Newton, MA. Science Management Associates, (SMA) of Newton MA announced today that it has been selected by the Training Center of the National Institutes of Health as vendor of choice for a series of workshops for NIH scientists, managers and staff. Carl M. Cohen. Ph.D, President of Science Management Associates commented, “We are very gratified to have been selected by the NIH Training Center to help provide training in management skills for NIH staff. Among our offerings will be our most popular workshop ‘Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Skills for Scientists’ as well as a new workshop called ‘Running Scientific and Project Meetings’ both of which will be customized to address specific situations of interest to the NIH.” The workshops will be offered at the NIH Training Center throughout 2009 and 2010.
The NIH is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services based in Bethesda, Maryland and has more than 18,000 federal employees plus an additional 20,000 visiting scholars, fellows, researches and contractors on the main campus and at satellite sites across the country. The NIH is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. Composed of 27 Institutes and Centers, the NIH provides leadership and financial support to researchers in every state and throughout the world. The NIH annually invests over $28 billion in medical research through competitive grants to more than 325,000 researchers at over 3,000 universities, medical schools, and other research institutions in every state and around the world. About 10% of the NIH's budget supports projects conducted by nearly 6,000 scientists in its own laboratories, most of which are on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland.
Science Management Associates (SMA) provides training and consultation to scientists, science managers and executives in academic institutions, the pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology companies. SMA specializes in providing the management and leadership training that scientists and technical professionals must have in order to do their jobs successfully and to make the transition from scientist to manager and eventually to leader. SMA clients include top ten global pharmaceutical companies, major universities and research centers as well as U.S. Department of Energy Laboratories. Carl M. Cohen, Ph.D., President of SMA and Suzanne L. Cohen, Ed.D., a psychologist, are authors of the popular book “Lab Dynamics: Management Skills for Scientists” (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2005). For more information about SMA go to www.sciencema.com.
The NIH is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services based in Bethesda, Maryland and has more than 18,000 federal employees plus an additional 20,000 visiting scholars, fellows, researches and contractors on the main campus and at satellite sites across the country. The NIH is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. Composed of 27 Institutes and Centers, the NIH provides leadership and financial support to researchers in every state and throughout the world. The NIH annually invests over $28 billion in medical research through competitive grants to more than 325,000 researchers at over 3,000 universities, medical schools, and other research institutions in every state and around the world. About 10% of the NIH's budget supports projects conducted by nearly 6,000 scientists in its own laboratories, most of which are on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland.
Science Management Associates (SMA) provides training and consultation to scientists, science managers and executives in academic institutions, the pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology companies. SMA specializes in providing the management and leadership training that scientists and technical professionals must have in order to do their jobs successfully and to make the transition from scientist to manager and eventually to leader. SMA clients include top ten global pharmaceutical companies, major universities and research centers as well as U.S. Department of Energy Laboratories. Carl M. Cohen, Ph.D., President of SMA and Suzanne L. Cohen, Ed.D., a psychologist, are authors of the popular book “Lab Dynamics: Management Skills for Scientists” (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2005). For more information about SMA go to www.sciencema.com.
