Family and work interactions
Brought to you by the ASBMB Membership Committee
ASBMB members came together for a community conversation centered on family and work interactions. Nathan L. Vanderford, assistant professor at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, got us started, and participants then broke into four groups to discuss:
- Parenting
- When your spouse/partner is your colleague
- Long-distance relationships
- Adult caregiving
Watch Nathan L. Vanderford's opening remarks
Opening speaker
![Nathan L. Vanderford](/getmedia/a154dd5e-fee8-4ad5-beb2-4f0e14a4aeec/300x300-Nathan-Vanderford_1.jpg)
Nathan L. Vanderford
Assistant professor of toxicology and cancer biology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Parenting
![Erica Gobrogge](/getmedia/980eb766-e9a2-4466-aabd-7b2d1edd96eb/300x300-Erica-Gobrogge.jpg)
Erica Gobrogge
Director of postdoctoral affairs, Van Andel Institute
![Jenna Hendershot](/getmedia/010b3b5f-8da0-4b13-8489-1d7b47b99e07/300x300-Jenna-Hendershot.jpg)
Jenna Hendershot
Senior scientist, Progenity, Inc.
![Takita Sumter](/getmedia/93b36e5d-60c8-4f4e-b1c9-ad361dd584f4/300x300-Takita-Sumter.jpg)
Takita Sumter
Dean and professor of biochemistry, Winthrop University College of Arts & Sciences
When your spouse/partner is your colleague
![Joan Broderick](/getmedia/4e31766c-b318-4456-b50a-290848dd935e/300x300-Joan-Broderick.jpg)
Joan Broderick
Department head, chemistry and biochemistry, Montana State University
![Caryn Outten](/getmedia/34b3c142-68d0-4b16-9245-98683ff147cc/300x300-Caryn-Outten.jpg)
Caryn Outten
Professor of chemistry / biochemistry and molecular biology, University of South Carolina
Long-distance relationships
![Judith Bond](/getmedia/76735587-3b52-45df-8fce-ccef3cbb757f/300x300-Judy-Bond.jpg)
Judith Bond
Professor, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
![Anand Rao](/getmedia/12404a9d-5f80-4b11-a1d2-39ad75ff07a8/300x300-anand-rao.jpg)
Anand Rao
Science communicator, ASBMB
Adult caregiving
![Edward Eisenstein](/getmedia/359b95cd-1b6c-4f6e-af2f-a1723999aea6/300x300-Ed-Eisenstein_1.jpg)
Edward Eisenstein
Associate professor, University of Maryland
![Peter Kennelly](/getmedia/16653ff6-7cf8-4576-afba-23bdbd396140/300x300-Peter-Kennelly.jpg)
Peter Kennelly
Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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