Strategies for Research Career Advancement Series
Spring 2025
Thursdays from 2:00-3:30pm
In-person Course (Location TBA)
Instructor:
E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA
Former Dean of Medicine & University Executive VP
The Distinguished University and Endowed Professor & Director
Center for Advanced Research Training and Innovation (CARTI)
Senior Scientist, Center for Birth Defects Research
University of Maryland School of Medicine
The Center for Advanced Research Training & Innovation (CARTI) is offering a short series on how to accelerate and advance your research career. This series is aimed at early-to-mid career faculty members who have or are actively applying for federal funding and are preparing for promotion, tenure, and/or leadership positions. This is an in-person course.
Eligibility to participate: To participate you must be at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in the School of Medicine and have at least one active NIH or federal grant award. Exceptions need prior approval. Class will be limited to 20 participants.
Those interested should contact Stacie Mendoza at smendoza@som.umaryland.edu by April 11th.
Spring 2025 Schedule
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Topic |
Required Reading |
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May 1 |
Introductions and defining your life’s vision We will discuss the importance of having a strong and dependable mentorship team, having a vision and writing it down, and committing to a path to your desired career advancement.
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May 8 |
Negotiations Having keen negotiation skills are critical in life and especially in career advancement. We will discuss the reading and examine examples of successful and not-so-successful negotiations.
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury |
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May 15 |
Adapting to change “The only constant in life is change.” –Heraclitus (535-475 BCE). You have a vision, you have set goals, you have a mentorship team and have successfully negotiated protected time to conduct your research. Then it seems everything around you changes—Federal budget, institutional priorities, personnel… We will discuss how to keep your eye on the prize while adapting to our ever-changing world.
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Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson |