Members of the ECS Community and Membership Engagement (CME) Subcommittee work to address the challenges and concerns of their fellow early career scientists by creating and facilitating team building activities and networking possibilities among Early Career Leadership Program cohort members. Projects include seminar series, mentorship programs, and peer support groups, in addition to organizing professional development events for GSA conferences.
Learn more about the Early Career Leadership Program.
Advisors:
- Edward Waddell (Holy Family University)
- Joyce Fernandes (Miami University)
Goals:
- Organize and host activities for GSA early career scientists at conferences and in our virtual programs, including the ECLP and the Presidential Membership Initiative.
- Create networking opportunities and peer support networks for ECLP representatives.
Ongoing Projects:
- Organizing and hosting Peer Support Groups within the ECLP
- Virtual Conference Professional Development Programming
Current Members:
Featured Projects
Science in a Snapshot
Science in a Snapshot is a monthly webinar for early career members to share their science with the larger genetics community. Speakers are selected from our GENETICS Peer Review Training and ECS Leadership programs to present a ten-minute talk followed by questions and discussion.
Virtual Café Series
The Virtual Cafés consists of casual online gatherings of our early career community and provides a platform for us to get to know each other and discuss topics of broad interest to early career researchers. Each Café will be hosted by either the Community and Membership Engagement Committee or one of the subcommittees of the GSA Early Career Leadership program and will focus on a specific topic.
Join an ECS Committee.
Are you an early career scientist member of GSA? Apply for an ECS Committee to help shape the future of the GSA community and make your voice—and the voices of others like you—heard.
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In the Decoding Life series, we talk to geneticists with diverse career paths, tracing the many directions possible after research training. This series is brought to you by the GSA Early Career Scientist Career Development Subcommittee. Although training in genetics is highly transferable, transitioning out of academia can present a lot of challenges. We interviewed…
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Careers
In the Decoding Life series, we talk to geneticists with diverse career paths, tracing the many directions possible after research training. This series is brought to you by the GSA Early Career Scientist Career Development...
Read more »