Mid-Career Network
The UKSBM Mid-Career Network (MCN) is a group of self-identifying “mid-career” academics, researchers and clinicians with an interest in behavioural medicine, science and practice.
What is a mid-career researcher?
If you self-identify with one or more of these statements, then you are a mid-career researcher according to the UKSBM Mid-Career Network.
A mid-career researcher is someone who has a general sense of developing responsibility or autonomy for research, i.e., an experienced and senior post-doctoral researcher. They are likely to be someone who is starting to supervise, manage or mentor doctoral students and researchers, and/or has started to show leadership in other academic or clinical domains (i.e., research-led teaching, running or developing courses). Mid-career researchers are not principally defined by “the number of years since completion of their PhD/Doctorate”.
To sign up to the MCN, email UKSBM-mid-career-network@bath.ac.uk with an expression of interest.
Our mission statement and values
The UKSBM MCN aims to develop and foster management and leadership in behavioural science. We believe in team-science, shared reward and ownership, and collaboration across disciplines and institutions. We aim to:
- Support training and professional development in research, management and leadership skills
- Establish mentorship opportunities(i.e., as a mentor, and mentee)
- Foster collaboration and peer-support within and between universities, healthcare agencies, public health institutions and other related organisations
- Promote collaboration, team science, and shared reward and incentive structures
- Promote a healthy work-life balance while achieving progression in science and academia
Committee Members
Dr Gemma Taylor, Chair
Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology, Cancer Research UK Postdoctoral Fellow; Addiction and Mental Health Group (AIM), Department of Psychology, University of Bath
Dr Eleni Karasouli, Deputy Chair/ General Secretary
Senior Research Fellow, University of Warwick, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit
Dr Sally Adams, Communications Officer
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Addiction and Mental Health Group, University of Bath
Dr Sarah Chapman, Events Officer
Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University of Bath
Dr Sarah Hotham, Liaison Officer
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent
Dr Angeliki Bogosian, Web Officer
Affiliation: Senior lecturer, Division of Health Services Research and Management
Dr Joanna Goldthorpe, Training Officer
Research Fellow, Division of Psychology & Mental Health, Division of Psychology & Mental Health