Editor's Note:Dr. Milton J. Hernandez, a top official at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, describes how his career led from academic research to science policy and administration and urges more minorities to consider a career in the life sciences. My name is Milton J. Hernandez and I am director of the Office of Special Populations and Research Training at the National Institutes of Health...
RETURN TO THE INDEX Professor Carol Jones is in a fairly common situation for female faculty. Professor Jones, full plate or not, will probably decide to mentor postdoc Sarah. Out of kinship, a sense of moral obligation, or simply because if-she-doesn't-do-it-who-will, I suspect Carol Jones will somehow find the time to advise Sarah. She will advise Sarah about what jobs to pursue among the vario...
