NATIONAL/REGIONAL MEETINGS
- ‘Cultivating Mental Health in Academia: Busting Myths and Stigma – Building Knowledge and Skill’ workshop co-organizer, Society for Neuroscience (SfN) annual meeting, Washington, DC, upcoming October 2020 (with Wendy Ingram)
- Sharing Innovative Uses for Graduate Career Outcomes Data breakout session moderator, Graduate Career Consortium (GCC) annual meeting (virtual), June 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 (organizer- Alejandro de la Puente; instructor- Alessandro Allegra)^
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
UNIVERSITY/OTHER EVENTS
- 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**
- 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
NOTES
**Virtual due to COVID-19
^Broader collaboration with Alessandro Allegra (University College London)
