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SFRBM 2014: PDS RECAPS

Could not be in two professional development sessions (PDS) at once

OR could not make it to the Annual Meeting? Speakers Victor Darley-

Usmar, Ph.D. and Trent Tipple, Ph.D., Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham

have provided take-aways from two of the sessions.

 FIRST IMPRESSIONS: PRESENTING YOUR SCIENCE AND YOURSELF

- THE “ELEVATOR PITCH”

Elevator Pitch for Scientists

• Speciic Aims Page, Short talks, Family gatherings all need a
compelling and succinct story about your research

• Many Scientists focus on the “ how and what” of their research
• You must be willing to serve the needs of the others
not the “why”

• A vision for your role is essential
• Diseases are a bad thing! Is not a compelling case for “why”

• Try all your talks with 60% why, 5% how and 35% what

TEAM SCIENCE: OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES OF
• Take a look at the YouTube from Simon Sinek
MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH TEAMS

Adminstrative Leadership
• Team science augments progress and innovation due to interaction

• These careers are a vocation not a back-up plan
between networks of individuals with different backgrounds and

perspectives
• Many options and career paths beyond the bench

• Call the program oficials at the NIH during the pre-submission
• Academic leaders lead by example
process! They like to interact with investigators. They are open

to discussing your project and giving feedback on your ideas and

direction.

• For extramural funding, evidence of active collaboration is of great
importance to review panels. This evidence is most easily provided

through co-authored publications.

• Industry is excited to interact with academic investigators –

understand that though priorities and conidentiality issues may

differ, missions can align.

Jack Lancaster (L) receives Lifetime Achievement Award from SFRBM
President Henry Forman

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