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Postdoc Career Series - Raechel MicKinley & Mallory Smith, Science Policy Managers @ ASBMB
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The goal of the Postdoc Career Series is to introduce postdocs to alternative career options outside of academia and explore new possibilities for growth.
Dr. Smith's Bio: Mallory R. Smith, Ph.D. is a science policy manager at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She formerly held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, earned her doctoral degree in biochemistry and molecular biology in 2020 from the University of Kansas Medical Center, and holds a B.S. in chemistry from the University of North Georgia. Over the last six years, Smith has led advocacy efforts at the institutional, local, and national levels, including improving institutional policies, advocating for basic research at the Kansas and United States capitols, and publishing policy memos and briefs. Mallory also serves as chair of the National Postdoctoral Association Advocacy Committee, where she translates her dedication to improving scientific training into effective advocacy efforts on behalf of the postdoctoral community.
Dr. McKinley's Bio: Raechel McKinley is a science policy manager at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She is the co-founder and co-coordinator of the HBCU Science Policy College Tour with Morehouse School of Medicine's Science and Health Policy Group and the National Science Policy Network, where she educated and trained undergraduate and graduate students in science policy. Her policy interests are increasing funding for minority-serving institutions and supporting the next generation of scientists. She earned her BS in biology from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and her PhD in anatomy from Howard University.
Moderator: Dr. Nidhi Shukla, CWRU Postdoc in Pathology