In December 2017, nine research universities and a major cancer institute joined together to shine light on life science trainee data. Membership continues to grow as more institutions answer the call. Today, 39 institutions are in the process of releasing data to empower trainees to make informed decisions about their training and careers. In so doing, we will strengthen the biomedical workforce, and the science it creates.
About Us
Over the past two decades, major research institutions have been challenged to improve their practices regarding trainee-related data collection and publication.
This challenge emerged from a widespread concern that institutions primarily train scientists for academic research careers and that trainees are not aware of the full range of research careers available both inside and outside of academia, contributing to a host of well-documented issues in the biomedical workforce, including growing delays in the launching of independent research careers. With this data, trainees can make better informed choices about their ultimate training and career paths, and institutions can better prepare trainees for the broad array of careers that await them.
Read the December 15, 2017 article in Science announcing the Coalition here.
Coalition members commit to collecting and publishing data using common standards on:
- Admissions and matriculation data of PhD students.
- Median time-to-degree and completion data for PhD programs.
- Demographics of PhD students and postdoctoral scholars by gender, underrepresented minority status, and citizenship status.
- Median time in postdoctoral status at the institution.
- Career outcomes for PhD and postdoctoral alumni, classified by job sector and career type using a common taxonomy.
Coalition Milestones
Founding Member Representatives
Executing cross-institutional initiatives requires strong leadership teams that collaborate well. The Coalition thanks those listed below and their team members for their work on this project.
Cornell University
Martha E. Pollack
President
Barbara A. Knuth
Senior Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
Marin E. Clarkberg
Associate Vice Provost for Institutional Research and Planning
David Christini
Vice Dean, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Matthew Cipriano
Manager of Enrollment and Education Operations, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Duke University
Vincent Price
President
Paula D. McClain
Dean, Graduate School; Vice Provost, Graduate Education; Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
Francisco Ramos
Assistant Dean for Assessment and Evaluation
Molly Starback
Director, Office of Postdoctoral Services
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Thomas Lynch
President & Director
Julie Overbaugh
Senior Vice President for Education
Karen Peterson
Director, Office of Scientific Career Development
Johns Hopkins University
Ronald J. Daniels
President
Ratna Sarkar
Vice Provost for Institutional Research and Analytics
Brandon Groff
Senior Institutional Research Analyst
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sally Kornbluth
President
Ian A. Waitz
Vice Chancellor, Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Jon Schwarz
Director of Institutional Research
University of California, San Francisco
Samuel Hawgood
Chancellor
Elizabeth Watkins
Dean, Graduate Division; Vice Chancellor, Student Academic Affairs; Professor, History of Health Sciences
Ning Wang
Director of Institutional Research
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Valerie S. Ashby
President
Janet Rutledge
Vice Provost and Dean, Graduate School, Associate Professor, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Connie Pierson
Associate Vice Provost, Institutional Research, Analysis and Decision Support
University of Michigan
Santa Ono
President
Peter F. Hitchcock
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies , Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Biology, Cell and Developmental Biology
John A. Gonzalez
Director of Institutional Research, Rackham Graduate School
University of Pennsylvania
Larry Jameson
Interim President
Beth Winkelstein
Vice Provost, Education; Professor, Bioenginnering
Stacey Lopez
Associate Vice President for Institutional Research & Analysis
Dawn Bonnell
Vice Provost for Research
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Jennifer Mnookin
Chancellor
William J. Karpus
Dean, Graduate School; Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Peter Kinsley
Academic Policy and Planning Analyst, Graduate School