SPR Mid-Career Research Leadership Development Program


Overview
SPR’s Mid-Career Research Leadership Development Program was developed to aid mid-career’ pediatrician-scientists and other scientists and researchers focused on child health’ in building skills and competency in important topics identified in a recent member survey – Leading a Research Group and Career Transitions.

About the Program
The program will include six (6) virtual sessions, held every other month (1-year total), with each of the main topics split into three sessions focused on sub-topics.

Using a flipped classroom model, each session will include assigned 1-2 hours of reading/pre-work to be completed by participants before convening on a Zoom meeting to discuss the pre-work and topic in more detail with a facilitator.

Topics to be covered in each of the main sections is below:

Leading a Research Group

    • Leadership
    • Team building strategies
    • Managing interpersonal conflict
    • Motivational approaches
    • Team mission/team ground rules

Career Transitions

    • Leadership pathways in academia
    • Advancement/promotion
    • Academic job search
    • Non-traditional avenues to pursue child health research
    • Transitioning to industry or a new career
  • Depending on interest, the participants may be broken into smaller cohorts with different facilitators to ensure a more personalized experience in the program.

Sharing Your Interest
Participation in year 1, our pilot year, will be capped at four cohorts of 6-10 participants each. Following the pilot year, SPR plans to offer the program in subsequent years with more opportunities for participation.

Pilot Year: September 2024 – August 2025

Note: Participants must self-identify as a mid-career researcher and be an SPR member (SPR Junior members are not eligible).

If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to SPR staff member Liz Giannini at liz.giannini@societyforpediatricresearch.org.