P' Kay Lund Ph'D Professor in Cell

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P. Kay Lund Ph.DProfessor in Cell Molecular
Physiology, Pediatrics, Nutrition UNC-Chapel
Hill
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Topics
Time management Mentoring Work and Family
Principal investigator Post-docs and
students Support staff
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Time Management
Research Bench Papers Presentations Grants
Service
Compliance
Teaching/Clinical
Family
Career Development
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Control Your Time

• Just say no - or dont say yes too readily
• Take time to make decision and know what youre
  getting into - Ill get back to you
• Dont say yes unless the additional duty is
• personally important or yields tangible rewards
• Which of my existing duties should I cease in
  order to do this one well?
• What resources will be made available to permit
  me to do this?
• What compensation can I expect to appropriately
  reward taking on this additional duty?

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Time Sinks

• Reviews chapters (be sure its worth doing or
  delegate if appropriate)
• Silicon science, E-mail and the web
• (set guidelines for yourself and staff)
• Professional societies
• (engage only in worthwhile activities)
• Editor/Study sections
• (valuable but do only when ready and not
  vulnerable)

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Effective Networking
Make sure you know what is expected Of you, and
that others know what You want (promotion,
job,award)
Have some mentors outside Your home department
A few key people on your side can make all the
difference
Emphasize rewarding interactions
terminate difficult ones
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Response to Praise for a Job Well Done
Say Thanks. Glad my work paid off.
Say Thanks. Glad my work paid off.
Do not say It was nothing.
Do Not Say It was nothing.
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Mentoring Trainees and Staff I

• The P.I. or authorized designate should know
  about all experiments undertaken
• Notebook policy
• Hard copy vs electronic copy of data
• Easy access to experimental
• design, raw data and statistics

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Mentoring Trainees and Staff II

• Regular meetings (frequency, duration, venue, and
  organization is individual specific)
• Short and long term goals
• Team projects discuss specific roles and credit
  ahead of time

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Mentoring Trainees

• Pre-doctoral trainees have more formalized
  timetable and milestones
• Post-doctoral trainees keep in mind future
  project and career
• Reading, reading, reading
• know the field and competition
• Writing, writing, writing
• timely publication

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Trainees and Networking

• Encourage networking
• Encourage attendance at small meetings
• Introduce your trainees to colleagues when
  appropriate
• Have students and post docs make initial contact
  with other labs
• Encourage visits to other labs

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Mentoring Support Staff

• Take performance evaluations seriously and do
  them regularly (useful when problems or
  promotions arise)
• Clearly delineate role with trainees
• Discuss career development and career trajectory
• Loyal and expert support staff provide long-term
  stability

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Work and Family

• Planning, planning, planning
• Young children small problems - physically
  tiring,
• Older children bigger problems - emotionally
  tiring
• Its not necessarily over after they leave the
  nest!
• Increasing involvement with care of elderly
  parents
• Anticipate the unexpected
• Define short and long term goals with your
  partner (if you have one)

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Solutions to help balance work and family life
YOU Avoid time sinks Be
efficient But-do not get isolated or
overtired INSTITUTION On call child
care/family assistance Productivity
maintenance awards (financial assistance at key
times of challenge) Relief from non-essential
duties - focus on research UNC just approved
graduate student maternity leave policy
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Credit and acknowledgement

• Ensure credit for performance, input,
• and collaboration.
• Put your name on written or public
  documents/presentations.
• Put the names of contributing trainees and staff
  on their contribution.
• Emphasize rewarding interactions and terminate
  problematic ones.

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Mentors/networking

• Join professional organizations
• Choose mentors outside your home department
• Establish rapport with
• key leaders in the field

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