Clin-STAR Webinar
Imposter Thoughts and Career Development: Let’s Talk About It
Thursday, April 27, 2023, 4-5 pm ET
Organized by the Clin-STAR Coordinating Center. Co-sponsored by:
- a2 Collective
- AGING Initiative
- Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging Coordinating Center
- Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (Pepper OAIC) National Coordinating Center
- National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center
- Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center
- Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN)
- Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) National Coordinating Center
- US Deprescribing Research Network (USDeN)
The learning objectives of this webinar were to:
- Develop additional understanding of how imposter thoughts can impact career development and growth opportunities
- Discuss personal coping strategies that can be utilized to recognize and negate imposter thoughts
- Discuss how institutional culture can perpetuate feelings of professional imposterism and how institutional leadership can take greater responsibility in growing and sustaining more supportive environments
The webinar recording is available here.
Speaker:
Ericka Boone, PhD
Director, Division of Biomedical Research Workforce
Office of Extramural Research, NIH
Recently appointed as the Director for the Division of Biomedical Research Workforce (DBRW) within the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER), Dr. Boone is tasked with providing leadership on the development, implementation and evaluation of policies and programs to train, sustain and enhance the diversity of the future of the biomedical research workforce. Currently, Dr. Boone also serves on UNITE, NIH's initiative to identify and address structural racism. She co-chairs Committee E, which is charged with evaluating and changing NIH policies, cultures, and structures to promote enhanced workforce diversity. Read her full bio here.
Moderator:
Roland J. Thorpe, Jr, PhD
Associate Vice Provost of Faculty Diversity
Johns Hopkins University