Women Rock Science: A Pocket Guide for Success in Clinical Academic Research Careers

Preface: Second Edition
Preface
	How to Use This Book
	How to Use Each Chapter
	Embrace Curiosity
	Stay in Touch
Acknowledgments
Contents
Authors and Contributors
About the Authors
Contributors
Chapter 1: The Framework for This Book: The Socioecological Model
	The Socioecological Model
	Mentorship: It Takes a Village (or a SEM)
	Transformational Leadership: Women and Context
	The Third Person for This Book
Chapter 2: 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
Chapter 3: 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
Chapter 4: 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?
Chapter 5: 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?
		What if I Have More than One Professional Society?
	Attending Scientific Conferences
		Strategies to Get the Most Out of Your Yearly Conference
			Before You Go
	Being a Reviewer
		Reviewing Manuscripts
		Reviewing Grants
	Involvement in Your Local Community: Contribute Where You Live and Work
		Students
		Community Organizations and Organizers
		Balancing Multiple Requests
Chapter 6: Your Promotion
	What Is Tenure?
	Know the Tracks and the Lingo
	Create a Mentorship Committee for your Promotion
	How Do you Get Promoted?
		Documentation
		Annual Reviews
		Funding
		External Reviews
		Mid-Term Review
	The Promotion Portfolio
	Newer Areas of Focus in Promotion Portfolios
	What Happens after your Promotion Portfolio Is Made?
Chapter 7: Expanding Your Team
	Start with Yourself
	You as a Mentor
	WIFM?
		When a Potential Mentee Approaches You
		When Your Mentees Bring You an Idea
		Actions of Effective Mentors
	Expanding Your Work Group
		When it Is Time
		Congratulations, Now You Are a Manager
		Ways to Expand Your Work with New Team Members
	Diversity and Equity
	Cultivating New Relationships with Research Groups
		What Do these Collaborations Look Like?
		How Do I Foster these Collaborations?
		WIFM?
	Time Management
	Time for a Coach?
Chapter 8: Your Institution: Growing Within
	What Is “Growing”?
	Types of Leadership Positions Within Your Institution
		Department, Division, and Section Chairs
		Deans
		High-Level University Leadership
		Research Center Director
		Interdisciplinary Research Team Leader
		Administrative Clinical Management
		Administrative Educational Leadership
		Administrative Faculty Development Leadership
		Other Administrative Leadership
	What Kind of Leader Do you Want to Be?
	Being a Leader Means Building More Teams around you
Chapter 9: Advancing in the Larger Scope of Your Field and Community
	Leadership: Getting Ready
	Your Professional Society
	Journal Involvement: Beyond Reviews
	Grant Review
	Community Involvement
	Big One-Time Projects
	Multicenter Trials
Chapter 10: Your Forever Skills: An Epilogue
References
A Few Favorite Resources
Academic Science
Jobs and Promotion
Your Team and Mentorship
Developing New Research Ideas
Grants and Funding
Writing
Time Management
Leadership and Communication Skills
Work–life Balance and Well-being
When You Need a Laugh or a (Virtual) Community
Index