NATIONAL/REGIONAL MEETINGS – POLICY/ADVOCACY

• Writing effective policy memos workshop presenter & moderator (with Gabrielle Delima, Kyla Mace and Alex Hsain), 3rd Annual National Science Policy Network (NSPN) symposium (virtual) (recording), November 2020
• Articulating Your Value breakout session organizer & moderator (Monique Maley, Articulate Persuasion), Professional Development track, Professional Women in Advocacy (PWIA) Conference (virtual) (recording), Women in Government Relations (WGR), November 2020
• Communicating with policy makers: a crash course on policy memoranda workshop presenter (with Avital Percher and Hannah Silverfine), 2nd Annual National Science Policy Network (NSPN) symposium, November 2019
• Communicating Science to Policymakers workshop facilitator (with Alessandro Allegra), The New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), New York, NY, May 2019 (with Alessandro Allegra, University College London) [international]
  
• Advocacy Toolbox II: Practice Being an Advocate for Science workshop co-organizer and presenter (Social Media and Advocacy) (with Kevin Wilson and Connie Lee), American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting, San Diego, CA, December 2018
• How to write an op-ed breakout session leader, Reclaiming STEM workshop, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, September 2018
• Building a Leadership Framework workshop co-facilitator (with Sonia Hall), Future of Research meeting on ‘Expanding Leadership Roles for Early Career Researchers,’ Boston, MA, November 2017

NATIONAL/REGIONAL MEETINGS – TRAINING

• Raising Mental Health in the CellBio Research Community: Sidestep Stigma and Learn Peer and Trainee Support workshop co-presenter, ASCB/EMBO Annual Meeting (virtual), December 2020
• Sharing Innovative Uses for Graduate Career Outcomes Data breakout session moderator, Graduate Career Consortium (GCC) annual meeting (virtual), June 2020
• Questioning the Status Quo: Re-imagining Pathways, Structures, and Incentives in Scientific Careers workshop co-organizer and presenter (with Harinder Singh, Dean Procter, Gary McDowell), S|GNS Summit, Chicago, IL, July 2018 (video)
• Collaborating to enhance career tracking and taxonomy efforts across disciplines breakout session co-organizer and presenter (with Melanie Sinche, Tammy Collins, Christopher Pickett, Parmesh Ramanathan, Abby Stayart), Graduate Career Consortium (GCC) annual meeting, Madison, WI, June 2018
• Resources to Address Challenges for International Graduate Students and Postdocs workshop co-organizer (with Gary McDowell), ASCB/EMBO annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, December 2017
• Enhancing the Connections Between Institutions and Professional Societies in Advancing Postdoctoral Training workshop co-presenter (with Sonia Hall), National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2017 (co-designed by Sonia Hall & Adam Fagen)
• What Career Awareness and Development Resources Are There for Junior Scientists? workshop co-leader (with Gary McDowell), American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2016
• Accelerating Science and Publication in Biology (ASAPbio) workshop co-moderator (with Prachee Avasthi & Jessica Polka), American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2016 (co-designed by Prachee Avasthi & Jessica Polka)

ORGANIZATIONS

• Science the Endless Frontier: Shaping the Future of Science Policy policy position paper writing workshop organizer & moderator, Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG) (speakers: Tobin Smith, Deborah Stine) (recording), January 2021
• Writing Science Policy Memos workshop speaker (same session as Cristin Dorgelo, ASTC), National Science Policy Network (NSPN) event on ‘Training in Science Policy Memoranda’ (recording, slides, blog post), August 2020
  
• Eastern Hub Success Sharing session co-organizer & co-moderator (with Amanda Acosta-Ruiz), National Science Policy Network (NSPN) Eastern Hub Retreat @ Home (virtual, agenda), May 2020

UNIVERSITY/OTHER EVENTS

• Principles of Science Policy Memo Writing workshop speaker, Morehouse School of Medicine Science and Health Policy Group (MSHPG) & Howard University Science Policy Association (virtual), December 2020
• Prepare to advocate! Build your pitch and one-pager workshop speaker, UGA Science Policy Education, Advocacy, and Research (SPEAR) group, University of Georgia (virtual), October 2020 (recording)
  
• Advocating for science through non-profits workshop leader, Science Policy F.A.R.E. (Fellowships, Advising, Running for office, and Engagement) Day, UCR Science to Policy, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA, April 2019
• Career Outcomes for STEM PhDs breakout session leader, College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Career Day, Ohio University, Athens, OH, October 2018 (website link)
• The Future of Science Begins with You breakout session leader, College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Career Day, Ohio University, Athens, OH, October 2018 (website link)
• Advocating for an improved scientific enterprise workshop leader, Science Policy, Advocacy, and Communication (SciPAC) Group, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, April 2018
• Studying policy for science: finding ways to improve the scientific enterprise workshop leader, Scripps Science Policy Discussion Group, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, April 2018