Neuroscience Training: Developing a Nimble and Versatile Workforce

Workshop

Evolving the Culture of Science and Training in Neuroscience to Meet a Changing World: A Virtual Workshop

February 22, 2021

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)

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About this Workshop

Recent events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, have underscored the importance of science and of scientific training, but also the challenges and needed cultural shifts. This virtual workshop—the fifth and final in a series—brought together the themes discussed in preceding workshops and consider how the culture of science and scientific training can become more inclusive, balanced, and adaptive to changing times. Topics discussed included redefining the metrics of success in science; the need for training that supports collaboration, interdisciplinary research, and team science; training for varied career paths; models of training and career structures that allow for commitments in one’s personal life and that support mental health and well-being.

About the Workshop Series on Neuroscience Training

Cutting-edge neuroscience research increasingly demands extensive technological, computational, and statistical skills, and involves large collaborations. Trainees are pursuing a broad range of careers in academia, private sector industries--which has evolved beyond pharmaceutical and biotech companies, to include engineering, data science, venture capital firms, and finance--policy, publishing, and non-profit organizations. Moreover, traditional boundaries between sectors are becoming less rigid, with more extensive partnerships among the private sector and academia and more academics helping to found biotech companies. Taken together, these factors raise important questions about to how to design training programs that foster innovation across a dynamic ecosystem and ensure that a diverse next generation of neuroscientists has the knowledge, skillset, and support needed to pursue multiple career paths devoted to advancing biomedical science.

The Action Collaborative on Neuroscience Training: Developing a Nimble and Versatile Workforce, an initiative associated with the National Academies’ Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, brings together a wide range of stakeholders, representing different sectors and career stages, to examine current and future workforce needs within and outside of academia and explore how these should inform neuroscience training programs.

The action collaborative’s virtual workshop series aims to illuminate critical issues and provide a venue for sharing ways to move forward. Workshops in this series have addressed topics such as:

Racial justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in neuroscience training (August 20, 2020);
Neuroscience training in challenging times (January 19, 2021);
Fostering inclusion, equity, and diversity in neuroscience training (January 25, 2021);
Re-envisioning postdoctoral training in neuroscience (February 16, 2021); and
Evolving the culture of science and training in neuroscience to meet a changing world (February 22, 2021).

Action Collaborative Members

Rita Balice-Gordon (Co-Chair), Muna Therapeutics
Katja Brose (Co-Chair), The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Rosalind Segal (Co-Chair), Harvard University
Huda Akil, University of Michigan
David Cox, IBM Research AI
Sara Fenstermacher, New York University
Ayana Jordan, Yale School of Medicine
Stephen Korn, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Walter Koroshetz, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
John Krystal, Yale School of Medicine
Alan Leshner, American Association for the Advancement of Science (CEO Emeritus)
Peter MacLeish, Morehouse School of Medicine
Carol Mason, Columbia University
Gentry Patrick, University of California, San Diego
Mark Rasenick, The University of Illinois at Chicago
Todd Sherer, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
Kaela S. Singleton, Emory University
M. Morgan Taylor, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Ashlee Van’t Veer, National Institute of Mental Health
Cristin Welle, University of Colorado, Denver
Andrew Welchman, Wellcome Trust

Contact

Sheena Posey Norris

sposey@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Workshop

Re-envisioning Postdoctoral Training in Neuroscience: A Virtual Workshop

February 16, 2021

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)

Past

Materials

Panelist Biographical Sketches

About

About this Workshop

The vision and approach for postdoctoral training has evolved over the years. Originally viewed as a few years of apprenticeship and an opportunity to establish skills and develop ideas in preparation for an independent research career, postdoc training has progressed to a state of limbo for some postdoctoral researchers, with longer training durations; uncertain career prospects; and variability in the training, mentoring, and professional status across the neuroscience ecosystem. These challenges have been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., challenges securing funding, job seeking, and managing relationships with their mentors), resulting in a high-level of uncertainty and stress for postdoctoral researchers. This workshop—the fourth in a series—explored the current postdoctoral training models in neuroscience and consider opportunities for modernization to meet the evolving needs in the field.

About the Workshop Series on Neuroscience Training

Cutting-edge neuroscience research increasingly demands extensive technological, computational, and statistical skills, and involves large collaborations. Trainees are pursuing a broad range of careers in academia, private sector industries--which has evolved beyond pharmaceutical and biotech companies, to include engineering, data science, venture capital firms, and finance--policy, publishing, and non-profit organizations. Moreover, traditional boundaries between sectors are becoming less rigid, with more extensive partnerships among the private sector and academia and more academics helping to found biotech companies. Taken together, these factors raise important questions about to how to design training programs that foster innovation across a dynamic ecosystem and ensure that a diverse next generation of neuroscientists has the knowledge, skillset, and support needed to pursue multiple career paths devoted to advancing biomedical science.

The Action Collaborative on Neuroscience Training: Developing a Nimble and Versatile Workforce, an initiative associated with the National Academies’ Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, brings together a wide range of stakeholders, representing different sectors and career stages, to examine current and future workforce needs within and outside of academia and explore how these should inform neuroscience training programs.

The action collaborative’s virtual workshop series aims to illuminate critical issues and provide a venue for sharing ways to move forward. Workshops in this series addressed topics such as:

Racial justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in neuroscience training (August 20, 2020);
Neuroscience training in challenging times (January 19, 2021);
Fostering inclusion, equity, and diversity in neuroscience training (January 25, 2021);
Re-envisioning postdoctoral training in neuroscience (February 16, 2021); and
Evolving the culture of science and training to meet a changing world (February 22, 2021).

Action Collaborative Members

Rita Balice-Gordon (Co-Chair), Muna Therapeutics
Katja Brose (Co-Chair), The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Rosalind Segal (Co-Chair), Harvard University
Huda Akil, University of Michigan
David Cox, IBM Research AI
Sara Fenstermacher, New York University
Ayana Jordan, Yale School of Medicine
Stephen Korn, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Walter Koroshetz, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
John Krystal, Yale School of Medicine
Alan Leshner, American Association for the Advancement of Science (CEO Emeritus)
Peter MacLeish, Morehouse School of Medicine
Carol Mason, Columbia University
Gentry Patrick, University of California, San Diego
Mark Rasenick, The University of Illinois at Chicago
Todd Sherer, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
Kaela S. Singleton, Emory University
M. Morgan Taylor, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Ashlee Van’t Veer, National Institute of Mental Health
Cristin Welle, University of Colorado, Denver
Andrew Welchman, Wellcome Trust

Contact

Sheena Posey Norris

sposey@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Workshop

Fostering Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity in Neuroscience Training: A Virtual Workshop

January 25, 2021

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)

Past

Discussion

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Materials

Panelist Biographical Sketches

About

About this Workshop

Fostering a diverse neuroscience workforce, as well as an environment that is inclusive for all, are critical to the advancement of science and the future of the field. This virtual workshop—the third in a series—tackled the broad topic of inclusion and diversity in neuroscience training to include discussions on racial equity (expanding on themes from the first workshop in the series), supporting a global workforce, institutional and geographic diversity, unique challenges for women in science, understanding how the goals of inclusion intersect with the goals around changing the culture of science. This workshop also considered the changes needed to move the field forward in this space.

About the Workshop Series on Neuroscience Training

Cutting-edge neuroscience research increasingly demands extensive technological, computational, and statistical skills, and involves large collaborations. Trainees are pursuing a broad range of careers in academia, private sector industries--which has evolved beyond pharmaceutical and biotech companies, to include engineering, data science, venture capital firms, and finance--policy, publishing, and non-profit organizations. Moreover, traditional boundaries between sectors are becoming less rigid, with more extensive partnerships among the private sector and academia and more academics helping to found biotech companies. Taken together, these factors raise important questions about to how to design training programs that foster innovation across a dynamic ecosystem and ensure that a diverse next generation of neuroscientists has the knowledge, skillset, and support needed to pursue multiple career paths devoted to advancing biomedical science.

The Action Collaborative on Neuroscience Training: Developing a Nimble and Versatile Workforce, an initiative associated with the National Academies’ Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, brings together a wide range of stakeholders, representing different sectors and career stages, to examine current and future workforce needs within and outside of academia and explore how these should inform neuroscience training programs.

The action collaborative’s virtual workshop series aims to illuminate critical issues and provide a venue for sharing ways to move forward. Workshops in this series addressed topics such as:

Racial justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in neuroscience training (August 20, 2020);
Neuroscience training in challenging times (January 19, 2021);
Fostering inclusion, equity, and diversity in neuroscience training (January 25, 2021);
Re-envisioning postdoctoral training in neuroscience (February 16, 2021); and
Evolving the culture of science and training to meet a changing world (February 22, 2021).

Action Collaborative Members

Rita Balice-Gordon (Co-Chair), Muna Therapeutics
Katja Brose (Co-Chair), The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Rosalind Segal (Co-Chair), Harvard University
Huda Akil, University of Michigan
David Cox, IBM Research AI
Sara Fenstermacher, New York University
Ayana Jordan, Yale School of Medicine
Stephen Korn, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Walter Koroshetz, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
John Krystal, Yale School of Medicine
Alan Leshner, American Association for the Advancement of Science (CEO Emeritus)
Peter MacLeish, Morehouse School of Medicine
Carol Mason, Columbia University
Gentry Patrick, University of California, San Diego
Mark Rasenick, The University of Illinois at Chicago
Todd Sherer, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
Kaela S. Singleton, Emory University
M. Morgan Taylor, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Ashlee Van’t Veer, National Institute of Mental Health
Cristin Welle, University of Colorado, Denver
Andrew Welchman, Wellcome Trust

Contact

Sheena Posey Norris

sposey@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Workshop

Neuroscience Training in Challenging Times: A Virtual Workshop

January 19, 2021

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)

Past

Discussion

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Materials

Panelist Biographical Sketches

About

About this Workshop

The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced tremendous challenges for neuroscience training, including those related to lab closings, class disruptions, and reduced job postings, in addition to the challenges currently faced by everyone in society. The past year has also seen a collective awakening around issues related to race, diversity and inclusion, with the crisis also putting a spotlight on systemic issues that predated the pandemic. This virtual workshop—the second in a series—laid out a broad framework and highlighted some of the specific dimensions contributing to the current time of uncertainty, disruption, and stress for many neuroscience trainees, postdoctoral researchers, and their mentors, and consider changes needed across the ecosystem. Subsequent workshops in the series took a deeper dive into each one of these dimensions.

About the Workshop Series on Neuroscience Training

Cutting-edge neuroscience research increasingly demands extensive technological, computational, and statistical skills, and involves large collaborations. Trainees are pursuing a broad range of careers in academia, private sector industries--which has evolved beyond pharmaceutical and biotech companies, to include engineering, data science, venture capital firms, and finance--policy, publishing, and non-profit organizations. Moreover, traditional boundaries between sectors are becoming less rigid, with more extensive partnerships among the private sector and academia and more academics helping to found biotech companies. Taken together, these factors raise important questions about to how to design training programs that foster innovation across a dynamic ecosystem and ensure that a diverse next generation of neuroscientists has the knowledge, skillset, and support needed to pursue multiple career paths devoted to advancing biomedical science.

The Action Collaborative on Neuroscience Training: Developing a Nimble and Versatile Workforce, an initiative associated with the National Academies’ Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, brings together a wide range of stakeholders, representing different sectors and career stages, to examine current and future workforce needs within and outside of academia and explore how these should inform neuroscience training programs.

The action collaborative’ s virtual workshop series aims to illuminate critical issues and provide a venue for sharing ways to move forward. Workshops in this series addressed topics such as:

Racial justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in neuroscience training (August 20, 2020);
Fostering inclusion, equity, and diversity in neuroscience training (January 25, 2021);
Re-envisioning postdoctoral training in neuroscience (February 16, 2021); and
Evolving the culture of science and training to meet a changing world (February 22, 2021).

Action Collaborative Members

Rita Balice-Gordon (Co-Chair), Muna Therapeutics
Katja Brose (Co-Chair), The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Rosalind Segal (Co-Chair), Harvard University
Huda Akil, University of Michigan
David Cox, IBM Research AI
Sara Fenstermacher, New York University
Ayana Jordan, Yale School of Medicine
Stephen Korn, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Walter Koroshetz, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
John Krystal, Yale School of Medicine
Alan Leshner, American Association for the Advancement of Science (CEO Emeritus)
Peter MacLeish, Morehouse School of Medicine
Carol Mason, Columbia University
Gentry Patrick, University of California, San Diego
Mark Rasenick, The University of Illinois at Chicago
Todd Sherer, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
Kaela S. Singleton, Emory University
M. Morgan Taylor, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Ashlee Van’t Veer, National Institute of Mental Health
Cristin Welle, University of Colorado, Denver
Andrew Welchman, Wellcome Trust

Contact

Sheena Posey Norris

sposey@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Workshop

Racial Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Neuroscience Training: A Virtual Workshop

August 20, 2020

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)

Past

Discussion

This discussion information is being collected via Slido. Slido is not affiliated in any way with, or endorsed by, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and your submission via the Slido website is subject to Slido’s privacy and terms of use.

Materials

Panelist Biographical Sketches

About

About this Workshop

Racial justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical issues that cross all aspects of neuroscience training and have tremendous implications for trainees, mentors, and the future of the field. This virtual workshop, the first in a series, featured personal experiences on the training process and explored how institutions are approaching these areas to bring about positive change.

About the Workshop Series on Neuroscience Training

Cutting-edge neuroscience research increasingly demands extensive technological, computational, and statistical skills, and involves large collaborations. Trainees are pursuing a broad range of careers in academia, private sector industries--which has evolved beyond pharmaceutical and biotech companies, to include engineering, data science, venture capital firms, and finance--policy, publishing, and non-profit organizations. Moreover, traditional boundaries between sectors are becoming less rigid, with more extensive partnerships among the private sector and academia and more academics helping to found biotech companies. Taken together, these factors raise important questions about to how to design training programs that foster innovation across a dynamic ecosystem and ensure that a diverse next generation of neuroscientists has the knowledge, skillset, and support needed to pursue multiple career paths devoted to advancing biomedical science.

The Action Collaborative on Neuroscience Training: Developing a Nimble and Versatile Workforce, an initiative associated with the National Academies’ Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, brings together a wide range of stakeholders, representing different sectors and career stages, to examine current and future workforce needs within and outside of academia and explore how these should inform neuroscience training programs.

The action collaborative’s virtual workshop series aims to illuminate critical issues and provide a venue for sharing ways to move forward. Subsequent workshops in this series may address topics such as:

Racial justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in neuroscience training (August 20, 2020);
Neuroscience training in challenging times (January 19, 2021);
Fostering inclusion, equity, and diversity in neuroscience training (January 25, 2021);
Re-envisioning postdoctoral training in neuroscience (February 16, 2021); and
Evolving the culture of science and training to meet a changing world (February 22, 2021).

Action Collaborative Members

Rita Balice-Gordon (Co-Chair), Muna Therapeutics
Katja Brose (Co-Chair), The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Rosalind Segal (Co-Chair), Harvard University
Huda Akil, University of Michigan
David Cox, IBM Research AI
Sara Fenstermacher, New York University
Ayana Jordan, Yale School of Medicine
Stephen Korn, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Walter Koroshetz, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
John Krystal, Yale School of Medicine
Alan Leshner, American Association for the Advancement of Science (CEO Emeritus)
Peter MacLeish, Morehouse School of Medicine
Carol Mason, Columbia University
Gentry Patrick, University of California, San Diego
Mark Rasenick, The University of Illinois at Chicago
Todd Sherer, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
Kaela S. Singleton, Emory University
M. Morgan Taylor, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Ashlee Van’t Veer, National Institute of Mental Health
Cristin Welle, University of Colorado, Denver
Andrew Welchman, Wellcome Trust

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neuroforum@nas.edu

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It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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Neuroscience Training: Developing a Nimble and Versatile Workforce – A Virtual Workshop Series

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Evolving the Culture of Science and Training in Neuroscience to Meet a Changing World: A Virtual Workshop

Re-envisioning Postdoctoral Training in Neuroscience: A Virtual Workshop

Fostering Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity in Neuroscience Training: A Virtual Workshop

Neuroscience Training in Challenging Times: A Virtual Workshop

Racial Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Neuroscience Training: A Virtual Workshop