Jiler Conference for Professors & Fellows ¡ª The Feedback
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Professors, postdocs, and staff applaude the Jiler sessions and spirit.
Survey Question:?
¡°What was most valuable about the Jiler Conference?¡±?
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Research Professor's Answer:?
¡°The ideas and excitement I came back with."??
Scott Hawley,? PhD? ? ? ? ? ? ??
R. Scott Hawley, PhD
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Research Professor
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Kansas City, Missouri
¡°I get to tell people about ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Professor Luis Parada's talk as an example of HOPE.
¡°I get to tell my colleagues about ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Professor?Jennifer Grandis' amazing and really sad talk (on gender equity in science).
¡°And I get to tell my colleagues here about the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s efforts to support the postdocs during the pandemic.
¡°Finally, I get to tell my lab about ideas for experiments that came out of my discussion with?ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Professor?Dick McIntosh.¡±?
This is the session Dr. Hawley described as amazing and really sad.
Jennifer Grandis, MD,?ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Research Professor from University of California San Francisco, gave a keynote speech on?"Building and Sustaining Careers in Academic Medicine: A Gender Equity Lens,"?which highlighted inequities affecting women in science. Her talk received a standing ovation.
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Postdoctoral Fellows' Answer:
¡°The exposure to other researchers' ideas and methods."?
Joanna Kovalski, PhD
Joanna Kovalski, PhD
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Postdoctoral Fellow
Laboratory of Davide Ruggero
University of California, San Francisco
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"It was a truly unique experience?. . . and such a special occasion to be able to be part of this broad array of fantastic current and (hopefully) future faculty. I know for sure that I have made many connections that will be of enormous professional and personal value for many years to come."
Suzanne Vang, PhD
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Postdoctoral Fellow
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
Post conference: Assistant Professor NYU Grossman School of Medicine
"I truly appreciated being challenged to consider problems, pathways, and solutions that I had not thought of before.¡±?
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ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Postdoctoral Fellows' Answer:
¡°Bringing junior researchers together."??
Payton Stevens, PhD
Payton Stevens, PhD
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Postdoctoral Fellow
Van Andel Research Institute
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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"It's a great way to jump-start new scientific ideas and collaborations. As a result, this meeting will stimulate future advances in cancer research.¡±?
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Clinical Research Professor's Answer:
¡°Building a sense of community."?
Beth Karlan, MD
Beth Karlan, MD
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Clinical Research Professor
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center?
New York,? New York
"And reminding us that we are all working towards the same goal:? helping cancer patients.¡±
