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Virtual
Navigating Early Career Funding Opportunities
Date:
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Time:
1:00PM ET - 3:30PM ET
Location:
Virtual
Cost:
Free
This Event is Recorded:
The recording and resources will be available 7-10 business days after the event
Hosted by:
Office of Extramural Research (OER)
Event Overview:
Description:
The NIH is committed to investing in early-stage investigators who are focused on establishing themselves as experts in their chosen research areas.
With numerous Fellowships and Career Development Award types, how do you know which is the right one for your research and career goals? Our experts will provide an overview of opportunities, discuss how networking and mentoring can strengthen your chances for success, and show you where to find resources to help you along the way.
Objective:
During this session, participants will learn about:
- Fellowships (F) and Career Development (K) Awards;
- Navigating NIH Diversity Programs;
- Advancing Your Career Through Networking and Mentoring; and
- Resources that will help you choose the right program.
Event Resources
- Fellowships and Career Development Opportunities (PPTX, 4.59 MB)
- Navigating NIH Diversity Programs (PPTX, 3.74 MB)
- Advancing Your Career Through Networking and Mentoring (PPTX, 5.38 MB)
- Resources to Help You on Your Path to Success (PPTX, 8.32 MB)
Agenda
| Welcome & Overview | |
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| Fellowships and Career Development Opportunities | |
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| Navigating NIH Diversity Programs | |
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| Advancing Your Career Through Networking and Mentoring | |
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| Resources to Help You on Your Path to Success | |
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| Acknowledgements & Closing | |
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Presenter(s):
Ericka Boone, Ph.D
Director
Division of Biomedical Research Workforce (DBRW)
Office of the Director (OD)
NIH, HHS
Ericka Boone
<p>Ericka Boone, Ph.D. is the Director for the Division of Biomedical Research Workforce (DBRW) within the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER). She recently served as the Director of the NIH Division of Loan Repayment. In that role, Dr. Boone was responsible for administering and providing leadership for the NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRP) as well as representing NIH on matters related to the operations, policy development and evaluation of the LRP. Previous to this position, Dr. Boone served as a Health Scientist Administrator in the Office of Science Policy and Communications at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. There she developed and targeted science-based publications, outreach initiatives and other activities to educate a variety of audiences about the science of drug use, abuse and addiction. For her role in these efforts, Dr. Boone has won several NIDA Director’s Awards of Merit and an NIH Director’s Award. Prior to coming to NIH, Dr. Boone conducted research at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Emory University. Dr. Boone’s academic background includes a B.A. in Biology from Talladega College and a Ph.D. in Biobehavioral Health from The Pennsylvania State University.</p>
Amanda Boyce, Ph.D
Program Director
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS
Amanda Boyce
<p>Amanda Boyce, Ph.D., joined the NIAMS extramural program as the Program Director for Muscle Development and Physiology in 2006. She also acts as the NIAMS representative to the trans-NIH Training Advisory Committee. She came from the NIAMS intramural program where she worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the Cartilage Biology and Orthopaedics Branch under Dr. Rocky Tuan. Dr. Boyce received her Bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Texas at Austin and completed her Ph.D. in cell biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.</p><p> </p>
Rosalina Bray
Extramural Staff Training Officer
Office of Extramural Research (OER)
Office of the Director (OD)
NIH, HHS
Rosalina Bray
<p>Ms. Rosalina Bray is the NIH Extramural Staff Training Officer and leads the activities of for Extramural Staff Training Programs. Prior to accepting a position in the NIH Office of the Director, she was a Senior Health Science Policy Analyst for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development; and a Program Analyst for the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. She serves on several trans-Agency and trans-NIH committees and working groups. Bray has led several national and global collaborative efforts. She has a passion for leadership development and transforming organizations.</p><p>At the NIH, she co-chairs the OD Staff Training Advisory Committee (STAC). While serving as the NIH Extramural Staff Training Officer, Ms. Bray led efforts to design the NIH Training 365 Programmatic Framework; redesigned the NIH Integrated Core Curriculum for extramural staff; established partnerships and collaborations with NIH Training Partners award the agency; and improved the coordination of training activities within the Office of Extramural Research. Ms. Bray is considered one of the nation’s foremost thought leaders in executive leadership, science policy, technological innovation, business development, and education reform. In addition, she is a leading voice for diversity and inclusion, capacity building, pipeline development, and workforce development.</p>
Teraya Donaldson, Ph.D
Research Training Policy Officer
Division of Biomedical Research Workforce (DBRW)
Office of the Director (OD)
NIH, HHS
Teraya Donaldson
<p>Teraya Donaldson, M.S., Ph.D., serves as the research training policy officer in the Division of Biomedical Research Workforce (DBRW) in the Office of Extramural Research (OER).</p><p>Dr. Donaldson earned her doctorate from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Microbiology investigating malarial chemotherapeutic targets. After completing a post doctorate in biophysics at Oberlin College and serving as visiting faculty fellow at University of Richmond, Dr. Donaldson led graduate and KL2 training initiatives as the Assistant Director of Education for the Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). In that capacity, she was faculty for the Center and administrative liaison for students, faculty, scholars, and other participants in educational programs in CCTR. Additionally, Dr. Donaldson was the graduate director for the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) R25 award where she provided mentoring and guidance for predoctoral students. As an AAAS S&T fellow in Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) from 2018-2020, she developed training and workforce initiatives including the NIH Prize for Enhancing Faculty Gender Diversity. Previously Dr. Donaldson was a health science policy analyst in the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and a Health Scientist Administrator in ORWH.</p>
Lisa Evans
Scientific Workforce Diversity Officer
Division of Biomedical Research Workforce (DBRW)
Office of the Director (OD)
NIH, HHS
Lisa Evans
<p>Prior to coming to the NIH, Lisa Evans, JD, served as the External Compliance Manager for the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and as the lead Civil Rights Analyst on Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, in the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.</p><p>Ms. Evans received her BA in political science and black studies from Amherst College, and her JD from Columbia University School of Law, where she was a Charles Evans Hughes Fellow and an Earl Warren Legal Scholar.</p><p>Ms. Evans entered the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), through the highly competitive Attorney General's Honors Program in 1994. She was a litigator in the Educational Opportunities Litigation Section for six years, brought the first linguistic access case in the Civil Rights Division, and worked on the trial team that integrated The Citadel, the formerly all-male military academy in South Carolina. She also represented DOJ on an Executive Branch task force on affirmative action in education and provided advice to sister agencies.</p>
Lauren Hill, Ph.D
Acting Deputy Director, Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS
Lauren Hill
<p>Dr. Lauren D. Hill is the Acting Deputy Director of the Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity (ODWD) at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). ODWD advances NIMH efforts to promote equity in research, to address the mental health needs of individuals and communities negatively impacted by health disparities, and to promote diversity and inclusion for those underrepresented in the research workforce.</p><p>Prior to joining ODWD, Dr. Hill was the Director of Research Training and Career Development in the NIMH Division of Services and Intervention Research. Before coming to NIMH, Dr. Hill had faculty appointments in the Departments of Medical and Clinical Psychology (MPS) and Family Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine (USU) and was Director of the Education Core of the NIH-funded USU Center for Health Disparities Research and Education.</p><p>Dr. Hill earned a B.S. in biology-psychology from Tufts University and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at American University in Washington, DC. She completed psychology internship in adult behavioral medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and post-doctoral training at USU in community-partnered health disparities research.</p>
Lauren Ullrich, Ph.D
Program Director
Office of Programs to Enhance Neuroscience Diversity
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS
Lauren Ullrich
<p>Dr. Lauren Ullrich received her PhD and MS in Neuroscience from Georgetown University, researching memory in early Alzheimer's disease for her thesis and also published on teaching, pedagogy, and professional development in science. She received her B.A. from Swarthmore College in psychobiology. Prior to coming to NINDS as a AAAS Science & Technology Fellow, Lauren worked for the Society for Neuroscience in a range of policy and programmatic areas, including government and public affairs; scientific rigor and reproducibility; workforce and training; and animals in research. At NINDS, she helps coordinate NINDS’s diversity activities, which span the pipeline from neuroscience education outreach (grades K-12) to funding opportunities and mentoring networks across critical career transition points.</p>
Moderator(s):
Lynn Morin
Program Policy and Evaluation Officer
Division of Biomedical Research Workforce (DBRW)
Office of the Director (OD)
NIH, HHS
Lynn Morin
<p>Lynn Morin, M.A., is the program policy and evaluation officer in the Division of Biomedical Research Workforce in the Office of Extramural Research. She serves to support policies and procedures regarding NIH research training and career development, and assists in the coordination of critical operation activities within the Division, including the expert review of funding opportunity announcements and development of guidance and operating procedures.</p><p>Ms. Morin has served NIH for over 21 years in various roles including the de facto training director at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and in 2021 was Acting Branch Director for the Customer Outreach and Education Branch (COED) in the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) where she was on detail from the Career Development and Workforce Gender Diversity (CDW) Section of the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH).</p>
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