This session focused on the challenges and opportunities of diversity and unconscious bias that women and minorities face in peer review in academic science. Anna Kaatz, PhD is the Director of Computational Sciences at the UW-Madison Center for Women’s Health Research. Shirley Malcom, PhD is the head of Education and Human Resources at AAAS. In this position she works to improve the quality and increase access to education and careers in STEM. Sindy Escboar Alvarez, PhD is Senior Program Officer for Medical Research at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. She manages the peer-review and evaluation of grants for early-career physician... read more →
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If you are not happy with the results below please do another searchHRA members learned about preregistering research at the Fall 2017 HRA Members Meeting in Chicago in a session entitled “Open Science – Pre-registration: Approaches to ensuring reproducibility and transparency.” Reproducibility and transparency are critical elements to advancing biomedical research while providing scientists a tool for the future to better understand their data and outcomes. The use of pre-registration and the strengths and challenges for funders to incorporate pre-registration as part of evaluation metrics were presented in this session. Perspectives for both non-clinical and clinical data were presented to show how pre-registration may be a useful resource to ensure that funded... read more →
HRA Members Meeting Spring 2018 Evidence suggests that an increased diversity not only improves patient care outcomes, but makes groups also more productive, creative and innovative. Still, minorities face slower promotion rates and are significantly less represented in leadership and academic career positions. At the Spring 2018 Health Research Alliance Members Meeting in New York, a session devoted to discussing strategies for increasing diversity in the workforce raised several key factors about the challenges and opportunities of diversity. Ensuring future competitiveness of U.S. science and technology According to Anne Kaatz, Director of Computational Sciences at the Center for Women’s Health... read more →
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Christine Lagana Riordan, PhD Executive Director christine [at] healthra [dot] org Dr. Christine Lagana Riordan is Executive Director of the Health Research Alliance. Working closely with the organization's board, she sets its strategic priorities, advances its members' objectives through key programs, and develops tools for the nonprofit biomedical community. Throughout her career, Dr. Riordan has managed and collaborated with teams large and small, including staff and volunteers, and has developed and implemented strategic plans for impact. Dr. Riordan’s experience as an evaluator and her deep understanding of the culture and challenges facing the biomedical research workforce... read more →
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HRA members are improving and saving lives by virtue of how they fund and find research programs. From voluntary health agencies to private foundations, and operating foundations, HRA members are at the helm of innovation in biomedical and health research. HRA membership provides you with the opportunity to learn from over 100 leading nonprofit foundations on how to advance mission-critical programs, drive innovative approaches, and adopt and adapt best practices. Five Benefits of HRA Membership COMMUNITY. Biannual Members’ Meetings, educational webinars, and other events cover cutting-edge science topics and nuts & bolts advice, and more importantly, facilitate connections and... read more →