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The 海角直播 MOSAIC program is a professional development program that supports successful transition of early-career scientists from postdoctoral positions to tenure-track faculty positions at research-intensive institutions. This 5-year initiative supports the Society’s goal to bolster the next generation of scientists to harness the power of microbes to serve humanity.

Professional Development that Promotes Faculty Success

The 海角直播 MOSAIC program, a cooperative agreement between NIH and 海角直播, is a 5-year initiative that will support early-career scientists as they transition successfully from postdoctoral positions to tenure-track faculty positions. The program will support scholars to achieve robust careers as microbiologists and immunologists and prepare them to mentor the next generation of scientists.

MOSAIC has 2 components:

The career transition award for postdoctoral researchers to enhance diversity through the well-established K99/R00 award system.
The research education cooperative agreement for 海角直播 and other scientific societies that provide courses for skills development and mentoring activities.

海角直播 MOSAIC Scholar Experience

海角直播's MOSAIC program is funded by the NIH MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Award (UE5). The program's 3 phases will include courses, workshops and mentor support for scholars in the microbial sciences to achieve the following goals:

Focus on the foundational skills required to gain faculty positions.
Embark on a successful tenure-track career.
Catalyze progression to scientific leadership.

See Scholars by Cohort Year:

2023 Scholars

2024 Scholars

2025 Scholars

Years 1 and 2

Create and refine Individual Development Plans (IDP).
Choose a faculty pathway.
Apply and interview for a tenure-track position.
Develop a philosophy and plan for successful mentoring.
Establish a mentoring network.
Foster a community of peers and mentors, both virtually and in person.

Years 3 and 4

Build departmental relations and support diversity.
Attend "Lab Management" workshop.
Foster a community of peers and mentors, both virtually and in person.
Participate in workshops and training courses for "Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)."
Attend "Leadership Training in the Business of Science" workshop.
Develop science communication skills.
Acquire tools for sustained research funding, e.g., grant writing, scientific publishing.

Omokolade Adebowale

Institution: UC San Diego
Faculty Position: tenure track assistant professor in the department of bioengineering

Diana Elizondo

Institution: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Faculty Position: tenure track assistant professor

Krista Freeman

Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Faculty Position: assistant professor in the department of physics

Ramiah Jacks

Institution: The Ohio State University
Faculty Position: assistant professor in the department of surgery

Ayano Kohlgruber

Institution: Boston Children's Hospital
Faculty Position: assistant professor of pediatrics in the division of immunology

Joscelyn Mejias

Institution: Georgia Tech and Emory Institute of Technology
Faculty Position: assistant professor in the department of biomedical engineering

Rachael Philips

Institution: The Ohio State University
Faculty Position: tenure-track assistant professor in the department of microbial infection and immunity

Elze Rackaityte

Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Current Position: postdoc

Rachel Elizabeth Turn

Institution: UW Madison
Faculty Position: assistant professor in the comparative biosciences department

Tracess Smalley

Institution: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Current Position: postdoc

Sarah Vick鈥�

Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center鈥疺accine and Infectious Disease Division
Current Position: postdoc

Walatta-Tseyon Mesquitta鈥�

Institution: Boston Children's Hospital
Current Position: postdoc

Cristina Santarossa

Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Current Position: postdoc

Melanie Shapiro

Institution: City of Hope
Faculty Position: assistant professor in the department of diabetes immunology

Moses New-Aaron

Institution: Emory University
Current Position: postdoc

Yan Zhang

Institution: California Institute of Technology
Current Position: postdoc

Sana Nasim

Institution: Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Current Position: postdoc

Sandra Mendiola

Institution: University of Georgia
Current Position: postdoc

Christopher Hamm

Institution: University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine
Current Position: postdoc

Elizabeth (Betsy) Hart

Institution: Harvard Medical School
Current Position: postdoc

Erin Doherty

Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Current Position: postdoc

Cameron Roberts

Institution: University of Michigan
Current Position: postdoc

Randy Hamchand

Institution: Cornell University
Current Position: postdoc

Melene Alakavuklar

Institution: Michigan State University
Current Position: postdoc

Conor Templeton

Institution: Northwestern University
Current Position: postdoc

Camilo Gomez Garzon

Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Current Position: postdoc

Diandra Vaval Taylor

Institution: University of Illinois Chicago
Current Position: postdoc

Hector Aguilar-Carreno, Ph.D., Cornell University.
Juan Alfonzo, Ph.D., Ohio State University.
Cynthia Cornelissen, Ph.D., Georgia State University.
Patricia Champion, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame.
Vincent Lee, Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park.
Petra Levin, Ph.D., Washington State University in St. Louis.

海角直播 MOSAIC Program Leadership

This 海角直播 program is supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant #UE5AI178763.

Principal Investigator:

Irene Hulede, Education Director, 海角直播

Co-Investigators

Michael Ibba, Ph.D., dean and professor, Chapman University.
Michael D. L. Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor, University of Arizona.
Mary Sanchez-Lanier, Ph.D., professor and assistant vice provost, Washington State University.
Stanley Maloy, Ph.D., professor, San Diego State University.
Shelley M. Payne, Ph.D., professor and Director, Lamontagne Center for Infectious Disease at The University of Texas at Austin.

Advisory Committee

These are the members of the program鈥檚 advisory committee.

Avery August, Ph.D., professor, Cornell University.
Stefano Bertuzzi, Ph.D., MPH (Ex-Officio), Chief Executive Officer, 海角直播.
Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D., M.S., chair and professor, Johns Hopkins University.
Jo Handelsman, Ph.D., director and professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D., professor, Yale University.
Greetchen D铆az-Mu帽oz, Ph.D., Director, Science Education Program and Community Partnerships, Ciencia Puerto Rico.
Courtney Robinson, Ph.D., associate professor, Howard University.
Alfredo Torres, Ph.D., professor, Associate Provost of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, The University of Texas Medical Branch.
Raphael Valdivia, Ph.D., professor, Duke University.

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