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Research Mission

August 25, 2023

Brian Smith, MD & Keith Choate, MD, PhD

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Transcript

  • 00:00You're actually going to see me a couple
  • 00:02times today in part because COVID has
  • 00:04taken out a couple of the speakers. So.
  • 00:06So I wish it was because I was the most
  • 00:08wonderful speaker in the in the world,
  • 00:10but but I think that's your work.
  • 00:12As as Linda said, there's really
  • 00:14two of us that are tied together at
  • 00:17the hip in terms of the trying to
  • 00:21organize and support the research
  • 00:22mission here at the medical school,
  • 00:25and that's myself and Tony Koleski.
  • 00:27We basically divide things up as to
  • 00:29whether we're kind of doing most of
  • 00:30the work with the clinical departments,
  • 00:32which is my job for most of the work
  • 00:34with the basic science departments.
  • 00:35And to be quite honest,
  • 00:37we kind of just all work together.
  • 00:39And so there are things that we just trade
  • 00:41back and forth depending on who has the time.
  • 00:43And Keith will talk separately in just a
  • 00:45few minutes about the Office of Physician
  • 00:47Scientists and Scientist Development,
  • 00:48which has really created some wonderful
  • 00:51resources I think for for everyone.
  • 00:53So what is the Office of
  • 00:56Scientific Affairs do?
  • 00:57So we oversee scientific affairs
  • 00:58in both the clinical and basic
  • 01:00science departments as well as in
  • 01:01all of the centers and programs and
  • 01:03institutes and all those wonderful
  • 01:05things that have these other,
  • 01:06these other names.
  • 01:07But essentially most things that
  • 01:09in within the medical school are
  • 01:12really very departmentally organized.
  • 01:13And whether that's any of the three
  • 01:16missions and that's really where
  • 01:17you need to get known and you need
  • 01:19to be able to have folks who think
  • 01:21you're doing a wonderful job.
  • 01:22If we get back to the issues of things
  • 01:24like appointments and promotions,
  • 01:25just to just to mention that we try to
  • 01:29provide guidance and resources for faculty,
  • 01:31staff, hiring,
  • 01:31retention of faculty,
  • 01:33etcetera,
  • 01:33I welcome you and I know Tony would
  • 01:36if he was here as well,
  • 01:37you're welcome to to e-mail either
  • 01:39of us if you feel you you want to
  • 01:41do that and that's great and get
  • 01:43a lot of lot of emails.
  • 01:44I get some texts at 2:00 AM,
  • 01:46but that's separate and we're all first
  • 01:48name dot last name at Yale dot Edu, right.
  • 01:51So I mean,
  • 01:52even with the name Smith,
  • 01:53I'm somehow still first name dot,
  • 01:54last name, yell dot Edu.
  • 01:57Although it's interesting because
  • 01:58there's almost always at least
  • 01:59one undergrad who's named Brian
  • 02:01Smith and they have much more
  • 02:02interesting lives than I do,
  • 02:03and I get a lot of e-mail.
  • 02:05Space is a big is a big issue for us
  • 02:07at the medical school because we've
  • 02:09really grown by leaps and bounds over
  • 02:10the course of the last 10 years or so,
  • 02:12and we tend to be a space
  • 02:15constrained these days.
  • 02:16There's a lot of construction going on.
  • 02:17There's a lot of expansion of space going
  • 02:20on whether it's in the wet bench area,
  • 02:23you know kind of classic classic
  • 02:25laboratory sorts of work or
  • 02:27what we call dry
  • 02:28bench meaning health services
  • 02:30research and computational work and
  • 02:32so forth that really doesn't require
  • 02:35a Bunsen burner at your at your side.
  • 02:38So that's something that we actually
  • 02:40do a lot of work work with.
  • 02:42We are and you'll hear more about
  • 02:45the cores both to support web
  • 02:47bench and dry bench research.
  • 02:48I think a little bit later today
  • 02:50I'll be giving you the talk on
  • 02:51the on the YCCI aspect of things.
  • 02:53And then we spend a lot of our time,
  • 02:56which hopefully you therefore don't
  • 02:58have to worry about as much to ensure
  • 03:00compliance with all the wonderful,
  • 03:01wonderful things that are out there
  • 03:03in terms of in terms of federal,
  • 03:07state and other other areas,
  • 03:10we nucleate and maintain relationships
  • 03:12with the partners across Yale University.
  • 03:14So that means we actually have
  • 03:16a fair amount of work that we do
  • 03:18with government and advocacy on the
  • 03:20government front. We try to do that.
  • 03:22We try to work with our state,
  • 03:24congressional and and senatorial aspects,
  • 03:27as well as with the governor's office.
  • 03:29There's a lot of relationships that
  • 03:31go on with foundations to try to get
  • 03:33you funding from things other than the NIH.
  • 03:35And again,
  • 03:35all these kinds of questions,
  • 03:37you know, individual things come up.
  • 03:38There's a lot of details and all of that,
  • 03:40but please just feel free to to contact us.
  • 03:43Most of most will be known through
  • 03:45your department,
  • 03:46but not necessarily and we're
  • 03:47more than happy to to chat with
  • 03:50everybody separately as needed.
  • 03:52And industry is another area that I
  • 03:54think Yale was probably behind a lot of
  • 03:56our peers in terms of interactions with
  • 03:58on the research front over the years.
  • 04:00There is a new and I don't think we
  • 04:02have a separate talk by Yale Ventures,
  • 04:03right.
  • 04:04But there's a new basically office
  • 04:07of technology transfer,
  • 04:09but it's bigger than that.
  • 04:10It's called Yale Ventures now.
  • 04:11It was kind of reimagined and
  • 04:13and recreated about now I guess
  • 04:15about 2 1/2 three years ago,
  • 04:16something like that, if I remember right.
  • 04:19And it's actually interestingly changed
  • 04:21the formula for for intellectual
  • 04:23property and how much of it you
  • 04:25get and all those kinds of things
  • 04:26compared to the university and the
  • 04:28medical school and the departments.
  • 04:29And it's really done a lot to to work
  • 04:31in terms of that and also to really
  • 04:33build out the ecosystem here in New Haven.
  • 04:35I think that really is,
  • 04:37if you just look around in terms of building,
  • 04:40there's a lot going on and
  • 04:41that's actually very,
  • 04:42very terrific,
  • 04:43depending on what your research really is.
  • 04:46We partner with with Keith's office and
  • 04:48as well as with Darren Lattimore's DEI
  • 04:51office to support faculty throughout
  • 04:54the career life cycle with development
  • 04:56as well to raise research funding.
  • 04:58And you may get contacted by that.
  • 04:59And if you do have somebody who you
  • 05:01think is a potential donor out there
  • 05:02or you get into one of those things,
  • 05:04please,
  • 05:05please contact one of us
  • 05:07so that we can do what we can
  • 05:08to sort of help out with that,
  • 05:09not to interfere with what
  • 05:11your relationship may be,
  • 05:12but but to provide kind of
  • 05:14the infrastructure for,
  • 05:14for dealing with those kinds of things.
  • 05:16And finally with the Office
  • 05:18of Communications, obviously,
  • 05:19we do a lot to try to try to do all
  • 05:21those things that I'm really bad at,
  • 05:22like websites and stuff like that.
  • 05:25I should say that in terms of education,
  • 05:28I think Janet did a very nice job of
  • 05:31covering all of the of the medical
  • 05:34school specific educational ventures.
  • 05:36The other area that Tony and
  • 05:38I get deeply involved in.
  • 05:41And any of you who are have appointments
  • 05:43in the Graduate School either because
  • 05:45you're in a basic science department
  • 05:47which automatically gives you a
  • 05:49appointment in the Graduate School
  • 05:50or because you're in a clinical
  • 05:51department either with a secondary in
  • 05:53a basic science department or there's
  • 05:54actually ways that you can be solely
  • 05:56in a clinical department and also
  • 05:58be appointed to the Graduate School.
  • 06:01And the Graduate School program is
  • 06:03actually a program that extends not
  • 06:05just across the medical school but
  • 06:07also extends across the faculty
  • 06:08of Arts and Sciences on the on
  • 06:10the north campus or main campuses.
  • 06:12They like to talk about it.
  • 06:13We we tend to save the North campus
  • 06:16and it's it's really a very we
  • 06:17get great grad students in.
  • 06:19And I think when you're thinking about
  • 06:21getting people to work in your laboratory,
  • 06:23you're going to be thinking if you're
  • 06:24in one of the clinical departments
  • 06:26probably in terms of a variety
  • 06:27of the clinical trainees,
  • 06:28but the Med students are remarkably
  • 06:31good overall.
  • 06:32You know undergrads not bad and
  • 06:35they are actually a terrific way
  • 06:38to to help expand your,
  • 06:39your laboratory and really get into
  • 06:42a real relationship with them to
  • 06:44try to mentor them through to their
  • 06:46career aspirations which often are
  • 06:48to go to either Graduate School
  • 06:50or to medical school and really
  • 06:52across across all of those,
  • 06:54all of those areas.
  • 06:56So I just mentioned that to you again
  • 06:58because it'll it will come up And as
  • 07:00you're beginning to establish your,
  • 07:02your research programs here for those
  • 07:04of you who are research intensive or
  • 07:06or doing any kind of research which
  • 07:08is most of our folks as you may imagine,
  • 07:10we review faculty appointments
  • 07:11to Graduate School,
  • 07:12kind of talked about that,
  • 07:12talked about Yale Ventures,
  • 07:14which is the entrepreneurial
  • 07:15opportunities that are around here
  • 07:17And also coordinate the clinical
  • 07:19research infrastructure which is
  • 07:21predominantly in the Cancer Center in
  • 07:23the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation.
  • 07:25And I'll mention a little bit about
  • 07:26that when I talk to you a little bit
  • 07:28later within the departments themselves
  • 07:29and across the Yellow Haven Health system.
  • 07:31So a lot of,
  • 07:33a lot of activity on that front.
  • 07:37What are the ways that we kind of
  • 07:38look at this?
  • 07:38We are determinant to some extent
  • 07:41on space and startup.
  • 07:43We work with the departments.
  • 07:44Departments all have their own
  • 07:46space footprint to work within,
  • 07:48but often they need to work outside
  • 07:50of that or we need to try to Co
  • 07:52localize people with others.
  • 07:53That would be particularly valuable
  • 07:55for you to be able to walk down
  • 07:58the corridor and and meet with.
  • 08:00We similarly again coordinate with
  • 08:02Keith's office and he'll be talking
  • 08:04about this in just a few minutes.
  • 08:05I'm trying to get supplemental
  • 08:07funding for for what you guys all are,
  • 08:10which is junior faculty,
  • 08:11regardless of your age or
  • 08:13junior faculty at this point.
  • 08:15There's a variety of limited grant
  • 08:16submissions that are out there.
  • 08:18You will see these.
  • 08:19There's actually a website you
  • 08:20can go to to look for them.
  • 08:21These are often foundations,
  • 08:23but sometimes they're NIH
  • 08:24grants where the institution,
  • 08:26Yale University,
  • 08:27is only allowed to submit maybe
  • 08:29one or two or whatever grants.
  • 08:32Obviously we need a way to,
  • 08:34to adjudicate that if there's
  • 08:35more than one person or one group
  • 08:38that wants to engage in that
  • 08:40and and that's done through it,
  • 08:41then an internal review process
  • 08:42with with kind of an internal
  • 08:44study section and what have you.
  • 08:46So if you're involved in those
  • 08:48kinds of things that you,
  • 08:49you'll see this right away.
  • 08:52We'll talk a little bit and Amy
  • 08:54Blanche will talk about bleeding
  • 08:55edge technologies and cores.
  • 08:57It is something that we try
  • 08:58to keep an eye on to,
  • 09:00to make research good for everybody here.
  • 09:04Their core facilities,
  • 09:05most of what you would be using probably
  • 09:08are what we call central cores.
  • 09:10It runs run out of the Dean's office,
  • 09:11basically summer departmental
  • 09:13cores and departmental cores can
  • 09:15be everything from something that
  • 09:16takes care of the glass washing for,
  • 09:18you know,
  • 09:1910 PI's in the department to
  • 09:21something that actually extends out
  • 09:23into other departments as well.
  • 09:25And that's not that uncommon.
  • 09:27There is an office for team science,
  • 09:29which is something that was created
  • 09:31that Nancy created when she came
  • 09:33that the Dean and really been
  • 09:35good for those of you who may be
  • 09:37engaged in looking at large grants.
  • 09:39So most of us get used to kind of
  • 09:41doing our own RO ones and those
  • 09:43kinds of grants from foundations.
  • 09:45But when it's a large grant,
  • 09:46they often have all kinds of components
  • 09:48that are beyond the science,
  • 09:50beyond the specific games if you will
  • 09:52that need to be done properly or
  • 09:55you'll get trashed at study section.
  • 09:57And so there is an officer tries
  • 09:58to work on that.
  • 09:59There's actually a pilot grant
  • 10:01program as well asking people to
  • 10:03who have a goal to get something
  • 10:06like a program project grant or
  • 10:08one of what we call you grants and
  • 10:10really get get it to where it is.
  • 10:12Many of these things I can tell
  • 10:14you that for the for the grant
  • 10:16that supports the Yale Center
  • 10:18for Clinical Investigation,
  • 10:19the last renewal that we put in
  • 10:22was was 3998 pages for example,
  • 10:25I was,
  • 10:26I was really disappointed that we
  • 10:28didn't get to 4000 but regardless
  • 10:30and we do things about appointments
  • 10:32to Graduate School and so forth.
  • 10:34Did I go through all of it?
  • 10:35This is this is yours. Yes, Okay.
  • 10:37So those are sort of the big areas
  • 10:39that I just wanted to mention and
  • 10:41I'm going to turn things over to,
  • 10:42to Keith talk about physician
  • 10:44scientists and scientists development.
  • 10:48Well, let me be another who
  • 10:50extends a welcome to all of you.
  • 10:51I wanted to give you sort of a highlevel
  • 10:54overview of some of the resources that we
  • 10:56put together in the office of Physician,
  • 10:58Scientist and Scientist Development,
  • 11:00which is also a new initiative from the Dean.
  • 11:03So what OPSSD really seeks to do is
  • 11:06address practical challenges that are
  • 11:07encountered at different career stages,
  • 11:10to create community and mentorship
  • 11:11that spans all phases of training,
  • 11:13to ensure protected time for
  • 11:15those who need it,
  • 11:16and to provide research support for
  • 11:18investigators while fostering collaborations
  • 11:20which drive future discoveries.
  • 11:21And these are lofty goals,
  • 11:23but we've also put into place
  • 11:25an infrastructure behind them.
  • 11:27So we have a group of individuals
  • 11:29who are tasked with different
  • 11:31elements of this domain.
  • 11:33I'd like to highlight Niadi,
  • 11:35who serves as the Director of Scientists,
  • 11:36Diversity and Inclusion, Valerie Renke,
  • 11:39who's the Interim Chair of Genetics,
  • 11:40but also serving as our Director
  • 11:42of PhD Scientist Development.
  • 11:44Jean Shapiro,
  • 11:45who has a longstanding history
  • 11:46of being deeply invested in
  • 11:49helping early career development.
  • 11:50He's our Director of Grant
  • 11:52Writing and Evaluation.
  • 11:53Nick Licht runs our program
  • 11:55office along with Sarah Ratner.
  • 11:58And so we have a variety of initiatives,
  • 11:59some of which may touch upon your lives.
  • 12:02One is we have a role in funding
  • 12:06and so we have the Yale Physician
  • 12:09Scientist Development Awards which
  • 12:10are an institutional K equivalent
  • 12:12which are helpful in getting
  • 12:14people the preliminary data to
  • 12:16go for extramural K awards.
  • 12:18It's coadministered with
  • 12:19the YCCIK L2 program.
  • 12:21We have an international Physician
  • 12:23Scientist resident fellow Research award is
  • 12:25really intended to enhance our pipeline.
  • 12:27There's also an Anderson Post Doctoral
  • 12:29fellowship which is open to early
  • 12:31career laboratory based investigators
  • 12:33to support an individual postdoc
  • 12:35in their research environment and
  • 12:36all of these funding announcements
  • 12:38will come out throughout the year.
  • 12:40We also have a role in
  • 12:42professional development,
  • 12:43so we have a research program leadership
  • 12:46and management skills course which
  • 12:48I'll highlight again in a moment.
  • 12:49We have a Janeway Society which many of
  • 12:52you will become automatic members of.
  • 12:54Janeway is intended to consist of
  • 12:57individuals who are new appointments
  • 13:00to basic science departments or
  • 13:02individuals in clinical departments
  • 13:04with K Award or equivalent.
  • 13:07We also do a little bit of work on
  • 13:09the networking side with quarterly
  • 13:11luncheons for Janeway Society
  • 13:12members and new assistant professors.
  • 13:15That's cosponsored of the Deputy Deans
  • 13:18and we have a variety of resources,
  • 13:20and I think the resources are
  • 13:22probably going to be the things
  • 13:23that are most useful to you,
  • 13:24and these include a grants library
  • 13:26which has just about every mechanism
  • 13:28you can consider applying for.
  • 13:29In my experience,
  • 13:30the best way to write a grant is to see
  • 13:32how someone else did it in the past.
  • 13:34And so this, I think,
  • 13:36is a real opportunity for folks.
  • 13:39We have a grant writing course that
  • 13:41applies to people both writing
  • 13:42career development awards but also
  • 13:44initial RO ones,
  • 13:45which takes people from an idea
  • 13:47through figures and a final grant,
  • 13:49culminating in a study section.
  • 13:52We have a scientific writing workshop
  • 13:55which contains both didactic portions as
  • 13:57well as paste manuscript writing portions.
  • 14:00And then we also run a very active
  • 14:02mock study section,
  • 14:03which is an incredible opportunity
  • 14:04to take advantage of the incredible
  • 14:07diversity of investigators that we have
  • 14:09here who have expertise in the area
  • 14:11that you're writing your grants in.
  • 14:13And we found the people who go
  • 14:15through mock study section find
  • 14:16it to be an incredibly useful
  • 14:18experience because they get reviewers
  • 14:20one through 3 written comments,
  • 14:21but they also get a copy of the
  • 14:24video of the mock study section
  • 14:26where they can see how those comments
  • 14:28are translated into a score.
  • 14:31Many of you will participate in
  • 14:33the Research Program Leadership
  • 14:34and Management Skills course.
  • 14:35This is a 2 day course which is
  • 14:39run by German company called HFP
  • 14:40Consulting offered to all Research
  • 14:42Focus ladder faculty within the first
  • 14:44three years of their appointment.
  • 14:46So expect to hear from us at some
  • 14:48point over the next three years.
  • 14:50And it covers a variety of topics.
  • 14:52This is an incredibly highly rated course.
  • 14:55It goes through principles
  • 14:57for professional interactions,
  • 14:59skills for effective communication.
  • 15:01It talks about efficiency,
  • 15:02which is something that we all seek
  • 15:04to strive to achieve, establishing,
  • 15:08maintaining collaborations,
  • 15:09team development, solving conflicts.
  • 15:11Those classical questions of hiring
  • 15:13and firing are addressed there and
  • 15:16this actually creates a great cohort
  • 15:18of individuals that are arriving at
  • 15:20the institution at about the same
  • 15:21time and is nucleated groups that
  • 15:23have carried forward and that we we
  • 15:25regroup with these groups at a year
  • 15:27to discuss individuals experiences.
  • 15:29We run this three times a year.
  • 15:32I mentioned the Janeway Society.
  • 15:34This was really meant to recognize the
  • 15:37incredible effort that it takes to
  • 15:39become faculty in the 1st place and
  • 15:42to create a cohort of early career
  • 15:44physician scientists and PhD scientists
  • 15:46to have access to infrastructure
  • 15:49and career development resources.
  • 15:51We have 200 members across 28 department
  • 15:53schools and centers and as I mentioned,
  • 15:56the eligibility is intramural or
  • 15:57extramural career development awards or
  • 15:59new hires in the basic science departments.
  • 16:01We run a series of programs including
  • 16:03a First Fridays seminar series on
  • 16:06leadership management and communication.
  • 16:08We have a leadership group consisting
  • 16:10of the membership of Janeway,
  • 16:12which really drives that first Friday series,
  • 16:15which provides both a perspective
  • 16:16as well as near peer mentorship
  • 16:19around an individual topic.
  • 16:20We run a very successful annual retreat,
  • 16:23but we also engage the members of Janeway
  • 16:26as mentors for others who are rising up,
  • 16:28like graduate students and MDPHD
  • 16:30students to really enhance the
  • 16:32mentorship network that's present.
  • 16:33Institutionally,
  • 16:36our quarterly luncheon has proven
  • 16:37to be a fantastic you're going to
  • 16:40get a taste of Yale catering today,
  • 16:41but we've really upped our game.
  • 16:44But more important than the food is
  • 16:46the opportunity to come together
  • 16:47with leadership of the medical school
  • 16:49and with
  • 16:49other faculty. And I always enjoy going
  • 16:51to these lunches because people sort
  • 16:53of go around the table and talk about
  • 16:55the things they're interested in.
  • 16:56And I see it nucleating. A great program,
  • 16:59project grants right before my eyes.
  • 17:02Grants library, just to give you an idea
  • 17:05of where we stand with the grants library.
  • 17:07And this is something that is in
  • 17:09a state of continuous evolution.
  • 17:12So we have a large number of K&R awards.
  • 17:15We focused on institutional training grants.
  • 17:18We have a lot of diversity supplements.
  • 17:20We've got Peas use UM ones,
  • 17:23loan repayments, pioneer awards,
  • 17:25VA awards and F series.
  • 17:27But in fact, if you are going to
  • 17:29be applying for a grant mechanism
  • 17:31that's not in the grants library,
  • 17:33let us know.
  • 17:33We'll figure out who at the
  • 17:35institution has those grants,
  • 17:36make those early connections that you
  • 17:38can always access a grant that's relevant
  • 17:40to the mechanism that you're applying for.
  • 17:43And so we really seek to be as service
  • 17:45oriented as we can be around the grants,
  • 17:50endeavors.
  • 17:50Our grant writing course is offered
  • 17:52twice a year directed by Jeanne Shapiro,
  • 17:55along with the cadre of senior faculty.
  • 17:58You have a lot of experience in this space.
  • 18:01Small sections of faculty come
  • 18:03together to write grants and they
  • 18:05engage in seminars that are related
  • 18:08to strategy that's matched the
  • 18:10mechanism that's being applied for.
  • 18:12There's a paste writing component with peer
  • 18:14and faculty review and as I mentioned,
  • 18:17it culminates in a study section
  • 18:19and it's highly,
  • 18:20highly sought after and well reviewed.
  • 18:22Manuscript writing is led by Angie
  • 18:26Hoffman who's written a really fantastic
  • 18:29book about scientific communication.
  • 18:30She's kicks it off with two half day
  • 18:33workshops on scientific writing,
  • 18:35which I'd encourage everyone,
  • 18:36regardless of how many papers
  • 18:38you've written to, to come to.
  • 18:40I think she's really thought provoking.
  • 18:42And then we also have this PACE
  • 18:44manuscript writing program where
  • 18:45participants compose of at least central
  • 18:47portions of a manuscript over four to
  • 18:49six weeks with pure and faculty review.
  • 18:51Sometimes it's just about getting
  • 18:53the activation energy to actually
  • 18:54put pen to paper,
  • 18:55and that's part of what this is all about.
  • 18:59And then mock study sections.
  • 19:00You know,
  • 19:01this is a resource which I would
  • 19:03encourage all of you who are writing
  • 19:05grants to really seriously consider
  • 19:06because of a couple of things.
  • 19:07One is it has a fairly aggressive timeline.
  • 19:10It's asking you to submit your grant
  • 19:158 weeks prior to a deadline with the
  • 19:18list of potential Yale reviewers.
  • 19:20We solicit those reviewers and
  • 19:21actually compensate them with gifts
  • 19:23of wine and chocolate,
  • 19:24which we find are more effective
  • 19:26than money and and they and they
  • 19:30wholeheartedly respond to requests and
  • 19:33really I have been very impressed with
  • 19:35the quality of review that's happened.
  • 19:37And so you submit the full grant.
  • 19:39So eight weeks before you give
  • 19:40us specific games and reviewers,
  • 19:416 weeks before the deadline
  • 19:43submit as much of the grant as you
  • 19:44have done and the more you have
  • 19:46done, the better we can do
  • 19:48with the review process.
  • 19:49We rapidly turn that around so that you
  • 19:51have a full month with our comments prior
  • 19:53to the due date for the submission.
  • 19:56We also encourage Janeway Society
  • 19:58members to participate in the reviews
  • 19:59to get a sense of what it's like to
  • 20:02be a part of a of a study section.
  • 20:04We've we've reviewed 41 grants to
  • 20:06date but we have the capacity to
  • 20:08do at least 16 per in a cycle.
  • 20:11We can also accommodate off cycle
  • 20:13applications because we do recognize
  • 20:15that there is some off cycle
  • 20:17awards and we're always happy to
  • 20:19try to accommodate that.
  • 20:20And so that's a bit on some of the
  • 20:23resources that we put together for career
  • 20:25development and scientific support.
  • 20:27And I think that our,
  • 20:29our next slide is really shared by
  • 20:31many of the people who've spoken today
  • 20:35about some of the things that we can,
  • 20:37that we can think about as we begin
  • 20:40to engage in scientific research.
  • 20:42And and so I think I'll,
  • 20:44I'll just hit the high points,
  • 20:45but you know,
  • 20:46I think the beautiful thing about
  • 20:48Yale is no matter what it is
  • 20:49that you're interested in,
  • 20:51there's someone else who's
  • 20:52also interested in it.
  • 20:53And so you just need to find a
  • 20:54way to engage with mentors and
  • 20:56sponsors and people who can make
  • 20:58those connections for you.
  • 20:59Many times that's going to be people
  • 21:01who have an institutional role,
  • 21:02but other times it's going to be
  • 21:04those individuals who are sitting
  • 21:06within your own department.
  • 21:07You know,
  • 21:08I think for every space and resource issue,
  • 21:10there's chairs and vice chairs who
  • 21:13can be your first point of contact.
  • 21:15And then, you know,
  • 21:16I think look at your individual
  • 21:17departmental leadership structure
  • 21:19for who those individuals are.
  • 21:20They can really be the ones who
  • 21:22can make the connections for you
  • 21:24to leadership and help to navigate
  • 21:26the processes of the institution.
  • 21:28You know,
  • 21:29part of this is about getting
  • 21:30out there and and establishing
  • 21:32your reputation of locally,
  • 21:34importantly to get known by individuals
  • 21:36here who could be your collaborators,
  • 21:38but also nationally and internationally.
  • 21:40And so, you know,
  • 21:41seek opportunities to engage and
  • 21:43to collaborate.
  • 21:44You know, I always have said to my
  • 21:47early career faculty that you can
  • 21:48only trust your hands at the bench.
  • 21:50Your best hands are your own hands.
  • 21:53And so if you can be in the lab,
  • 21:54that has an opportunity to really
  • 21:56sort of drive your science forward.
  • 21:58And of course,
  • 21:59I think the reason that we're
  • 22:01all here is that we find joy
  • 22:02in the things that we do.
  • 22:04So thank you so much for your time.