Katharine E. Welsh Symposium
The R3 Center for Innovation in Science Education (R3ISE) is hosting an international symposium on two half-days, October 23-24, 2024,
9 am-1 pm EST. The symposium will be offered in a virtual format to accommodate our audiences around the globe.
See our program website for more details about who we are and what we do.
6th Annual Katharine E. Welsh Symposium
Join us:
October 23, 9am-12:30pm &
October 24, 9am-12pm
Event: Student-focused Symposium!
The Johns Hopkins R3ISE Center will host the 6th Katharine E. Welsh Symposium!
The virtual symposium aims to provide a platform for scientist-educators and students to come together and promote thought exchange across boundaries. In presentations, discussions, and short workshops, experienced scientist-educators will provide examples and strategies for tackling these issues in their institutional training programs. Students from R3-network institutions will share their takeaways from R3 training and showcase their award-winning work.
Graduate science education faces a range of challenges and opportunities in Rigor, Reproducibility, and Responsibility (R3) training. The symposium will center around topics relevant to improving graduate science education, including bridging the gap between classroom and research practice; integration of up-to-date, professional skill-training in elements like logical fallacies; translation of communication and leadership in training; debunking misinformation and fighting disinformation. We welcome you to participate and learn more!
- Students, Trainees, and Faculty across all disciplines
- Members of our Baltimore community interested in partnering with us
- National and international educators looking to join the R3ISE Network
- Anyone interested in learning how graduate science education is changing
Confirmed Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Davie Van Vactor, Ph.D. - Professor of Cell Biology; Director, Biological and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (Harvard Medical School); Director, Curriculum Fellows Program (HMS)
Keynote talk: Biomedical Careers, Competencies & Your Internal Compass (Day 1)
Roshni Rao, Ph.D. - Assistant Vice Provost for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Life Design, Johns Hopkins University
Keynote talk: Amplifying Your Scientific Voice: My Story from Self-Advocacy to Effective Leadership (Day 2)
Student & Alumni Speakers & Panelists
Gautam Ghosh, PhD student (Ohio State University)
James Alltop, PhD student (Ohio State University)
Kristen Kelly, PhD student (Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, BSPH)
Revie Atkinson, ScM student (Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, BSPH)
Isaac Owusu-Frimpong, ScM student (Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, BSPH)
Matt Seibel, ScM student (Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, BSPH)
Dr. William Mills, alum (Mount St. Mary's University)
Dr. Ahmad Ozair, postdoc (School of Medicine, University of Maryland)
Postgraduate Professionals: Presenters & Panelists
Lymari Morales (Associate Dean for Communications and Marketing, BSPH)
Lindsay Smith Rogers (Director of Content Strategy, BSPH & Producer of "Public Health on Call" Podcast)
Dr. Emma Camacho (Assistant Research Professor, BSPH)
Dr. Daniel Fiifi Tawia Hagan (Postdoc Researcher at UGhent & Co-Host at Green Living Chats podcast)
Dr. David Ewuisi-Mensah (Co-Founder of Eco Amet Solutions Ghana & Co-Host at Green Living Chats podcast)
Dr. C.J. Neely (Associate Director of Career Education & Curriculum Development, JHU School of Medicine)
Elizabeth Whipple (Associate Director of Informationist Services, JHU Welch Medical Library)
Dr. Chen Chiu (Senior Data Management Consultant, Johns Hopkins Data Services)
Dr. Heather Lamb (Assistant Scientist, BSPH)
Dr. Julia Romano (Assistant Scientist, BSPH)
Learn more about our student and postdoctoral fellow competitions!
We offer MULTIPLE competitions with opportunities for student awards. Read more about these options below, and submit to 1 (or all!) using our registration & competition submission form above.
STUDENTS (PhD, Masters, and Undergraduate levels)
POSTDOC (Postdoctoral fellows, associates, scholars, etc. levels)
Student Competition 1: The 3Rs in Your Work
PROMPT
How have you utilized and applied the 3Rs (core norms of good scientific practice, namely Rigor, Responsibility, and Reproducibility) to solve a problem in your research practice (in work settings such as the laboratory, clinical environments, etc.)?
SUBMISSION FORMAT
Submit your work in written format: maximum 500 words in Times New Roman, 12 pt font (doc, docx, pdf) OR in recorded video format no longer than 3 minutes. If your file is too large, submit a Word document with a link to your recording where it is available for viewing (Youtube, Vimeo, etc.).
Student Competition 2: Most Memorable R3 or R3-related Course Experience
PROMPT
Reflect on your most memorable R3 or R3-related course experience. What discussion or project was the most impactful for you and what did you take away from the experience?
SUBMISSION FORMAT
Submit your work in written format: maximum 500 words in Times New Roman, 12 pt font (doc, docx, pdf) OR in recorded video format no longer than 3 minutes. If your file is too large, submit a Word document with a link to your recording where it is available for viewing (Youtube, Vimeo, etc.).
Student Competition 3: The 3Rs as a Tool in the Fight Against Mis- & Disinformation
PROMPT
Develop an example in which you apply responsible science communication in your field of study or a field of interest. You can come up with an application of your own, or may want to choose an example from the existing literature of mis- or disinformation and how you would instead communicate the content responsibly.
SUBMISSION FORMAT
Submit your work in written format: maximum 500 words in Times New Roman, 12 pt font (doc, docx, pdf) OR in recorded video format no longer than 3 minutes. If your file is too large, submit a Word document with a link to your recording where it is available for viewing (Youtube, Vimeo, etc.).
Postdoc Competition: Opinion on Science Metrics of Success
PROMPT
Discuss your insights on the following topics: Is competition good for science and why? What are the pros and cons of the current reward system in science and to what extent are the current measures of success appropriate/what would you change?
SUBMISSION FORMAT
Submit your work in written format: maximum 500 words in Times New Roman, 12 pt font (doc, docx, pdf) OR in recorded video format no longer than 3 minutes. If your file is too large, submit a Word document with a link to your recording where it is available for viewing (Youtube, Vimeo, etc.).
CONTEST ELIGIBILITY
All currently registered students (at the Masters, PhD, medical, and higher undergraduate levels, and postdocs) at JHSPH and other universities can submit their work. Please note that that the first three listed competitions are open to students at the graduate & higher undergraduate levels, while the last contest is open to postdocs.
HOW TO SUBMIT
The deadline to submit competition materials will be September 30th, 2024.
Students must register for the symposium and attach their competition material using the submission form provided.
SCORING
All submitted materials for consideration in any of the competitions will be reviewed competitively by our organizers and expert reviewers. Submitted materials will be evaluated based on clear argumentation and reasoning, creativity and innovation, and writing style and text structure.
Symposium Organizers
Gundula Bosch, PhD, MEd '16, MS, is a scientist and educator leading global education reform through training programs in critical, broad, and interdisciplinary scientific thinking.
Ilinca Ciubotariu, PhD, MHS '17, is an infectious disease scientist and interdisciplinary educator training the next generation in STEM through topics like rigorous methods, data science, and ethics.
Our previous symposia, by year
5th Annual Katharine E. Welsh Symposium 2023:
Motto: The 3R's in the Classroom and the Lab
4th Annual Katharine E. Welsh Symposium 2022:
Motto: Across Disciplines & Cultures
3rd Annual Katharine E. Welsh Symposium 2021:
Motto: Preparing Critical Thinkers for Global Crises
2nd Annual Katharine E. Welsh Symposium 2020:
Motto: Graduate Education in the Era of Open Science
1st Annual Katharine E. Welsh Symposium
The inauguration of the R3 Center for Innovation in Science Education (R3ISE) occurred in 2018. The celebration introduced the center, which is positioning the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to catalyze the improvement of graduate scientific training for generations to come. Since then, we have held annual Katherine E. Welsh Symposia, with themes focused on R3eforming Graduate Science Education (described above).
Speakers at first Katharine E. Welsh Symposium