Effective Self-Management for Early Career Researchers in the Natural and Life Sciences

Natalia Z Bielczyk; Ayaka Ando; AmanPreet Badhwar; Chiara Caldinelli; Mengxia Gao; Amelie Haugg; Leanna M Hernandez; Kaori L Ito; Dan Kessler; Dan Lurie; Meena M Makary; Aki Nikolaidis; Michele Veldsman; Christopher Allen; Adriana Bankston; Katherine L Bottenhorn; Ricarda Braukmann; Vince Calhoun; Veronika Cheplygina; Catarina Costa Boffino; Ece Ercan; Karolina Finc; Heidi Foo; Ali Khatibi; Christian La; David M A Mehler; Sridar Narayanan; Russell A Poldrack; Pradeep Reddy Raamana; Taylor Salo; Claire Godard-Sebillotte; Lucina Q Uddin; Davide Valeriani; Sofie L Valk; Courtney C Walton; Phillip G D Ward; Julio A Yanes; Xinqi Zhou; OHBM Student and Postdoc Special Interest Group

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2020.03.015

Effective Self-Management for Early Career Researchers in the Natural and Life Sciences

Neuron. 2020 Apr 22;106(2):212-217. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.03.015.

Authors

Natalia Z Bielczyk¹, Ayaka Ando², AmanPreet Badhwar³, Chiara Caldinelli⁴, Mengxia Gao⁵, Amelie Haugg⁶, Leanna M Hernandez⁷, Kaori L Ito⁸, Dan Kessler⁹, Dan Lurie¹⁰, Meena M Makary¹¹, Aki Nikolaidis¹², Michele Veldsman¹³, Christopher Allen¹⁴, Adriana Bankston¹⁵, Katherine L Bottenhorn¹⁶, Ricarda Braukmann¹⁷, Vince Calhoun¹⁸, Veronika Cheplygina¹⁹, Catarina Costa Boffino²⁰, Ece Ercan²¹, Karolina Finc²², Heidi Foo²³, Ali Khatibi²⁴, Christian La²⁵, David M A Mehler²⁶, Sridar Narayanan²⁷, Russell A Poldrack²⁸, Pradeep Reddy Raamana²⁹, Taylor Salo¹⁶, Claire Godard-Sebillotte³⁰, Lucina Q Uddin³¹, Davide Valeriani³², Sofie L Valk³³, Courtney C Walton³⁴, Phillip G D Ward³⁵, Julio A Yanes³⁶, Xinqi Zhou³⁷; OHBM Student and Postdoc Special Interest Group

Affiliations

¹ Stichting Solaris Onderzoek en Ontwikkeling, Veldstraat 48, 6533 CD Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Welcome Solutions, Veldstraat 48, 6533 CD Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: natalia.bielczyk@gmail.com.
² Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Blumenstrasse 8, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany.
³ Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM), 4545 Queen Mary Rd, Quebec H3W 1W6, Canada; Université de Montréal, 2900 Edouard Montpetit Blvd, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1J4, Canada.
⁴ Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
⁵ The State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research, 5 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Zurich, Lenggstrasse 31, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland; Zurich Neuroscience Center, University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 660 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
⁸ Neural Plasticity and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory, University of Southern California, 2250 Alcazar Street, CSC 133, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
⁹ Departments of Statistics and Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94702, USA.
¹¹ Systems and Biomedical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 300 George St, New Haven, CT 06519, USA.
¹² Center for the Developing Brain, Child Mind Institute, 101 E 56th St, New York, NY 10022, USA.
¹³ Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, 30 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052, Melbourne, Australia.
¹⁴ Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, School of Psychology, Maindy Road, CUBRIC, Cardiff CF24 4HQ, UK.
¹⁵ Future of Research, 82 Wendell Avenue, STE 100, Pittsfield, MA 01201, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Psychology, Florida International University, 8th Street, DM 256 Miami, FL 33199, USA.
¹⁷ Utrecht, the Netherlands.
¹⁸ Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, 55 Park Pl, 18th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Postbus 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
²⁰ Institute of Psychiatry & Department of Radiology, Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Dr. Ovídio Pires de Campos, 785 - Cerqueira César - CEP: 01060-970 São Paulo, Brazil.
²¹ C.J. Gorter Center for High Field MRI, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, C3Q, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands.
²² Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Wileńska 4, 87-100 Toruń, Poland.
²³ Department of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) School of Psychiatry Level 1, AGSM (G27) Gate 11, Botany Street UNSW NSW 2052, Sydney, Australia.
²⁴ School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain (CPR Spine), University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
²⁵ Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, 780 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
²⁶ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A9, 48149 Münster, Germany.
²⁷ Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal H3A 2B4, Canada.
²⁸ Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Jordan Hall, Building 420, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
²⁹ Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Health Sciences, 3560 Bathurst St., Toronto, ON, Canada.
³⁰ Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, 5858, Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal, Quebec H3S 1Z1, Canada.
³¹ Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
³² Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, 243 Charles St, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
³³ Brain and Behaviour (INM-7), Wilhelm-Johnen Strasse, 52425 Juelich, Germany; Otto Hahn group Cognitive Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science, Juelich, Germany.
³⁴ School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Sir Fred Schonell Dr, St Lucia QLD 4072, Brisbane, Australia.
³⁵ The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, 770 Blackburn Rd, Monash University, 3800, Melbourne, Australia.
³⁶ Department of Psychology, Auburn University, 226 Thach Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, USA.
³⁷ School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No. 2006, Xiyuan Ave, West Hi-Tech Zone, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China.

Abstract

Early career researchers (ECRs) are faced with a range of competing pressures in academia, making self-management key to building a successful career. The Organization for Human Brain Mapping undertook a group effort to gather helpful advice for ECRs in self-management.

Keywords: ECRs; career development; early career researchers; mentoring; networking; self-management.

MeSH terms

Biological Science Disciplines / education*
Brain Mapping
Career Choice*
Humans
Life Style
Mentors
Natural Science Disciplines / education*
Research Personnel*
Self-Management*
Work / psychology

Abstract

MeSH terms

Grants and funding