WL09: From Faculty Hiring to Collaborative Success: Building a Thriving Academic Career

Music City Center 

Sponsored by the Section on Computing, this roundtable explores essential strategies for launching and sustaining an academic career in statistics and biostatistics. Topics include finding new collaborative opportunities as a junior faculty and building effective collaborative teams. Dr. Lin and Dr. Talafha have extensive expertise in collaborating with cell biologists and social scientists, respectively, and participants can share their experience with other types of collaborations. Participants will learn how to identify institutional support, communicate across disciplines, and manage projects. We'll share practical advice on crafting applications, balancing teaching demands, and mentoring students. Emphasizing interdisciplinary, computationally driven practice, this session equips early-career researchers to succeed. Attendees will gain tips for forging partnerships, aligning research agendas, and expanding professional networks. We will discuss common pitfalls for achieving synergy within diverse teams. Join us to discover how collaboration and computing can shape the next generation of academic leaders.

Faculty Hiring

Academic Career Development

Seeking Collaborations

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Early-Career Mentorship 

Section on Statistical Computing