 2021 (To be virtually delivered) Registration is NOW OPEN! This executive education program is designed specifically for directors, managers and business administrators overseeing core facilities. The program was developed to enhance participants' ability to think strategically and address the unique challenges of operating a small business within a non-profit environment. Topics to be covered include defining your value proposition, pricing strategies, managerial accounting, marketing, team building & leadership, growth & sustainability, and innovation. In addition, participants work in teams to develop "applied learning projects" that enable them to implement something new into their core facility that they learned about in the course. Course registration is limited to the first 30 applicants, and registration is online. This usually 4-day course will be delivered by the same esteemed faculty from the Kellogg School who have made the course an exceptional experience for scientists and research administrators in previous years. This year the course will be delivered virtually and will include 8 half-day classes spread over three weeks. 2. Stowers Institute will be home to the first open registration EMBO "Laboratory Leadership for Group Leaders" course in North America, April 9-12, 2019. Registration fee: $3200 (covers training and all course material, as well as breakfast, lunch, dinner and coffee breaks. Accommodations are not included.) LinksAs an ABRF member, you can use the FASEB Career resources: ABRF Recommended Guidelines for Authorship on Manuscripts ABRF Response to NAS Letter on "Next Generation of Researchers Initiative" (Sept. 6, 2017) NAS recommendations for biomedical workforce (2018) Committee MembershipLaura Lewis-Tuffin - Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL (Chair) Heather Olson - Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryAnitha Chennat - U. Michigan Medical SchoolLuellen Fletcher - U. PennsylvaniaKevin Gerrish - National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesLisa Macdowell - Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaSheenah Mische - NYU Langone School of MedicineClaudius Mundoma - U. of Colorado at Boulder (EB Liaison)
Christine O'Connell - Moffitt Cancer Center Shekhar Patil - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiJianjun (J-J) Shen - MD Anderson Cancer CenterSherry Thornton - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterSequen Wang - Northwestern University Membership HistoryJim G. Farmar ~ Merck ~ Member: 03/10 - 03/12Gabriela Grigorean ~ ThermoFisher ~ Chair: 03/10 - 05/15Philip Hockberger ~ Northwestern University ~ Member: 01/12 - 5/19
Jack Simpson ~ US Pharmacopeia ~ Ad hoc: 03/10 - 05/15 Paula B Turpen ~ University of Nebraska Medical Center ~ Member & EB Liaison: 05/13 - 03/17 |
