YSM Science Fellows Program Information Session 2024

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• 00:03Okay.
• 00:06Hi, everyone. Welcome to this
• 00:08information session
• 00:09on the science fellows program
• 00:11of the Yale School of
• 00:12Medicine.
• 00:13Thank you so much for
• 00:14joining us.
• 00:16I have to say that
• 00:16I don't see most of
• 00:18you right now. Kristen, you're
• 00:19probably seeing more people.
• 00:22But our goal today is,
• 00:25to give you some basic
• 00:26information about the program and
• 00:27the application process,
• 00:29and then to dedicate most
• 00:31of the time to any
• 00:32questions that you may have.
• 00:37Oops. Okay.
• 00:39So this is the agenda
• 00:40for today. We'll introduce the
• 00:42program briefly,
• 00:43talk about the application process
• 00:45and selection process,
• 00:47give you some advice on
• 00:48how to write a good
• 00:49application,
• 00:50and then, again, your questions.
• 00:56Our goal in this program
• 00:58is to recruit, support, and
• 01:00retain
• 01:01the best possible scientists that
• 01:03we can find from diverse
• 01:05backgrounds. So we're interested in
• 01:07all of you and the
• 01:08research that you're doing and
• 01:09your leadership,
• 01:11and this is our third
• 01:12year.
• 01:13We've had great experience with
• 01:15the first and second years.
• 01:17Just to give you the
• 01:18names of our fabulous fellows,
• 01:21this is from the first
• 01:22year,
• 01:23three fantastic fellows.
• 01:25And then the second year,
• 01:27those are fellows that are
• 01:28just starting right now.
• 01:31And we are in the
• 01:32process of of recruiting the
• 01:34third year fellows.
• 01:38What is the program?
• 01:40So the idea is to
• 01:42recruit higher people
• 01:44at the level of postdoc,
• 01:46but it's really a super
• 01:47postdoc.
• 01:48Right? So,
• 01:50we provide
• 01:51mentoring from several mentors.
• 01:55Fellows coming in will have
• 01:56a mentoring commit mentoring committee.
• 01:58They'll get support from individuals
• 02:00with similar life experiences.
• 02:04They will get training that
• 02:05they'll need.
• 02:07And importantly, there is general
• 02:09salary and independent research funding
• 02:11where the idea, the goal
• 02:13is to keep you here,
• 02:14to give you everything you
• 02:16need to do the best
• 02:17that you can and keep
• 02:18you here as faculty members
• 02:20at the Yale School of
• 02:21Medicine.
• 02:28The funding is a general
• 02:29salary.
• 02:31It started as ninety thousand.
• 02:32It's all actually, a little
• 02:34bit more than that already,
• 02:36plus for benefits.
• 02:38Discretionary
• 02:39funds
• 02:39for moving,
• 02:40for,
• 02:42learning courses,
• 02:43anything that you may want.
• 02:46Research support, independent
• 02:48research support for you that
• 02:50you'll get from the department
• 02:52that you will be in
• 02:53fifty thousand a year.
• 02:56In addition,
• 02:57we have,
• 02:59grant mechanism
• 03:00at the program where you'll
• 03:02be able to apply
• 03:03for additional funding up to
• 03:05one hundred thousand a year.
• 03:07So the idea is for
• 03:08you to be able to
• 03:09pursue your independent
• 03:10research direction.
• 03:12You'll have mentors. You'll be
• 03:14postdocs in a lab or
• 03:15more than one lab. You'll
• 03:17get mentorship and guidance and,
• 03:20training, but you'll also have
• 03:22enough resources
• 03:24to develop your own independent
• 03:26research direction.
• 03:31And there is a pretty
• 03:32simple straightforward
• 03:34application
• 03:35process.
• 03:38Kristen, do you wanna talk
• 03:39about the application process?
• 03:41Yeah. So
• 03:43what we're really trying to
• 03:44do here is
• 03:46review
• 03:47all the applicants in a
• 03:49way that's more holistic,
• 03:52than an a classical
• 03:54postdoc search or faculty search.
• 03:56Right? Postdoc search are
• 03:59disproportionately
• 03:59based on a PI's networks.
• 04:01Right? Any given PI
• 04:04tends to get applicants from
• 04:05those labs that they have
• 04:07collaborated and worked with
• 04:09and
• 04:11tends not you know, no
• 04:13single PI is incentivized to
• 04:15take a risk on a
• 04:16student outside their mentors. They're
• 04:18all recruiting such small numbers.
• 04:19And so
• 04:20by having all the applicants
• 04:22come through the Yale School
• 04:23of Medicine
• 04:24and then down to the
• 04:25department chairs,
• 04:28we're really it's it's almost
• 04:29much more like a PhD
• 04:30application
• 04:31where there's a a a
• 04:33great number of applications at
• 04:34the top, and we're pulling
• 04:35out the very best people
• 04:36and then assigning them or
• 04:38to or or focusing them
• 04:40towards neuro or genetics
• 04:42or cell biology here. And
• 04:44so the goal really is
• 04:45to find
• 04:46the very best possible future
• 04:48faculty
• 04:49independent of research direction
• 04:51and then point you to
• 04:52the right department and right
• 04:54contact.
• 04:55And so
• 04:56what we're asking for is
• 04:57actually we're trying to make
• 04:58it really minimal because we
• 05:00know that you're all from
• 05:01different backgrounds.
• 05:03The first thing is a
• 05:04research statement. We have now
• 05:06greatly expanded the instructions in
• 05:08the application for a research
• 05:09statement because
• 05:11we found in the first
• 05:11year that it was really
• 05:13variable
• 05:14what people would include. And
• 05:15so the idea here is
• 05:16basically think about your research
• 05:18statement as one third, one
• 05:19third, one third.
• 05:20One third about what you've
• 05:22done
• 05:23and how that sets the
• 05:24foundation
• 05:25for one third, what you
• 05:27wanna do short term in
• 05:28the postdoc phase, to one
• 05:30third, how that foundation and
• 05:33postdoc phase will set you
• 05:35up for an independent research
• 05:36phase where, ultimately, you're going
• 05:38to be different from other
• 05:40people at Yale. Right? Because
• 05:41we wanna keep you here.
• 05:43So we're not trying to
• 05:44turn you into a clone
• 05:46of the postdoc mentor that
• 05:47you'd be choosing here. Right?
• 05:49We wanna take where you've
• 05:50been, where you're going, and
• 05:52see a new
• 05:54Yale faculty member.
• 05:55And so this research statement
• 05:57should show us this vision
• 05:58of past, present, future.
• 06:00We want to understand
• 06:02why that future
• 06:04research direction is so important
• 06:06and something that Yale
• 06:08should include. Right? So don't
• 06:10forget to give us the
• 06:10premise. Here's the important problem
• 06:12that you wanna spend, if
• 06:14not your career, the next
• 06:15five or ten years really
• 06:17pursuing.
• 06:18And so that's sort of
• 06:19the idea for
• 06:21the
• 06:23research statement.
• 06:25The next one's more of
• 06:26a personal statement now. So
• 06:31to put it bluntly, we
• 06:33want to bring really fantastic
• 06:36faculty members who will be
• 06:37great for our community here.
• 06:39So that means both scientifically
• 06:42great and mentoring great. Right?
• 06:44Like, I think a lot
• 06:45of faculty searches
• 06:47are only looking for science.
• 06:48Great. Here, we're equally weighting
• 06:50community. Great. And research. Great.
• 06:52We're not down weighting research.
• 06:54But if if before you
• 06:56might have had, you know,
• 06:57a hundred fantastic scientists,
• 06:59twenty of whom would have
• 07:00also made the community. Great.
• 07:02We really only want to
• 07:03interview the twenty who are
• 07:05fantastic scientists and will make
• 07:06our community great. And so
• 07:08we wanna know what your
• 07:09leadership experiences are, how you've
• 07:11contributed to diversity
• 07:14in
• 07:15science, in your department, in
• 07:16your community,
• 07:18what you've done to uplift
• 07:19others,
• 07:21what your background is, if
• 07:23you yourself bring diversity. You
• 07:25know, like, we we really
• 07:27wanna know
• 07:28how our trainees, how our
• 07:30community will be better for
• 07:31your presence. Right?
• 07:33NIH bio style biosketch ought
• 07:36to be self evident. We
• 07:37put a template in there
• 07:38for you, and then three
• 07:40confidential letters of recommendation.
• 07:42One of those
• 07:45I'm just laughing at the
• 07:46comments.
• 07:47One of those should definitely
• 07:49be or hopefully be your
• 07:50PhD adviser. There's always a
• 07:51couple of things where, like,
• 07:52if something's gone
• 07:54really
• 07:57wrong, you might not have
• 07:58a relationship with your PhD
• 07:59adviser, and that's totally fine.
• 08:00But in general, we wanna
• 08:02know
• 08:05who knows you best. So
• 08:06whether that's your adviser, the
• 08:07chair of your committee, a
• 08:08collaborator,
• 08:10you do
• 08:11not and are not expected
• 08:12and are not encouraged
• 08:14to get letters from Yale
• 08:15faculty that you don't know
• 08:16saying that you're going to
• 08:17apply to them. Right? We
• 08:19want people who know you
• 08:20now, who know your trajectory
• 08:21now. I'd rather have an
• 08:22undergrad research mentor who knew
• 08:24you well for four years
• 08:25than a Yale faculty who
• 08:26never met you.
• 08:28So
• 08:30really focus on who can
• 08:31speak to your trajectory
• 08:33moving forward.
• 08:35Yeah. And so, again, the
• 08:37two things that we really
• 08:39wanna equally weight here is
• 08:41that research statement,
• 08:43not just what you did,
• 08:44but why it's important, how
• 08:45it will impact the field,
• 08:46and your personal statement. The
• 08:48things about you that will
• 08:49make you a great member
• 08:50for our community, that will
• 08:52make
• 08:53our trainees flourish with you
• 08:54as a mentor. We are
• 08:55not just looking for postdocs.
• 08:57We are looking for faculty
• 08:59too.
• 09:13Okay. So the way that
• 09:15we have this right now,
• 09:16the application deadline is November
• 09:18first. We do not anticipate
• 09:20any extensions this year. Please
• 09:22do not plan for any
• 09:23extensions.
• 09:24We want the November first
• 09:25because in all honesty, PhD
• 09:27applications are due December first,
• 09:28and we have to get
• 09:30a little bit of this
• 09:30with momentum before the next
• 09:32thousand applications come into faculty
• 09:34to evaluate the school of
• 09:35medicine.
• 09:36So we are gonna put
• 09:37together
• 09:39a committee of,
• 09:41folks involved with the Yale
• 09:42School of Medicine and also
• 09:43representatives from those departments who
• 09:45are most enthusiastic
• 09:47about hosting Yale School of
• 09:48Medicine faculty this year. They
• 09:49are going to first review
• 09:50just the research statements,
• 09:52and the the personal statements.
• 09:54And
• 09:55then we will,
• 09:56as a committee, identify ten
• 09:58to fifteen member or applicants
• 09:59who will be invited for
• 10:05Zoom interviews. Last year, I
• 10:06think the notification for that
• 10:07went out just after Thanksgiving,
• 10:09but we couldn't schedule the
• 10:11interviews till the New Year.
• 10:12We sure wouldn't mind if
• 10:14we could both in notify
• 10:16and interview in December, but
• 10:17I think, again, this year,
• 10:18the placeholder dates will be
• 10:19in January.
• 10:22We will circulate in advance
• 10:24two of the seven questions.
• 10:25All of you will get
• 10:26the same questions if you're
• 10:27invited to a Zoom interview.
• 10:29And then from the ten
• 10:30to fifteen applicants,
• 10:32we'll prioritize about half for
• 10:34in person visits.
• 10:36In the past two years,
• 10:37that has really not been
• 10:39a lot to differentiate the
• 10:40seven to eight in person
• 10:41finalists and the ten to
• 10:42fifteen Zooms in terms of
• 10:44their science and their excellence.
• 10:45It's actually been much more
• 10:46about the fit for the
• 10:47departments.
• 10:48Right? So we don't wanna
• 10:50waste your time and have
• 10:51you interview in person
• 10:52if we don't think that
• 10:54that chair is appropriately enthusiastic
• 10:56about you to begin with.
• 10:57And so for those, departments
• 11:00where there is a strong
• 11:02desire
• 11:03to meet and host and
• 11:06recruit, that's what we're prioritizing
• 11:08here on Fit. And the
• 11:09goal is to make up
• 11:10to four offers. In the
• 11:12last two years, we've made
• 11:13four offers both years. Right,
• 11:15Iffa? Yeah.
• 11:21And so, mostly, we wanted
• 11:23open time for questions
• 11:24because
• 11:26that was a lot of
• 11:26information.
• 11:28There is a FAQ on
• 11:29our website that, basically, every
• 11:31time somebody emailed us a
• 11:32question last year, we posted
• 11:34the answer so that all
• 11:35applicants could see it. That's
• 11:36still there. It will grow
• 11:38this year as more questions
• 11:39come in. This meeting will
• 11:41be recorded so you can
• 11:42come back and look at
• 11:42it again.
• 11:43You're welcome to ask us
• 11:45questions.
• 11:46Now please don't hesitate to
• 11:48because in all likelihood, if
• 11:49you're thinking it, twenty other
• 11:50people on this call are
• 11:52thinking it too.
• 11:55Nothing will be held against
• 11:56you. Obviously, we're not keeping
• 11:57track if you ask what.
• 11:59Great. Our first question, Ruby.
• 12:02Hi. My name is Ruby.
• 12:04Thanks for hosting this session.
• 12:05I just wanted to clarify.
• 12:07For the hundred thousand
• 12:09in competitive research funding,
• 12:11is that for all of
• 12:13the fellows to compete for
• 12:14every year, or is that
• 12:15within one year? Like, as
• 12:17the program gets bigger, is
• 12:19that pie sort of getting
• 12:21divided and want smaller and
• 12:22smaller,
• 12:23or more and more people?
• 12:25That's a great question.
• 12:26And the answer is the
• 12:27pie gets bigger each year.
• 12:29So we're actually happy hoping
• 12:30to have one third of
• 12:31the fellows
• 12:32ideally get the pot each
• 12:34year.
• 12:36So there's a set funding
• 12:37ratio is, I guess, what
• 12:38I'm saying.
• 12:42Nasreen?
• 12:45Hi. Hi, Nasreen.
• 12:47I had a question about,
• 12:49research interests. So,
• 12:52I have a very specific,
• 12:55research interest, unfortunately,
• 12:57But that means that it's
• 12:58kind of hard to find
• 12:59a good
• 13:00fit.
• 13:02So I was wondering, like,
• 13:03how close
• 13:04or how different does a
• 13:07research,
• 13:08interest need to be to
• 13:09be,
• 13:10considered?
• 13:14To be truly considered?
• 13:15Any research interest that could
• 13:17potentially,
• 13:19be accommodated at the school
• 13:21of medicine in a department
• 13:22in one of the departments
• 13:24at the school of medicine
• 13:26is fine. It's totally fine
• 13:27that you have a specific
• 13:28direction that you are interested
• 13:30in.
• 13:31And it may be something
• 13:32that nobody else else is
• 13:34pursuing here, and that will
• 13:36actually make it attractive
• 13:38for departments that want to
• 13:39expand their research direction along,
• 13:43what you are proposing.
• 13:45So definitely as long as
• 13:46you can think of a
• 13:48department
• 13:49at the school of medicine
• 13:51where your research could fit
• 13:53in, that's fine. And as
• 13:55I'm sure you know,
• 13:57departments in school of medicines
• 13:59these days are very
• 14:01interdisciplinary.
• 14:02There's a lot of,
• 14:04many different research directions that
• 14:06are pursued by the same
• 14:07department. So this is totally
• 14:08fine.
• 14:09With the caveat
• 14:11that the school of public
• 14:12health has separated from the
• 14:14school of medicine, and so
• 14:16we had a couple of
• 14:16really amazing applications last year
• 14:19that were deemed
• 14:20too close to public health
• 14:22interest.
• 14:23Likewise, engineering
• 14:24is separate from the school
• 14:26of medicine. And so
• 14:28it doesn't mean engineers are
• 14:29not eligible, but the project
• 14:31that and the research direction,
• 14:34you don't want your reviewers
• 14:36discussing that you would be
• 14:37a better fit for engineering
• 14:38or a better fit. Right?
• 14:39They don't want you to
• 14:40put you from where you're
• 14:41gonna fail. And so,
• 14:44be mindful that engineering and
• 14:46public health
• 14:48are not school of medicine.
• 14:50I have another question based
• 14:52on that, actually. For psychology.
• 14:54Right? That's that's the other
• 14:55one I I wanna add.
• 14:56Psychology,
• 14:57public health, engineering, not school
• 14:58of medicine. Okay. As to
• 15:00add to this, any faculty
• 15:03members have dual appointments or
• 15:05secondary appointments or maybe interested
• 15:07in someone who does engineering
• 15:09work, but they're also
• 15:11part of a department in
• 15:12the school of medicine. So
• 15:13you should,
• 15:15frame your project as appropriate
• 15:18for the department in the
• 15:19school of medicine
• 15:20even though it may have
• 15:22engineering
• 15:22aspects.
• 15:24I see.
• 15:26Thank you.
• 15:30There are a few questions
• 15:32in the chat.
• 15:35Yeah. I'm just typing in
• 15:36answers too. So the first
• 15:38question that I see is,
• 15:40is the funding able to
• 15:41be used for hiring students?
• 15:42And I tried to write
• 15:43post bacc and got autocorrect
• 15:45to post
• 15:46bacc. Post bacc, so fresh
• 15:48out of college,
• 15:49students would be absolutely appropriate.
• 15:51Like, that's what we call
• 15:52a tech around here. And
• 15:54a re a new fellow
• 15:56who who just graduated their
• 15:57PhD obviously cannot be a
• 15:58sole mentor for a PhD
• 16:00student, so that wouldn't fly.
• 16:02But, a postbac would be
• 16:04totally reasonable.
• 16:05If you already started your
• 16:06post, doc, you have to
• 16:08choose one to three departments.
• 16:10If you're already here at
• 16:11Yale, we're not necessarily
• 16:13trying to make you
• 16:14redirect your whole research career.
• 16:16But, again, the goal is
• 16:18to be different than your
• 16:18mentor. So make sure you're
• 16:20thinking about that in your
• 16:21proposal.
• 16:24And, again, interdisciplinary
• 16:26is totally fine. It will
• 16:28be seen by multiple departments,
• 16:29and I would say that
• 16:30I think three quarters or
• 16:31more of the applicants last
• 16:32year were interviewed by two
• 16:34departments or centers.
• 16:38And API status
• 16:41for brands,
• 16:43you can apply to anything
• 16:44that a postdoc can apply
• 16:46to, and you can also
• 16:47be,
• 16:48get the status of an
• 16:50associate research scientist, and then,
• 16:52you could apply as a
• 16:53p a API to anything,
• 16:55faculty can apply to.
• 17:01So, again, to clarify biomedical
• 17:03engineering and bioengineering
• 17:05qualify if the project fits
• 17:07in the school of medicine.
• 17:08If the project is better
• 17:10suited for an engineering department,
• 17:12it will not.
• 17:14And is there a limitation
• 17:15on international applicants? No. There's
• 17:17no visa limitation.
• 17:19And there is a place
• 17:20to indicate
• 17:21departments.
• 17:24So there there are actually
• 17:25fields that allow you to
• 17:26input up to three departments
• 17:28and six potential mentors. Again,
• 17:30you don't have to include
• 17:31mentors, but if there are
• 17:32people
• 17:33specific people that you're already
• 17:35thinking of as potentially suitable
• 17:37for you, you can include
• 17:38them.
• 17:41Now for,
• 17:43hand raising, Tiare.
• 17:48Hi. I was wondering, like,
• 17:50if you already, like
• 17:52so I'm a adjunct,
• 17:54professor at University of New
• 17:56Haven. Also,
• 17:58I work,
• 17:59with PolyJet Lumiere,
• 18:00mentoring students.
• 18:02So how can we bring
• 18:03in those students into
• 18:05those roles as well? Like,
• 18:06if I'm mentoring students and
• 18:07they wanna have research experience,
• 18:09I'm doing one more experience
• 18:10with those.
• 18:11Can I add that to,
• 18:14this application as well? Like,
• 18:15can I bring in those
• 18:16high school students who are
• 18:17interested in, like,
• 18:19what I'm doing research wise?
• 18:24Do you mean bringing,
• 18:26this as
• 18:27including this as part of
• 18:29the application? Bringing students here
• 18:31from University of New Haven,
• 18:33for example? Yes. So I
• 18:34have so I am an
• 18:35adjunct professor at University of
• 18:37New Haven in biochemistry,
• 18:39but also to, like, if
• 18:41I have one on one
• 18:42sessions with students through Polygence
• 18:45and Lumiere with math, science,
• 18:46engineering
• 18:47as one on one tutoring.
• 18:49Can I bring this into
• 18:50the application?
• 18:51How does that look?
• 18:53Also to,
• 18:54can I put that on,
• 18:55like, my application
• 18:57with, like, mentorship,
• 18:58teaching,
• 19:00whatnot? Absolutely.
• 19:01Yeah. In your personal statement,
• 19:03this would be a a
• 19:04really great place to talk
• 19:05about that sort of thing.
• 19:08There was one question that
• 19:10I really wanna address out
• 19:12loud.
• 19:13What is the process for
• 19:14transitioning to a Yale faculty
• 19:16position? Is there a direct
• 19:17route? Do I have to
• 19:18apply for open faculty searches
• 19:19like external candidates?
• 19:21And so one of the,
• 19:22I think, coolest things about
• 19:24this is
• 19:25before you even accept the
• 19:26Yale fellows position,
• 19:28you get to have a
• 19:29discussion with the department chair,
• 19:31the department that's accepting you
• 19:32about what the metrics for
• 19:33promotion will be.
• 19:35Right? And so, usually, these
• 19:36look like things like either
• 19:38have a funded k ninety
• 19:39nine or have a k
• 19:40ninety nine with a really
• 19:41good score
• 19:42or
• 19:43have
• 19:44a a paper accepted or
• 19:45a really exciting preprint.
• 19:48Some departments are actually intentionally
• 19:50holding for more flexibility. Like,
• 19:51oh, we you know, this
• 19:52person's really great, and we
• 19:53don't actually care if they
• 19:54miss the percentile by two
• 19:55cut offs
• 19:58for the k ninety nine.
• 19:58We just wanna see that
• 19:59they're competitive.
• 20:00Some of the others wanna
• 20:02have it, but, like, you
• 20:03and the chair get to
• 20:05mutually decide on the expectations
• 20:07that you and the chair
• 20:08decide are adequate to basically
• 20:11ensure
• 20:13that successful transition.
• 20:16And, no, you don't have
• 20:17to compete against externals. It's,
• 20:19they have to hold
• 20:21space,
• 20:22slot, and funding,
• 20:24for you from the moment
• 20:25they sign that letter as
• 20:26a fellow for when you're
• 20:28ready,
• 20:29on the assumption that you're
• 20:30going to meet those metrics.
• 20:34There's a question about joint
• 20:36mentorship from outside the school
• 20:37of medicine. This is possible,
• 20:39but the primary mentor will
• 20:41have to be from the
• 20:41school of medicine. You can
• 20:43get as much mentorship as
• 20:45you need, and we encourage
• 20:46you to get mentorship from
• 20:47outside the school of medicine.
• 20:49For sure, your primary mentorship
• 20:51will be at the school
• 20:51of medicine.
• 20:57Yes, Elise?
• 20:59Hi. Thanks for this.
• 21:02Does that mean as you're
• 21:03transitioning
• 21:04to a full faculty member,
• 21:07does,
• 21:07when does the tenure track
• 21:10clock start,
• 21:11when you're in this program?
• 21:13Starts when you're appointed as
• 21:15an assistant professor. So your
• 21:16time here as a fellow,
• 21:18as a post doc, doesn't,
• 21:20account for the tenure clock.
• 21:22Got it. Thank
• 21:24you.
• 21:26And Sanchez?
• 21:29Sure. Hello. Thank you for
• 21:30this conversation.
• 21:31I wanted some clarity. I
• 21:33wasn't,
• 21:34I didn't hear exactly what
• 21:35you said about the teaching
• 21:37component.
• 21:38Are we required to teach,
• 21:39and will that be okay?
• 21:41You're not?
• 21:42You're not required to teach.
• 21:43You can teach if you'd
• 21:45like. If you would.
• 21:47You're encouraged to mentor
• 21:49people, but there's no,
• 21:51formal teaching requirement. No.
• 21:53We are trying to protect
• 21:56your time to do what
• 21:57is needed to get promoted
• 21:59in the sense that,
• 22:01you know, there are a
• 22:01lot of preexisting
• 22:03super postdoc positions. So they
• 22:05bring you in. They call
• 22:05you super postdoc, but they
• 22:06expect you from the get
• 22:08go to get all your
• 22:09IRB stuff approved, to get
• 22:10your own mouse protocol approved,
• 22:12to get your own funding.
• 22:13And so you're spending half
• 22:15your time on lab management
• 22:16and and half your time
• 22:17on research, and at the
• 22:18end, competing with postdocs who
• 22:19spend all their time on
• 22:20research. We want you protected
• 22:23from years one and two.
• 22:24We don't want you feeling
• 22:25like you have to spend
• 22:26all your time running for
• 22:27money. We want you to
• 22:28know you have a mentor
• 22:29whose money you are freely
• 22:30available to spend and that
• 22:32you have extra money from
• 22:33the department to spend whenever
• 22:35your mentor says no. Right?
• 22:36Like, we don't want you
• 22:37having to fundraise and do
• 22:39lab management. We want you
• 22:40protected.
• 22:41And then over years three
• 22:42and four and five, we
• 22:43want you able
• 22:45to expand as your own
• 22:47bandwidth expands. And some of
• 22:49you are already Yale postdocs,
• 22:50and we know that ramps
• 22:51gonna go faster. Some of
• 22:52you are changing fields and
• 22:54not at Yale. We know
• 22:55that ramps gonna go slower.
• 22:57That is, like, why it's
• 22:58not like, oh, you have
• 22:59to go up in year
• 23:00five. It's some of you
• 23:01might go up in year
• 23:02three. Some of you might
• 23:03go up transition to faculty
• 23:04in year five. That's really
• 23:06gonna be about you and
• 23:07your path.
• 23:09I'm just checking more of
• 23:10the written
• 23:11about applying to k ninety
• 23:13nine, kinda great, programs like
• 23:15that. For sure,
• 23:17you can definitely apply. You
• 23:19start as a post doc.
• 23:22You are you you should
• 23:23apply to all of these
• 23:25post docs,
• 23:26grants, and fellowships.
• 23:29Later on, you can also
• 23:30start applying to,
• 23:32other brands.
• 23:40Are any departments full? No.
• 23:42But there are a few
• 23:43that have already accepted one
• 23:44or two students. They're unlikely
• 23:46to accept more, but I
• 23:48think everybody's open to it.
• 23:50But those that have already
• 23:51accepted two,
• 23:55I would say, are are
• 23:56less likely.
• 23:58As we get departments signing
• 24:00on that are explicitly looking
• 24:02this year, we will add
• 24:03that.
• 24:06But I I don't think
• 24:07that there's anybody who's told
• 24:08us explicitly there's not a
• 24:10chance they would take somebody.
• 24:12If you let go of
• 24:13NIH funding, it will count
• 24:14against you. Not exactly sure
• 24:16what you mean by this,
• 24:17but, if you are accepted
• 24:19as a fellow, we would
• 24:20like to have discussions with
• 24:22a separate fellow before they
• 24:23turn down money. Because a
• 24:24lot of the time, you
• 24:25could stop working. Like, I
• 24:26wanna, like, I wanna interrupt
• 24:27you and, like, I'm like,
• 24:29I know that I'm gonna
• 24:29have, like I mean, with
• 24:31you. Hi, for instance. This
• 24:32is to you.
• 24:33It's hard to really write
• 24:34to you.
• 24:35But, I had a k
• 24:37nine nine zero zero.
• 24:38I helped another fellow get
• 24:40his funding.
• 24:42The problem is he actually
• 24:44joined one of the labs
• 24:45I got set up first.
• 24:47It's a long story, but,
• 24:49I moved back to Ohio
• 24:50to help my mom when
• 24:51she got cancer. And,
• 24:53he actually joined one of
• 24:55the labs at Stanford that
• 24:56I got accepted in first.
• 24:58And I chose not to
• 24:59go to the lab because,
• 25:00based on how he was
• 25:01treating me and how he
• 25:02was, like, kind of stalking
• 25:03me. And then the fact
• 25:04that he's actually called me
• 25:05and I brought up to
• 25:07NIH,
• 25:07and they defaulted to school.
• 25:10And so I pretty much
• 25:12gave him my funding because
• 25:12I was just like, I
• 25:13don't wanna be in this
• 25:14program if I'm not gonna
• 25:15be protected.
• 25:17I know that's a lot.
• 25:19I know that's, like, a
• 25:20lot, but I first gave
• 25:21up my k zero zero,
• 25:22and I'm kinda, like, regretting
• 25:24it because, like,
• 25:25a lot of
• 25:27labs are not seeing me
• 25:28as, like,
• 25:30as valuable as they should
• 25:32be because I had f
• 25:32nine nine k zero zero.
• 25:34They helped, like, other three
• 25:36people get that, but
• 25:38that's just something I've been
• 25:39balancing and trying to, like,
• 25:41move around,
• 25:42just because the NIH kinda
• 25:44values
• 25:45or the false back to
• 25:47the institution and what they
• 25:48do with, like, assault nonsense.
• 25:50So, like
• 25:52like, I see the I
• 25:53see the name of your
• 25:54I guess, see your face,
• 25:55but, like,
• 25:56I gave up my k
• 25:57zero zero funds right before
• 25:58I came to Yale. But
• 26:00Well I want
• 26:02My I can't understand that
• 26:04I can get, like, a
• 26:06fellowship, but then also it
• 26:07doesn't, like, count and get
• 26:09to me. But also to
• 26:10I don't want to, like,
• 26:11let them know that, like,
• 26:12I can't do this or,
• 26:13like, I'm not, like, a
• 26:14viable postdoc.
• 26:16I was just asking because,
• 26:18like,
• 26:19I like, my dream is
• 26:21still to, like, run a
• 26:22lab. So
• 26:23I don't want that account
• 26:24against me because, like, I
• 26:25gave up my funds because
• 26:27someone was in that program
• 26:28and do anything against it
• 26:30and all those kind of
• 26:31things. So maybe this is
• 26:32something I can talk to
• 26:33you offline,
• 26:34but,
• 26:35I did have f nine
• 26:36nine k zero zero. I'm
• 26:37just wondering, like,
• 26:38does it look bad if
• 26:40someone gave up their funds?
• 26:41It's just because they feel
• 26:42uncomfortable.
• 26:44No. There is no general
• 26:47rule
• 26:48like that. Oh, they gave
• 26:50up their funds, then something
• 26:51is bad. Definitely not. I
• 26:53think we are happy to
• 26:55talk more
• 26:56in private,
• 26:57about your special circumstances, but
• 27:00definitely don't withhold from applying
• 27:03because of that. I mean,
• 27:04we take into account
• 27:06the particular circumstances of different
• 27:09individuals. So it's not
• 27:12a hard rule that works
• 27:13that way or this way.
• 27:16Okay. Yeah. I would go
• 27:17one step further. The face
• 27:18that you saw was my
• 27:19sorryness
• 27:20that you
• 27:22have this in your path,
• 27:23that this shouldn't be in
• 27:25anyone's path.
• 27:27I think
• 27:28it's
• 27:30and if this is part
• 27:31of your journey and you
• 27:32want to put it in
• 27:32your personal statement, of course,
• 27:34you can. If you want
• 27:35your letters to address it,
• 27:36of course, they can.
• 27:40It shows something that you
• 27:42got the funding in the
• 27:43first place. In my mind,
• 27:44much more than that, you
• 27:45had to give it up.
• 27:46And so
• 27:48I think
• 27:49I I would say it
• 27:50would only be useful and
• 27:52competitive to note that you
• 27:54were awarded it.
• 27:56Yeah.
• 27:58Yeah. Absolutely.
• 28:01About metrics,
• 28:02the metrics are decided
• 28:05in discussion between the fellow
• 28:07and the mentoring committee. So
• 28:09everything should be decided
• 28:11when you first start.
• 28:13There are usually long discussions
• 28:15on what exactly should be
• 28:16put in the letter and
• 28:17the agreement.
• 28:19And then
• 28:20only something that makes you
• 28:22happy and makes the department
• 28:24happy,
• 28:25is agreed upon.
• 28:31Yes? Gizam, I'm probably mispronouncing.
• 28:33I'm sorry.
• 28:35Hi. I'm Gizam Efe.
• 28:39So once we become a
• 28:40fellow and eventually,
• 28:42a tenure track faculty,
• 28:44do we keep our early
• 28:46stage investigator status
• 28:48as defined by NIH?
• 28:51We are trying to make
• 28:52you eligible for as much
• 28:53funding as possible. So we
• 28:55are trying to be able
• 28:56to accommodate everything from f
• 28:57thirty two applications from the
• 28:59fellows all the way to
• 29:00k ninety nine,
• 29:02to
• 29:04and every like, our goal
• 29:06is to really ensure that
• 29:07you are
• 29:09oh, funding is open to
• 29:10you. We are trying very
• 29:12hard to to
• 29:14maximize your eligibility, not put
• 29:16constraints on it. That's why
• 29:17you're not being hired as
• 29:18as
• 29:20faculty,
• 29:21and that officially your titles
• 29:22are actually postdoc.
• 29:23Mhmm.
• 29:25So, other k grants, absolutely.
• 29:27I mentioned k ninety nine
• 29:28because someone asked about it,
• 29:30but definitely
• 29:31any k award, any award
• 29:33that a postdoc can apply
• 29:34to, you can and are
• 29:36encouraged to apply to.
• 29:38And the departments,
• 29:40I can
• 29:41we can definitely first of
• 29:42all, the departments that accepted
• 29:44fellows already. This is not
• 29:45a secret. It's on our
• 29:47website.
• 29:48We celebrate these fellows.
• 29:51Immunobiology
• 29:52is the department that has
• 29:53two fellows.
• 29:54And then,
• 29:57genetics,
• 29:59cell biology,
• 30:00psychiatry,
• 30:01pathology
• 30:03are departments that have one
• 30:04fellow.
• 30:05Did I miss one department?
• 30:08But, really, other than immuno
• 30:09biology that probably will have
• 30:11a hard time taking another
• 30:13one, although I'm not sure
• 30:14that it's,
• 30:15you know, a definite no,
• 30:17but it's less likely than
• 30:18other departments.
• 30:19Other departments are very, very
• 30:21interested. And especially after the
• 30:23first two years that were
• 30:25so
• 30:25successful, it made other departments
• 30:28understand,
• 30:29the level of of the
• 30:31the quality of of candidates
• 30:33that they can get if
• 30:34they participate in this.
• 30:43Hi. Yes.
• 30:45I had another question about,
• 30:47areas
• 30:48of research.
• 30:50I took a brief look
• 30:52at the departments that are
• 30:53listed currently, and
• 30:55it seems to be more
• 30:57basic research, whereas my,
• 31:00research is more, like, human
• 31:01and translational
• 31:03research. Is that,
• 31:05less wanted?
• 31:07Translational
• 31:08research is absolutely wanted.
• 31:12The only thing that is
• 31:13not included is if it's
• 31:15just clinical, if it's completely,
• 31:18clinical. For example, research on
• 31:20clinical services,
• 31:23something that,
• 31:25is purely clinical. Any translational,
• 31:27including human research, we have
• 31:29a Mhmm. Coming in and
• 31:30fellow coming in, Cleona Kelly,
• 31:33who does human research with
• 31:35virtual reality,
• 31:36things like that. So it's
• 31:37definitely not just basic science
• 31:40at the
• 31:41Mhmm.
• 31:42In the sense of, like,
• 31:43the bench science.
• 31:44Yeah. Thank you.
• 31:49Yes. Sabona?
• 31:57I I I I was
• 31:58trying to get an idea
• 31:59of the,
• 32:00timeline. My apologies. My camera
• 32:02just doesn't wanna cooperate right
• 32:04now.
• 32:05So
• 32:06do you need to apply
• 32:07to this,
• 32:09program after you defend or,
• 32:11you know, how long does
• 32:12the application process takes? Or
• 32:14It could be before. If
• 32:15you so the position
• 32:19starts sometime in the summer
• 32:21or fall of twenty twenty
• 32:22five. So if you expect
• 32:24to graduate by then, you
• 32:26can apply.
• 32:28Okay. Thank you.
• 32:39Yeah. It's totally fine to
• 32:41apply to faculty positions while
• 32:43you're also applying for this.
• 32:44We actually had sometimes it
• 32:46happens that we get candidates
• 32:48that apply to faculty positions
• 32:50and departments thought, you know,
• 32:52maybe they would be better
• 32:53off starting as, science fellows.
• 32:56You can definitely apply to
• 32:57both.
• 33:04Yeah. I'm I've been adding
• 33:07comments
• 33:10to the chat.
• 33:13Yeah. Kristen first visit included
• 33:15scientific talk or a chalk
• 33:16talk, just a scientific talk.
• 33:18We recognize that recent PhDs,
• 33:22won't have a lot of
• 33:23practice with that.
• 33:25I think don't worry about
• 33:27applying simultaneously to faculty searches.
• 33:28We won't know. It's fine.
• 33:30It's probably to your advantage
• 33:31because you'll have had more
• 33:32practice,
• 33:33in all honesty.
• 33:34I would like to know
• 33:35which departments have already accepted.
• 33:37I think we already told
• 33:38you. Ideally, we should get
• 33:39it posted on the website
• 33:40if we haven't yet.
• 33:42I think
• 33:43I have answered all the
• 33:44questions in the chat. If
• 33:46I missed one, just retype
• 33:47it. Mhmm. That's good. And
• 33:50I apologize. For some reason,
• 33:51my keyboard stopped working, so
• 33:53I can't
• 33:54reply in writing.
• 33:57What is the ratio of
• 33:58recent PhD grads versus later
• 34:00career? I mean,
• 34:02we are trying to keep
• 34:03it under two years of
• 34:04postdoc. Like, ultimately, we probably
• 34:07wouldn't mind if the program
• 34:08was all recent PhDs, but
• 34:10it's only two years old.
• 34:11And so we've been open
• 34:12to one to two year
• 34:13postdocs and considering them on
• 34:15a case by case
• 34:16basis.
• 34:19But please don't hold back
• 34:20if you're still in your
• 34:21PhD. Like,
• 34:23we're kinda more model after
• 34:25that f ninety nine. We
• 34:26don't want you applying two
• 34:27years early, like the f
• 34:28ninety nine or something. But,
• 34:31I would say ideally would
• 34:32be you are defending in
• 34:34twenty twenty four, twenty twenty
• 34:35five.
• 34:36Mhmm.
• 34:37Oh, another one. K. I
• 34:39just wanna say, like, I
• 34:40the new system's f nine
• 34:41nine, but I had f
• 34:42nine nine k c zero.
• 34:43And if anyone is interested
• 34:45in applying for that,
• 34:46doctor Michelle
• 34:48Jones London is amazing and
• 34:49and Lauren,
• 34:51Euric.
• 34:52They're amazing. The program is
• 34:53amazing.
• 34:54I left because of personal
• 34:56reasons, and this won't happen
• 34:58to everybody. But,
• 34:59if you are planning to
• 35:00apply, please let me know
• 35:01because I was awarded,
• 35:03back in
• 35:05twenty nineteen, twenty twenty, and
• 35:07one of my mentors, Marguerite.
• 35:10I know some amazing people
• 35:11there. But if you wanna
• 35:12apply, please let me know.
• 35:14Thank you so much for
• 35:16saying this.
• 35:17And I will send you
• 35:18my application materials
• 35:20for sure for sure.
• 35:22No need to get confirmation
• 35:23from a lab. You don't
• 35:24even need to talk to
• 35:25a lab. You can if
• 35:26you want to, but there
• 35:27is no need for this
• 35:28at
• 35:29all.
• 35:30We, you have an option
• 35:32to put names of up
• 35:33to six potential PIs just
• 35:35because it will help us
• 35:36in the review process to
• 35:37know what your research is
• 35:39like, who is, suitable to
• 35:41review your your application.
• 35:43No need to get confirmation.
• 35:48Graduates spend time in industry.
• 35:50That's totally fine.
• 35:53But, again, not more than
• 35:55one or two years. We
• 35:56want people to have to
• 35:57be to come to us
• 35:58soon after they graduate.
• 36:03Yeah. No hard start date.
• 36:15Yes.
• 36:16Elise?
• 36:18Yeah. Can you speak to
• 36:20how things have been going
• 36:21for the folks in the
• 36:22first two cohorts?
• 36:24How has the mentorship been
• 36:26experience been for them? How
• 36:27are they train how are
• 36:28they enjoying
• 36:30transitioning to independence?
• 36:31Has it been
• 36:33challenging? Anything about that? I
• 36:34mean, this
• 36:35obviously sounds very good, but
• 36:37there
• 36:38are realistic
• 36:39things that happen in these
• 36:41programs.
• 36:42Yeah. My recommendation
• 36:44is,
• 36:45to talk to them directly,
• 36:47and they are very happy
• 36:48to talk to people. The
• 36:49first cohort. The second cohort
• 36:51is just starting right now.
• 36:52The first cohort, I think,
• 36:54overall had a very good
• 36:55experience. Of course, there are
• 36:56challenges, and so they have
• 36:59actually been talking to the
• 37:00second cohort,
• 37:02to give advice. We have
• 37:03learned a lot with them.
• 37:06As I see it, overall,
• 37:08it's very successful,
• 37:09but it has challenges that
• 37:11we are learning from. And,
• 37:12for example, the application process
• 37:14that Kristen
• 37:15described, we have improved based
• 37:17on,
• 37:20what we learned from the
• 37:21previous cohorts.
• 37:22Same goes to how the,
• 37:26process itself goes during the
• 37:27year.
• 37:29I I wanna add, actually,
• 37:32in the interest of protecting
• 37:33the time of the current
• 37:35Yale fellows, I don't wanna
• 37:36encourage a hundred people emailing
• 37:37them now. We absolutely had
• 37:40them meet with those who
• 37:41came in person as finalists,
• 37:43But please don't have all
• 37:45of you very enthusiastically
• 37:47email them in much the
• 37:48same way that, like, having
• 37:50college students email every faculty
• 37:51member that they could possibly
• 37:53be interested in every school
• 37:54they're applying to as to
• 37:55everybody's workload.
• 37:57We will have in person
• 37:58finalists meet with all in
• 38:00person Yale fellows,
• 38:03but maybe just apply without
• 38:06all of you collectively emailing
• 38:07them. That would be a
• 38:08really heavy burden.
• 38:12Ruby?
• 38:14Yeah. I was
• 38:16wondering right. So, obviously, it's
• 38:18a huge advantage
• 38:19to not have to go
• 38:20on the open search as
• 38:21you're transitioning into faculty,
• 38:24but that could raise questions
• 38:26about,
• 38:28you know, whether
• 38:30the
• 38:31how to sort of negotiate
• 38:32those terms, right, in terms
• 38:33of your start up package.
• 38:35So I was wondering if
• 38:36if there's any
• 38:37resources out there in terms
• 38:38of understanding
• 38:39what to expect.
• 38:41Again, this is, like, sort
• 38:42of two steps ahead maybe.
• 38:44Right? But,
• 38:45I guess understanding what to
• 38:47expect from a start up
• 38:48package
• 38:49at Yale if you're going
• 38:50through this program, and
• 38:52you may be sort of
• 38:53less incentivized
• 38:54to,
• 38:55to go on the open
• 38:56search.
• 38:57So a couple of points.
• 38:58One, they've worked really hard
• 39:00to standardize incoming packages at
• 39:02Yale in matters of equity
• 39:03because it's known
• 39:05that some genders and and
• 39:07backgrounds don't negotiate as well.
• 39:09Two, the chairs have committed
• 39:10to giving,
• 39:12standard packages.
• 39:14Three, as much as I
• 39:15would love to say you'll
• 39:16all be so happy you
• 39:17won't even apply outside, I
• 39:19suspect some or many of
• 39:20you will. We're hoping that
• 39:22our offer and our environment
• 39:23and our package will be
• 39:24competitive to any other outside
• 39:25ones you happen to get.
• 39:26We're not telling you you're
• 39:27not allowed to. Right? Like,
• 39:28I don't wanna hold you
• 39:29back from other possibilities.
• 39:34But I will say a
• 39:35lot of our current fellows
• 39:36are thinking about things like,
• 39:38you know, putting down roots
• 39:40in New Haven,
• 39:41having families,
• 39:42buying houses, and the kind
• 39:43of things that you get
• 39:44to do when you don't
• 39:45have to think about your
• 39:46life as a three year
• 39:46phase.
• 39:49There's a question about departments
• 39:51that are certainly looking. We
• 39:52have many departments that are
• 39:53interested. I don't think we
• 39:55have you know, no department
• 39:57can commit
• 39:58to certainly,
• 39:59hiring someone.
• 40:01So, you know, if you
• 40:03if your interests are compatible
• 40:05with any department at the
• 40:06school of medicine, do apply.
• 40:20We have more time.
• 40:22Like I said, it's sometimes
• 40:24a lot easier to relay
• 40:25stuff out loud than by
• 40:27email. So
• 40:29please feel free to type
• 40:30in the chat or ask
• 40:31these questions now where we
• 40:32can give the answer to
• 40:32everybody.
• 40:37But if questions come up
• 40:39later on, also feel free
• 40:41to email Kristen or me.
• 40:42We're always happy to answer
• 40:43questions.
• 40:47Would a third year postdoc
• 40:48fellow be ineligible? I would
• 40:50say
• 40:53we don't wanna say anybody's
• 40:55ineligible, but I would say
• 40:58we're
• 41:00going to be more
• 41:02like, we we really are
• 41:04looking for
• 41:05recent. This program becomes very
• 41:06long.
• 41:08Are there spots reserved for
• 41:10ISM fellows?
• 41:11Okay. So we are trying
• 41:13to get more like, you
• 41:15would be doing a very
• 41:16long post op to have
• 41:17done three years, three and
• 41:18a half years, then come
• 41:19start again here.
• 41:20I'm not saying we would
• 41:21rule it out if you
• 41:22had a really good plan,
• 41:23but be mindful that
• 41:26we would be like, why
• 41:27why would you be starting
• 41:27your postdoc again? What's the
• 41:29gain?
• 41:30Are there faculty spots reserved
• 41:32for YSM fellows? Yes. That
• 41:33specific department has to hold
• 41:35a spot, funding, and physical
• 41:37space for the fellows and
• 41:39answers that are like and
• 41:40and in fact, after the
• 41:42in person interviews,
• 41:43when we had eight get
• 41:44down to four, again, it
• 41:45wasn't about the science
• 41:47of the four who got
• 41:48it versus the four who
• 41:49didn't. It's actually about the
• 41:50departmental commitment. Those departments that
• 41:52said I'm holding room x
• 41:54and funding y
• 41:55were actually deemed more competitive
• 41:57than those that said, oh,
• 41:58we'll borrow space into the
• 41:59deed in the future somehow.
• 42:01A gap in training. Again,
• 42:03that's there is no hard
• 42:04rule. So that could be
• 42:05totally fine.
• 42:07If you have a good
• 42:08reason, you know, childcare,
• 42:10whatever, just explain it in
• 42:12your in your letter.
• 42:14The length of time,
• 42:16from your graduation is just
• 42:18a factor that is taken
• 42:19into account. It's not
• 42:21yes or no. So, absolutely,
• 42:23there could be gaps, and
• 42:24that would be fine.
• 42:27Yeah.
• 42:28Taking care of a parent,
• 42:29of course, then, you know,
• 42:31that would not be considered.
• 42:33That would not not be
• 42:34counted.
• 42:42Your top suggestion is for
• 42:44crafting a competitive application. Now
• 42:46I guess my first thing
• 42:47to keep in mind is
• 42:48that this committee is gonna
• 42:49be full of diverse scientists
• 42:50representing diverse departments in the
• 42:52sense that don't assume we're
• 42:54all experts in what you're
• 42:55doing and why your problem
• 42:56is important. Right? Assume somebody
• 42:57with a PhD
• 42:59or an MD is reading
• 43:00your application, but do not
• 43:01assume that they are already
• 43:03convinced and aware of your
• 43:05problem and why it's important.
• 43:06So frame
• 43:08the premise
• 43:09very carefully
• 43:11for
• 43:12scientists outside your field.
• 43:15Explain how your training,
• 43:16both PhD and future postdoc,
• 43:19will make you the only
• 43:20person and best person on
• 43:21the planet to conduct this
• 43:23very important research. Research. Right?
• 43:25Like, don't just tell us
• 43:26what you're going to do.
• 43:26Tell us why you're going
• 43:27to do it.
• 43:29And then second of all,
• 43:31tell us
• 43:33why you're the kind of
• 43:34person we wanna have at
• 43:36Yale. Right? Like, there are
• 43:38plenty of searches
• 43:39that filter on journal impact
• 43:41factor and funding coming in.
• 43:43We are trying to filter
• 43:44on faculty members who will
• 43:46make the Yale environment better.
• 43:48So why will our students
• 43:50or our postdocs
• 43:52be better off
• 43:53for you as a faculty
• 43:55member?
• 44:10Any other questions?
• 44:23And do feel free to
• 44:24take a look at the
• 44:25recording later and the back
• 44:28and shoot us emails.
• 44:30We're really happy to help.
• 44:32Oh, there's a lot more
• 44:33coming in here.
• 44:37We can't show you other
• 44:39people's
• 44:40research statements and personal statements.
• 44:42With so few accepted students,
• 44:44there's no way we can
• 44:44anonymize this yet. Maybe in
• 44:46five years, we would be
• 44:47able to.
• 44:50But right now, I think
• 44:51out of fairness to the
• 44:53current students, I think if
• 44:54you had only just started,
• 44:55you would probably be reluctant
• 44:56to openly publish it.
• 44:58Formatting templates and requirements,
• 45:01I think it says right
• 45:02in the application, one page,
• 45:03single spaced,
• 45:05half inch margins or something.
• 45:08Standard NIH format.
• 45:11You receive an offer before
• 45:13the five years are offer.
• 45:15Yes. That's that's fine. Five
• 45:17years are the maximum.
• 45:19If you're ready to transition
• 45:20to a faculty position before
• 45:21that, that's totally fine.
• 45:24Actually, it's good.
• 45:40Extra support. So,
• 45:42we have some resources at
• 45:44Yale,
• 45:45for grant writing
• 45:47and leadership
• 45:49and mentorship
• 45:51that our current fellows are
• 45:53joining
• 45:54ongoing
• 45:54things at Yale with other
• 45:56postdocs
• 45:57and fellows.
• 45:58But we're now in the
• 45:59process of designing things that
• 46:01will be more
• 46:02specific for our fellows. So
• 46:03far, we had three fellows,
• 46:06working last year. Now where
• 46:08the numbers are
• 46:09beginning to increase,
• 46:11we'll have more pro
• 46:13program specific for for fellows.
• 46:16We're trying to take advantage,
• 46:18the collective resources available at
• 46:20Yale. So some departments already
• 46:22have mentoring programs, like, I
• 46:23know genetics does.
• 46:25The school of medicine already
• 46:26has one for medical,
• 46:29faculty who have k
• 46:31what did they get? K
• 46:32zero ones,
• 46:34I think, and, our fellows
• 46:35have been joining that. We
• 46:37are you know, the first
• 46:39year, we we knew that
• 46:40there's a lot of transition
• 46:41just to come into Yale,
• 46:42and they were supposed to
• 46:43be working on their science
• 46:44for a year or two.
• 46:45And so we are going
• 46:46to be adding a career
• 46:48training
• 46:49as our as our fellows
• 46:50mature, basically.
• 47:06Okay. It looks like we
• 47:07are every time I say
• 47:08we're all out, people start
• 47:09typing again.
• 47:11So I'll I'll say it
• 47:12really slowly.
• 47:13It looks like we are
• 47:14out of questions.
• 47:16I'll give you all another
• 47:17minute or two to type
• 47:19them,
• 47:20but I I think I
• 47:21think we've answered all of
• 47:22them for now, and we'll
• 47:23answer more by email.
• 47:26Mhmm.
• 47:27Thank you so much for
• 47:28joining.
• 47:29Thanks everyone for your interest.
• 47:33Thank you for all the