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Science Management Associates was featured in the February 21, and April 21, 2014 online issues of Science Careers
Carl M Cohen, SMA President, was interviewed by Science staff writer Lucas Laursen for the articles, which highlight a growing recognition of the importance of management and leadership training for scientists in all disciplines.
In March and April, Dr. Cohen ran two workshops at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, MA. Lab Dynamics: Managing difficult people and situations in the scientific workplace, and Lab Dynamics: Leading scientific team and project meetings. The workshops were given to the Global Biotherapeutics Technologies division.
Dr. Cohen and Dr. Danielle Kennedy ran the 4th annual "Leadership in Bioscience" workshop at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island. Attended by 27 young scientists from around the world (including Mexico, Sweden, Great Britain and Cuba) this workshop provided 4 days of intensive, interactive leadership training for a group of outstanding emerging scientific leaders.
Dr. Cohen ran a one day workshop entitled Lab Dynamics: Communication and Management Skills for Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory Institute for Biomolecular Research in Washington D.C. on June 27. The workshop was attended by NRL research scientists and focused on providing tools to optimize scientific productivity and communication.
Dr. Cohen ran a one day "Essentials for the Scientific Supervisor" workshop at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD, on June 7. The workshop was attended by lab directors and supervisors from the National Cancer Institute and focused on providing a core set of skills for emerging leaders at the NCI.
The workshop Leadership in Bioscience run by Dr. Carl M. Cohen and Dr. Danielle Kennedy at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has received an excellent review in the March 28th, 2012 issue of Nature. The review, entitled Scientists must be taught to manage, was written by husband and wife faculty members who attended the February 2012 workshop, gives their personal perspective on why the skills they learned are so important and why more workshops like this are needed throughout the academic and scientific communities.
