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Your Digital Mentor Podcast

Your Digital Mentor

‘Your digital mentor’ podcast is a series that aims to provide access to conversations around mentoring and other aspects of research and career development, with a focus on LMICs.

Episodes

20 of 37 episodes

Science for Everyone: Breaking Stereotypes and Opening Doors

Learn more about Your Digital Mentor Podcast: https://coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/our-events/your-digital-mentor-pod...

00:07:48Feb 11, 2026

The Podcast Lab-Mates: Mixing the Perfect Team and Content Machine

Learn more about Your Digital Mentor Podcast: https://coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/our-events/your-digital-mentor-pod...

00:08:18Feb 11, 2026

Numbers, Nerds, and Next Steps: Cracking the Code of Podcast Success

Learn more about Your Digital Mentor Podcast: https://coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/our-events/your-digital-mentor-pod...

00:07:24Feb 11, 2026

Beyond the Lab: Why Your Science Needs a Mic

Learn more about Your Digital Mentor Podcast: https://coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/our-events/your-digital-mentor-pod...

00:07:36Feb 11, 2026

Podcasting on a Penny: Pro Sound on a DIY Budget

Learn more about Your Digital Mentor Podcast: https://coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/our-events/your-digital-mentor-pod...

00:05:36Feb 11, 2026

Get Heard: Branding, Buzz, and Catchy Soundbites

So you’ve launched your science podcast—now how do you make sure people find it? In episode five of “So You Want to Start a Science Podcast?...

00:06:39Feb 11, 2026

Mentorship and Global Health Careers

Discussions with seasoned researchers from the TDR global 2020 Career Impact Contest, where they share different aspects of their career tra...

00:36:53Sep 22, 2022

Mentorship Part 2: Pivoting mentorship to meet community healthcare needs

The 2019 finalists of the TDR Global Mentorship Contest for improving research mentorship in low- and middle-income countries joined us to s...

00:24:54May 25, 2022

Mentorship Part 1: A Community of Practice as a Mentorship Model

The 2019 finalists of the TDR Global Mentorship Contest for improving research mentorship in low- and middle-income countries joined us to s...

00:25:52Mar 30, 2022

How to Choose a Research Supervisor

If you are looking to start a PhD, you may consider choosing a supervisor based on the type of research that you find most interesting. Whil...

00:06:50Feb 23, 2022

Inside stories of publishing

Publishing is a complex world of skewed macro-level challenges including access to high-impact journals, lack of equity within journal publi...

00:53:06Dec 8, 2021

Diasporan scientists-The big return home

Researchers are moving to other countries for different reasons, such as building a career, lack of funding, lack of mentoring. However, man...

00:57:53Nov 26, 2021

Grant Funding for Research

The pressure to win a grant and chasing the next funding source is stressful for all researchers. Besides, finding success in funding often...

00:55:50Nov 10, 2021

Academia vs Industry

Our guests talk about the pros and cons of careers in industry and academia, and mention some of the traits that might be beneficial to have...

00:44:45Oct 27, 2021

Entrepreneurship and Commercialising Science Products

Sometimes publishing a paper that has the potential to impact might not be enough. You are driven to change: “potential” to “is” (Simon Trav...

00:51:55Oct 13, 2021

Communicating and Engaging about Science with the Public

Researchers and scientists are doing great and impactful work that can change lives. But are people really aware or understand their work? H...

00:36:34Sep 29, 2021

Skills Lab: Leadership

Leadership might be fulfilling, but it is not easy: Our guests Marcia Philbin and Stephen Baker talk about some of the challenges they face...

00:39:27Sep 15, 2021

Skills Lab: Presenting Skills

We talked to Dr. Claire Chewapreecha and Dr. Kate Baker on tips on effective communication, presentation skills and how they have both adapt...

00:42:26Sep 1, 2021

Skills Lab: Writing skills

We interview Prof. Jeffrey McDonnell, author of “Navigating an Academic Career: A Brief Guide for PhD Students, Postdocs and Early Career Fa...

00:47:58Aug 18, 2021

Mentores y mentorías, cómo encontrarles y cómo establecer una relación exitosa.

What is covered in this episode ¿Qué es para ti la mentoría ? ¿Cómo la mentoría ha influenciado en tu carrera? ¿Has encontrado, a lo largo d...

00:46:25Aug 4, 2021