Matching Good Intentions with Good Outcomes--Ways to Engage in Discussions about Therapy and Psychiatric Hospitalization

Mental Health

While well-intentioned, our approach to conversations about therapy and psychiatric hospitalization can also unintentionally undermine other's experiences and promote harmful values about mental health. Here, we present a brief guide to navigating these conversations.

A Primer for Research on Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors

Mental Health

Are you new to research on self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs)? This reading list will help you get started.

Probabilistic Machine Learning in NumPyro and Jax

Machine Learning

A course we developed on Probabilistic Machine Learning for healthcare contexts.

How to Get a Good Recommendation Letter

Professional Development

Asking for recommendation letters can be stressful and awkward. This guide will walk you through the basics.

Taking Ownership of Your Research Development

Research Skill-Building

Learning how to evaluate your progress as a research student is a crucial component of your development. Like all other research skills, this skill is learned through deliberate practice. Here, we provide you with a guide to take ownership of your own research development by "managing up".

Effective Practices for Conducting a Literature Search

Research Skill-Building

The literature search is likely one of the first foundational skills you will practice as a researcher. It provides you context for the significance/implication of your problem, what makes it difficult to solve, what has been previously done, and what approach you wish to try. Here, we provide you with a strategy to get you started.

Effectively Communicating Research Progress with Collaborators

Research Skill-Building

Good communication practices will help you get you unstuck, come up with new directions, as well as get more clear, structured feedback on your work. Here, we debunk common myths and provide a guide for effective communication.

Effective Practices for Reading Research Papers

Research Skill-Building

Reading research papers is challenging; research papers are often dense, assuming significant prior knowledge about the field and about related work. Here we provide you with strategies to improve your paper reading skills.

A Primer on Deconstructing Academic Culture

Academic Culture

We, as a society, hold beliefs about science that may be romanticized and inaccurate. These notions about science can also become obstacles for us as a community to perform rigorous, inclusive and useful science, impede us individually in our professional growth. We hope that these readings will provide you with a starting point to build a more accurate conception of science.

A Guide to Success in Research

Academic Culture

Many researchers find that their hardest struggles stem less from the technical duties of their jobs (e.g. math and coding), and more from the mental obstacles they must overcome as researchers. Here, we highlight several sources of challenges and provide a guide to overcoming them.

Hyperparameter Grid-Search on SLURM Clusters

Machine Learning

New to SLURM? This tutorial will help you get started.