Thursday, January 7, 2021; 4:00pm PST (via Zoom)

Getting started in research comes with a lot of different feelings.  Am I doing it right? How do I ask for more work?  How is training different now that we are in the middle of a global pandemic? We'll do a four part panel session with our Enrichment Specialists around:

• Starting in the lab and the realities of COVID-19

• Aligning expectations

• Sustainable practices in research

• Action steps - considerations for changing labs

Thursday, December 3, 2020; 4:00pm PST (via Zoom)

What are microaggressions? How do you work through microaggressions? When/how do you report microaggressions? What are some ways to practice self-care after a microaggression occurs? Come listen to our panelist about the answers to these questions and their stories. (See Bios)

• Tory Blackwell, PhD (Biology Instructor at Clackamas Community College)

• Isabel J. Rodriguez (Masters Student at Oregon State University)

• Jackie Wirz, PhD (Executive Director for Saturday Academy)

• De'Sha Wolf, PhD (Managing Director for Portland State University's BUILD EXITO Program)

Learn more about Microaggressions

Thursday, November 5, 2020; 4:30pm PST (via Zoom)

Panelists all have experience on admission panels for graduate degrees. (See Bios)

• Sweta Adhikary (MD/PhD Student at Oregon Health & Science University

• Gino Aisenberg, MSW, PhD (Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Washington; Co-Director of the Latino Center for Health

• Julie Carlson (Admissions & Recruitment Coordinator, Division of Physician Assistant Education, School of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University

• Tony Potter (Assistant Director of Graduate and Professional Admissions of Pharmacy at Pacific University)

• Nadia Singh, PhD (Associate Professor of Biology; Associate Vice President of Research in the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation at the University of Oregon)

• Bernadette Williams-York, PT, DSc, GCS (Associate Professor & Associate Chair in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine; Director of the Division of Physical Therapy at the School of Medicine at the University of Washington)

Thursday, October 15, 2020; 4pm PST (via Zoom)

Panel Q&A from EXITO alums on what they wish they knew when they were starting their junior year.

• Manaz Rezayee - Cohort 2; clinical focus, currently studying breast cancer

• Medina Lamkin  - Cohort 3; Computer science with focus on machine learning

• Brandy Lentz - Cohort 3; Public health with autism and ADHD focus

• Heather Hamilton - Cohort 2; Clinical focus and working at OHSU Trauma Research Lab  

• Dar'ya Pozhidayeva - Cohort 2; Currently a master's student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biomedicine at OHSU 

Thursday, October 22, 2020;  4:00-5:30pm Pacific Daylight Time

Developing a timeline for fall (including understanding programs, i.e. websites/ mentors). 

Learn more about creating action plans here.

Friday 10/23/2020; 12:00-1:30pm Pacific Daylight Time

What is academia? What are the paths and cultures?  How can it help you (and not hurt you)?  This sophomore enrichment session provides an overview to get us thinking about academia and the different paths for exploration.

Learn more about academia here.