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OITE: “Feedback Audit – Guide to Working with Me”

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The NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) recently published two articles on the topic of feedback. Understanding how you as an individual process feedback is critical to personal and professional development.

The first article focuses on controlling one’s reception of feedback by focusing on the type (Appreciation, Coaching, or Evaluation) as well as aspects that might be personally triggering (Truth, Relationship, and Identity Triggers.)

The second article also addresses reception of feedback but focuses on analyzing your past experiences taking in feedback, then communicating what you’ve learned through introspection to your mentor.

Science: “A passion for pathways: Careers in diversity and inclusion for STEM postdocs”

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This article in Nature explains how a doctorate in STEM prepares individuals for a career as a diversity and inclusion (D&I) professional within academia.

The article details the experiences of various underrepresented minorities (URMs) – the challenges they faced as doctoral students and the careers in diversity and inclusion that they built to ensure other scientists would have adequate support systems. The scientists interviewed focus especially on the parallels between their doctoral research and their current work in D&I.

Read more here.

BGS Professional Skills Series: “Inclusion & Diversity”

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BGS students are invited to attend, “Inclusion and Diversity: Perspectives from Business,” the next installment in the BGS Professional Skills Series. The workshop will take place February 27, 2019 from 4 – 5:30 PM in Smilow 12-146AB. It is co-hosted by SACNAS and EE Just.

Light refreshments will be served.

Dr. Laura Roberts, Teaching Professor of Management (McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University) will present an interactive lecture that includes illustrative cases and large group discussion. Dr. Roberts will tackle the question, “How can leaders facilitate generative dialogue that harnesses the power of inquiry, encourages learning from diverse experiences and fuels positive organizing?” Specific strategies for building an asset-based (potential-focused) perspective and an action plan for inclusive leadership will be addressed.

Key topics of discussion will include:

  • How diversity and inclusion factor into strategic decisions
  • Best practices and common pitfalls at leading inclusive businesses
  • Identity-based resourcing perspectives

Please register by February 22, 2019. To register, click here or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:

https://goo.gl/forms/pwDUqSqM2ChOsfaj1

If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Lopez. .

Sponsored Volunteer Opportunity with Pharm4GOOD

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Exploring Pharmacology with Upward Bound:”Introduction to Cancer: The Hijacked Cell Cycle”

Pharm4GOOD has partnered with Upward Bound at Penn to teach a pharmacology-themed curriculum as part of their “College Prep Saturday” program. Upward Bound is a national organization that provides educational resources and support for low income students.

You will have the opportunity to work with small groups of high school students as they learn about the cell cycle and discover how cancer is the loss cell cycle regulation. Students will learn how to use microscopes and examine stained slides to assess cancer cell morphology.

When: Saturday, Feb. 23, 12-1 PM

Interested? Sign Up: https://goo.gl/forms/al3dW627R8YBRb5s1

Questions? Contact Jessica Murray (murrayj@pennmedicine.upenn.edu)

“SfN: A Look at One Neuroscientist’s Career in Pharma and Biotech”

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The Society for Neuroscience published a two-part interview with Khan Ozol, a neuroscientist and global head of talent scouting at Novartis. In part one of the interview, Ozol shares the career path that led him to his current position. He focuses specifically on the influences that helped him realize his passion for entrepreneurship, with a focus on science.

In part two, he describes the types of positions available in industry and some of the typical career trajectories. Though Ozol frequently mentions neuroscientists, his insights on how to be a competitive candidate in industry are widely applicable.