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Junior Faculty Biomedical Research Association

Meetings 2025-2026


Wednesday, September 17, 2025
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Aim High: A Workshop to Refine your Specifics Aims Page

In Person | HWH 4W-506

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PANELISTS

Elaine Hill, PhD
 Dean’s Professor, Department of Public Health Services
 Co-director of Engagement, Institute for Human Health and the Environment

B Paige Lawrence, PhD
 Wright Family Research Professor and Chair of Environmental Medicine

This in-person workshop focuses on formulating a specific aims page for a research proposal. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from a panel of highly successful researchers from a diverse range of expertise.

Learning objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, the learners will be able to:

1) Recognize the importance of the specific aims page and what role it plays in the grant review process

2) Describe how to structure a specific aims page for maximal impact

3) Appreciate how different research fields approach the specific aims page

For the first time in the history of JFBRA, we invite participants to submit their own specific aims page to the panel for review. The specific aims pages will be anonymized and used as material for discussion during the workshop to provide a truly interactive experiences. Please submit your specific aims page no later than Monday, September 8th.
Specific Aims Page Submission


Wednesday, January 28, 2026
12:00pm - 1:00 pm

Establishing and Maintaining External Networks and Mentorship

via Zoom


Wednesday, April 29, 2026
12:00pm - 1:00 pm

Current Challenges in Developing a Research Program

In Person | Louise Slaughter Conference Rm. 1-9555


Mission

The School of Medicine and Dentistry, Junior Faculty Biomedical Research Association (JFBRA) is an academic peer group designed to serve the unique needs of early-stage PhD and MD faculty to promote their success in scientific discovery, funding, publications, mentoring, teaching and service to the University of Rochester and the greater Rochester community.

Purpose and Goals

  • Provide a forum for junior faculty to interact and to discuss the tasks and challenges that they face in establishing successful independent research programs
  • Foster collaborations among basic research and clinical research faculty
  • Facilitate communication among junior faculty through newsletters, emails, and JFBRA meetings

Target Group Members

Any junior faculty starting an independent research program in basic, translational, and/or clinical sciences. Examples include but are not limited to Assistant Professors in the early stages of their careers, Research Assistant Professors and Senior Instructors.

Meeting Format

  • Discussion groups to provide peer support for specific topics (decided by group)
  • Interactive presentations and mentoring from senior faculty
  • Structured networking sessions with junior faculty

JFBRA Leadership

Co-Directors

Jonathan I. Leckenby, MBBS, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Plastic Surgery
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Souvarish Sarkar, PhD
Assistant Professor of Environmental Medicine
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience