Social Media as a Tool for Career Development

Social media is used by scientists in many ways including networking with colleagues as well as sharing information and publications to advance research. The RCCN and partner organizations developed this webinar to help researchers get the most out of social media.

The goals of the webinar were to provide useful information on:

1. Considering the tradeoffs of engaging in social media for professional reasons
2. How to use social media to advance your research and your career
3. How social media success can be used to expand the reach of your work and build your national profile
4. How to understand social media metrics
5. How to build an audience

Alex Smith provided a high level overview and reasons why researchers use social media to advance their reach and build a national profile. Wynn Tranfield provided insights to better understand social media metrics. Alex then moderated a panel discussion with Wynn, Emmy Betz and Anand Iyer to discuss tradeoffs of engaging in social media, how to build an audience and more!

This webinar was organized by the RCCN in partnership with the AGING Initiative, RCMAR Coordinating Center, OAIC Early Career Faculty Group, US Deprescribing Network, Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center and Clin-STAR Coordinating Center.

Resources shared by panelists in the chat box during the webinar are available here.

Presenters and discussants:

Alex Smith, MD
Associate Professor
University of California, San Francisco
@AlexSmithMD

Wynn Tranfield, MLIS
Physical and Basic Sciences Librarian
UCLA Library

Emmy Betz, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
University of Colorado
@EmmyBetz

Anand Iyer, MD, MSPH
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
@anandiyermd

Introductions by:

Jay Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg
Member, RCCN Executive Committee.
Director, Center for Research on Aging, University of Maryland.
Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,
University of Maryland School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD.