INAUGURAL ISFS PROGRAM

9:30 - 10:00


10:00 - 12:00









12:00 - 12:20

12:20 - 1:15










1:15 - 1:25

1:25 - 2:25




2:25 - 2:35

2:35 - 3:35











3:35 - 3:45

3:45 - 4:35



4:35 - 5:00

Fellows-only Training Session
Coffee Chats: Fellows with Faculty from Participating Institutions

Session 6 - Fellow Research Talks, Neuroscience*
Moderators: Dr. Lillian Brady (Vanderbilt University) and Dr. Yunlu Zhu (New York University)
Dr. Josefina del Mármol, Structural Insight into Odor Recognition (Rockefeller University)
Dr. Brielle Ryan Ferguson, Exploring Attention Impairments in Absence Epilepsy (Stanford University)
Dr. Xin Jin, In vivo Perturb-seq Reveals Neuronal and Glial Abnormalities Associated with Autism Risk Genes (Harvard University)
Dr. Michael Wells, Exploration of Human Genetic and Phenotypic Diversity Through Cell Villages (Broad Institute)
Dr. Zheng (Herbert) Wu, Context-Dependent Decision Making in a Premotor Circuit (Columbia University)

Break to grab lunch

Fellows-only Training Session
Panel Lunch - Squad Goals: Building a Community in Academia
Moderators: Dr. Tiki Hayes (Harvard Medical School), Dr. Daniel O'Reilly (University of Massachusetts)
Discussion with:
Dr. Breann Brown (Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University)
Dr. Daniel Colón-Ramos (Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology,
Yale University)
Dr. Cassandra Extavour (Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University)
Dr. Patricia Silveyra (Associate Professor, Beerstecher-Blackwell Distinguished Term Scholar, & Director, Biobehavioral Laboratory, UNC-Chapel Hill; SACNAS Board)

Break

Fellows-only Training Session
Workshop - Negotiating Salaries & Evaluating Job Fit
Introduced by: Dr. Krishna Mudumbi (Yale University)
Led by: Dr. Christina Campbell (Assistant Professor, School of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati)

Break

Fellows-only Training Session
Panel - Diverse Voices: Balancing Research and Diversity Goals (Video)
Moderators: Dr. Taneisha Gillyard (Meharry Medical School) and Dr. Elizabeth Boydston (MIT)
Panel Design Advisor: Dr. Ann-Gel Palermo (Associate Professor, Medical Education, Pediatrics, Mount Sinai)
Discussion with:
Dr. Needhi Bhalla (Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz)
Dr. Yaihara Fortis Santiago (Associate Director for Postdoctoral Affairs and Trainee Diversity Initiatives, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
Dr. Monkol Lek (Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Yale University)
Dr. Linda Sealy (Senior Advisor to the Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Vanderbilt University)

Break

Keynote Speaker* (Video)
Dr. Holden Thorp (Editor-in-chief of Science Family of Journals)
Moderator: Dr. Oluwarotimi (Timi) Folorunso (McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School)

Closing Remarks* (Video)
Rochelle D. Smith (Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, Associate Chief Diversity Officer, Yale School of Medicine)
Dr. Jeff Brock (Dean of the School of Engineering and Science, Yale University)