Career Conversations: Networking and Collaboration

Discussion on the role of networking and collaboration in navigating funding sources and partnerships beyond NIH spaces. Speakers will share strategies on understanding your contexts to effectively engage your audience and build connections. They will also share tips on locating and preparing for opportunities to network and collaborate across disciplines and sectors within and outside of academic health centers along with common challenges and solutions when seeking out, connecting, and re-engaging with different non-NIH sources and partners.

Presenters:

• Shruthi Mahalingaiah, MD, MS, FACOG, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Jeffrey A. Sparks, MD, MMSc, Mass General Brigham

Moderator:

• Seward B. Rutkove, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center