Changing Incentive Structures w/ Dr Rob Brown

What are the incentive structures of graduate education and academia? Can these incentive structures improve to better support the career goals, personal/intellectual development, and wellness of graduate students? This week, we will be joined by Dr Rob Brown (@RobertPaulBrown) (he/him). Rob is a postdoctoral researcher at UCLA working on computational genetics and medicine. Rob is the co-founder of Big Bio (@bigbiotweets), an organization that provides training to a wider range of student researchers via online tutorials on various biological concepts. Over his last 9 years of grad school and postdoc research, Rob has been involved in many non-research initiatives supporting mentorship and wellness in graduate education. To find out more about Big Bio, visit their webpage. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc! Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! A casual discussion between a current and a recent graduate student about all things mental and personal health. Not medical or professional advice. Follow our hosts on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) & Susanna Harris (@SusannaLHarris) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!