| February
2005 |
Gladstone named one
of the top 15 institutional work environments for life sciences postdoctoral
fellows in The Scientist’s closely watched “Best Places to Work
for Postdocs” 2005 survey, published on |
| November
2004 |
John LeViathan elected
to executive board of the National Postdoctoral Association |
| January
2004 |
Postdoctoral Fellow
Leadership and Laboratory Management Workshop Series established to provide
training in the practical aspects of running a laboratory
• Monthly workshops to be held on grant writing and obtaining grant
funds, budgets and budgeting, intellectual property, conflict resolution,
obtaining and negotiating a position, getting published, ups and downs of
managing a lab, interviewing skills, coaching and mentoring. CV writing,
and career resources
• Dr. Ginsburg conducts the first workshop, a leadership and style
inventory to review self-assessment exercises and to provide information
on interpreting the results |
| July
2003 |
Follow-up survey of
postdoctoral fellows conducted to assess progress by measuring responses
against those of the 2001 survey. Report presented to the president, directors,
and PIs at the investigator/admin meeting |
| May
2002 |
Dr. Lee Ginsberg, an
organizational psychologist, hired to begin leadership, management, and
mentoring training for PIs and administrative officers.
• 360 evaluations of PIs conducted by confidential peer/staff/director
input and self-assessment |
| April
2002 |
John LeViathan chairs
a panel discussion at the AAAS Postdoc Summit in Washington, D.C., on implementing
and maintaining a postdoctoral program |
| September
2001 |
Follow-up survey of
postdoctoral fellows conducted to assess progress by measuring responses
against those from the 1999 survey. Report presented at investigator/admin
meeting |
| March
3, 2001 |
John LeViathan chairs
a panel discussion at the AAAS Postdoc Summit in Washington, D.C., on implementing
and maintaining a postdoctoral program and participates in a separate panel
on how to conduct a postdoc survey |
| March
2, 2001 |
John LeViathan and
Laura Napolitano (GIVI research scientist) attend the NAS Convocation in
Washington D.C., on enhancing the postdoctoral experience |
| February
18, 2001 |
John LeViathan and
Eric Foehr participate in a panel discussion at AAAS Conference in San Francisco |
| January
8, 2001 |
Postdoctoral handbook
providing comprehensive information about the program distributed to all
investigators and fellows |
| December
1, 2000 |
Article by Eric Foehr
(GIVI postdoctoral fellow) and John LeViathan titled “Creating a Postdoctoral
Program: Evaluation and Implementation at the Gladstone Institutes”
appears on Science’s Nextwave |
| November
11, 1999 |
John LeViathan hired
as postdoctoral advisor and human resources manager |
| August
26, 1999 |
Postdoctoral fellow/investigator/administrative
officer meeting
• report on the implementation of recommendations presented by the
president and directors |
| August
18, 1999 |
Investigator meeting
• implementation of subcommittee reports discussed
• consensus reached on details of implementation of the 26 original
recommendations
• issues related to job classification and specifics of the compensation
plan resolved by the president, directors, and the human resources officer
in closed session |
| August
15, 1999 |
Reports from the implementation
subcommittees received by the president
• copies distributed to all principal investigators, administrative
officers, and postdoctoral fellows |
| July 20,
1999 |
Investigator
meeting
• chairpersons of implementation subcommittees lead a discussion of
the recommendations in their areas of responsibility
• input from investigators and human resources officer provided to
the chairpersons |
| June 29,
1999 |
Investigator/administrative
officer meeting
• three implementation subcommittees established
– recommendations grouped into three broad categories (stipends and
benefits, mentoring, and career development)
– subcommittees to be composed of one principal investigator and six
to seven postdoctoral fellows, with support from administrative staff as
requested
– charged with developing specific plans for implementation
– written reports to be submitted to the president by August 15 |
| May 7,
1999 |
President reports on
committee evaluation and recommendations to the scientific staff at the
annual Joint Scientific Retreat
• highlights of the recommendations presented
• complete report to be distributed to all investigators and any postdoctoral
fellow upon request
• Committee on Advancement of Women Scientists at Gladstone established
to review attitudes and practices toward Gladstone women postdoctoral fellows
and to develop a plan to promote women in science
• plan to discuss and implement recommendations outlined |
| April 22,
1999 |
Committee report
given to the president
• Survey data,
key discussion points raised by committee members, and specific recommendations
summarized in 78-page report
• 26 recommendations in the seven categories listed above are outlined
• report sent to directors |
| March 23,
1999 |
Investigator/administrative
officer meeting
• update on activities of the committee presented, including general
conclusions
• seven categories of questions and answers created:
– stipends and benefits
– adequacy of training
– mentoring
– duration of training/career path setting
– career advice/job placement
– satisfaction with choice of Gladstone for postdoctoral studies
– additional issues
• committee collating and summarizing responses and developing specific
recommendations |
| December
8, 1998 |
Investigator/administrative
officer meeting
• committee chair describes the survey sent to all Gladstone postdoctoral
fellows
• committee begins to compile and annotate the survey information
• summary of results and recommendations to be given to the president
in the spring of 1999 |
| November
1998 |
Survey sent to all
Gladstone postdoctoral fellows |
| September
8, 1998 |
2Investigator/administrative
officer meeting
• discussion initiated on how to strengthen the Gladstone postdoctoral
training program
• widely recognized that there are critical issues of compensation,
length of training, mentoring, career development, etc. that needed to be
considered
• Committee to Evaluate the Gladstone Postdoctoral Training Program
established |
