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I am a physician-scientist that has worked in multiple academic centers in the United States. I have lived in poverty, suffered abuse, and overcame those obstacles to become an academic physician-scientist at a major University in the United States. I hope that my experiences can help other biomedical researchers and clinicians obtain perspectives to improve their work life balance. I discuss topics related to work-life balance, navigating careers in academic medicine, and discuss ways in wh ...
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Today I discuss some basic points about medical school versus graduate school. This is a common question that I get from students and trainees. If you like this content, check out our site at https://biocredible.club/ where I have more in depth videos and lightboard sessions.By José Javier Otero, M.D., Ph.D.
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Navigating Career Pivots with Dr. Christina Arnold
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As our goals change during our lives, it could be also very possible that our career aspirations also change. For those of us in Biomedical Science or Healthcare, the emotional drain of "sunk costs thinking" can prevent us from doing the things we want. In this BioCredible Journey, I interview Dr. Christina Arnold, a highly accomplished academic ph…
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Loyalty: What is it, to whom do we owe it, and why is it important?
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Loyalty is an important attribute in society, but what is its place in our professional life? What are the factors that regulate loyalty, why does it fluctuate, and what can we expect from it. I discuss these issues on this podcast by sharing my own prior and current experiences where loyalty has played an important part. Biocredible.ai is here to …
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Managing mentor-mentee relationships across cultures
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Working in science exposes you to people from very different backgrounds. Although many of us enjoy this attribute of the profession, cultural expectations from mentor and mentee may differ. Today I will perform a deep dive in an incredible manuscript authored by Obara, et al., that investigated the influence of national culture o mentoring relatio…
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BioCredible Journey: An Interview with Neurosurgeon Dr. Christopher Kager
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We all have to make decisions as we progress on our career to narrow down our choices for potential directions. Know that you are very talented and that this is normal. Today we meet Dr. Chris Kager, a Spine Neurosurgeon who has worked in many different types of projects to feed his passion yet still had time to raise a large family and be a strong…
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A BioCredible Journey in Team Science: an Interview with Dr. Kathryn Ivy
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If you are interested in learning about ways in which you could pursue a career focused on empowering others and working in functional teams, look no further than Dr. Kathryn Ivy, Vice President for gene therapy at Tenaya Therapeutics. In today's BioCredible Journey, you will learn of Dr. Ivy's career arc. Her path is a rubric for those who embrace…
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Biomedical professionals experience rejection constantly, and it always causes us significant pain. The pain bleeds into other problems in our lives. How can we keep these pains at bay. Today I will discuss some concepts that I've learned from reading the work of Mark Leary, Ph.D., share some insights into my own recent experiences, and provide som…
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As healthcare and/or life sciences specialists, we struggle with job negotiations. Because we have such a protracted training period, we end up not actually negotiating for jobs until very late in our careers. Today I will discuss some myths about job negotiations, and I will provide some tools for negotiating your job. Biocredible.ai is here to se…
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A Hollywood approach to inspiring laboratory medicine.
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Most of us care deeply about our work, and we worry about policies that are removing potentially highly talented trainees from engaging in our profession. Dealing with this problem can be extremely daunting. In today's BioCredible journey, we interview Alan Wu, Ph.D., an expert toxicologist, educator, and basic scientist. He shares with us his care…
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A BioCredible Journey that Started with the Incredible Hulk. An interview with Catherine Czeisler, Ph.D., M.B.A.
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In this BioCredible Journey interview, we meet Dr. Catherine Czeisler, an Ph.D. Neuroscientist trained at Northwestern University and University of California, San Francisco. She entered biomedical science from a unique background, but felt constrained by the limitations of academic life. She is a mother to four children and one dog, and has transi…
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Peer review is a constant source of frustration amongst biomedical and clinical researchers. It also causes a significant quantity of unnecessary stress to junior trainees who often feel that the values of the peer review process conflict with their own values. Dr. Glaucomflecken has a hilarious video on this (https://youtu.be/ukAkG6c_N4M). In this…
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How can I avoid becoming the victim of predatory mentoring?
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If you have decided to engage in a biomedical or clinical research career, you absolutely need to get mentored and build a network of senior professionals that will serve as your champions. However, predatory mentoring can destroy your career, and more importantly, affect your relationships with family members and your friends. Today we discuss how…
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What factors should I consider when starting a research career?
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If you have decided to engage in a research career, what factors should you consider? In this episode, I discuss issues of biomedical research in the United States, how research is funded and how that impacts your ability to acquire the skill sets you need, and provide some tips of how to avoid these pitfalls. Biocredible.ai is here to serve you an…
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How are U.S. academic medical centers actually different from one another?
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There is nothing more daunting for trainees than to understand the differences between the American academic healthcare ecosystems. As a young trainee, you are deciding to invest nearly a decade of your youth to a biomedical research and/or healthcare system for your training, but it is so very obscure what these systems are, how the work, and expl…
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My name is Jose, and in this podcast I highlight some excerpts from my life story that I feel have given me perspective for you. As I begin to launch this podcast I hope to create a community of biomedical researchers and healthcare providers that work to regain balance in life, improve their relationships with their families, and obtain fulfillmen…
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Why do we have insecurities in our career?
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In this episode of the BioCredible podcast, I go over common problems that I have either encountered personally, or seen other trainees junior to me struggle with. We as biomedical scientists and/or healthcare providers often have achieved so very much in our professional lives, yet live with significant insecurities, find ourselves in precarious f…
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