One Academic Administrator's Hopes for Equipping the Future Generation of Neuroscientists

Kelley Remole directs scientific and educational programming at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute, a state-of-the-art facility bringing together researchers from across the University and career spectrum to study the brain. Central to the work of the Institute is a commitment to developing diverse research talent, across career levels. Her contributions to this effort and the Institute as a whole are informed by her conviction that academic administrators have a role to play in training the next generation of scientific thought. By valuing diversity — of people and of thought — a dynamic range of ideas will drive transformative science. In this interview she encourages academic administrators and faculty to anticipate how science may change, and to not only adapt but also be that force for change.

This interview is a complement to SfN's podcast series, History of SfN: 50th Anniversary. Guests on the podcast were asked to nominate individuals whose careers are making positive cultural or scientific impacts that will shape the next 50 years of neuroscience. Kelley Remole was nominated by Michael Goldberg, a professor in the neuroscience program at Columbia.

Speaker

Kelley Remole, PhD

Kelley Remole is the Managing Director of the Wu Tsai Institute at Yale University and serves on the Editorial Board of BrainFacts. She previously worked at Columbia University as the Director of Neuroscience Outreach at the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute. She received her doctoral degree in Neurobiology and Behavior in 2012 and her Master of Science in Nonprofit Management in 2020, both from Columbia University.