The Effort Report

The Effort Report

By Elizabeth Matsui and Roger PengSociety & CultureScience
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The Effort Report episodes

  • 164 - Rolling With the Chaos

    It's Elizabeth's turn to welcome Roger back from the far north so that they can discuss cover letters (again!), corresponding authors, paper acceptances (and forgettances), chaos theory, and strategizing about new resources.

    Show Notes:

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    59 min
  • 163 - Roger's Effort Report

    Roger welcomes Elizabeth back from Finland to discuss conference COVID protocols, work creators, whether you should interview for a job, sussing out collaborators, and the great resignation.

    Show Notes:

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    55 min
  • 162 - Letters of Recommendation
    Elizabeth and Roger discuss how to write good letters of recommendation, as well as getting "scooped", systems problems, and using golf carts.

    Show Notes:

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    56 min
  • 161 - Longhorn Statistics

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss Roger's new job, "quick questions", "warm bodies", mock study sections, and the future of physician scientists.

    Show Notes:

    The Case for Physician Scientists

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    1 hr 2 min
  • 160 - Executive Authors
    Elizabeth and Roger determine if Elizabeth is executive material. They then discuss writing by committee, retooling your game, leadership lessons, and the NIH's new data sharing policy.

    Show Notes:

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    49 min
  • 159 - Study Section Drama

    Elizabeth and Roger follow up on conference robots, then discuss department rankings, academia vs. industry, and reorganized NIH study sections.

    Show Notes:

    Academia vs. Industry Thread by Darbe Saxbe

    NIH Study Sections

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    1 hr 1 min
  • 158 - Robot Presence

    Roger and Elizabeth discuss telepresence robots, administrative grant rejections, plagiarism, DEI initiatives, and writing by committee. Also space junk!

    Show Notes:

    Space junk

    U. of North Carolina's Head of Research Cited for Research Misconduct

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    1 hr
  • 157 - Corporate Committees

    Elizabeth returns from the AAAAI meeting to talk with Roger about diversity in investigator teams, corporatization of committees, in-person meetings, and building your brand.

    Show Notes:

    Building a Brand as a Scientist

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    1 hr 3 min
  • 156 - Crisis Management

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss the computer desktop and browser hygiene, how to generate ideas (and other important questions), various leadership tricks, getting things done by creating a crisis, and how to deal with results that don't hang together.

    Show Notes:

    Hilary Robbins tweet

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    58 min
  • 155 - In Compliance

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss graphical abstracts, the success/failure dichotomy, hybrid meetings, handling Q&A in talks, managing sponsors, and how to read RFAs.

    Show Notes:

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    58 min

About The Effort Report

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Professors Elizabeth Matsui and Roger Peng talk about life in the academic trenches, telling it like it is.