A group approach to growing as a principal investigator

Valentina Greco; Katerina Politi; Stephanie Eisenbarth; Daniel Colón-Ramos; Antonio J Giraldez; Joerg Bewersdorf; David N Berg

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.082

A group approach to growing as a principal investigator

Curr Biol. 2022 Jun 6;32(11):R498-R504. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.082.

Authors

Valentina Greco¹, Katerina Politi², Stephanie Eisenbarth³, Daniel Colón-Ramos⁴, Antonio J Giraldez⁵, Joerg Bewersdorf⁶, David N Berg⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Department of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Yale Stem Cell Center, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Departments of Pathology and Internal Medicine (Section of Medical Oncology), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Department of Immunology and Lab Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; The Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁴ Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁵ Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁶ Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT, USA; Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁷ Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 35671717
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.082

Abstract

Greco et al. describe their experience learning to be more effective and humane PIs. The key to their growth was regular and consistent work with a diverse group of their peers aided by the guidance of an organizational psychologist.

MeSH terms

Humans
Peer Group
Problem-Based Learning*
Research Personnel*

Abstract

MeSH terms

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