Women Rock Science: A Pocket Guide for Success in Clinical Academic Research Careers
Intro -- Preface -- How to Use This Book -- How to Use Each Chapter -- Embrace Curiosity -- Stay in Touch -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- The Framework for This Book: The Socioecological Model -- The Socioecological Model -- The Academic Three-Legged Stool and the SEM -- Mentorship: It Takes a Village (or a SEM) -- Transformational Leadership: Women and Context -- The Third Person for This Book -- Take-Home Points -- Homework -- You as a Scientist -- Unique Strengths of Women Scientists -- What Is Your Passion? -- WHAT and WHY -- HOW -- WHO -- I.CAN'T.EVEN. -- When Things Do Not Go as Planned -- What Do You Value? What Are Your Strengths? -- Tools to Consider -- What Is Your Work Style? Daily Time Management and Long-Term Tasks -- Do Not Forget Self-Care -- A Note About Haters -- Your Mission Statement -- Take-Home Points -- Homework -- Your Team: Mentors, Staff, Colleagues, and Mentees -- Your Mentors -- Finding Your Mentors -- What Are You Seeking in a Mentor? -- You Have Found Some Mentors, Now What? -- Risks of Mentorship -- Your Research Lab and Team -- Setting Expectations for Your Team -- Developing Your Own Manager Skills -- Your Colleagues -- Your Close Collaborators -- Your Mentees -- Take-Home Points -- Homework -- Your Institutional Support/Academic Environment -- What Is Your "Institution?" -- What Does Your Institution Offer to You? -- What Should Your Institution Offer to You? -- How Does Your Institution Assure Their Faculty Advance? -- Where Do You Find Your Institution's Resources? -- What Is Your Academic Environment? How Is that Different than Your Institution? -- Take-Home Points -- Homework -- Your Scientific Community -- Joining Professional Societies -- What Can You Get Out of a Professional Society? -- Why Would You Not Join a Professional Society? -- What Can You Do in a Professional Society?.