#  Spring 2025 CFP Journal Clubs & Workshops 

 



All workshops hosted by the [HMS Curriculum Fellows Program](https://curriculumfellows.hms.harvard.edu/) are open to all Harvard community members. Register for any/all events here: [bit.ly/Spring25Events](https://bit.ly/Spring25Events)

## Workshops

### Writing your teaching philosophy based on your values

**Date:** Thursday, March 6, 2025  
**Time:** 1:30pm-3:00pm  
**Registration:** [bit.ly/Spring25Events](https://bit.ly/Spring25Events)  
**Presented by:** [Aimee Hollander](https://curriculumfellows.hms.harvard.edu/people/aimee-hollander), PhD. HMS Curriculum Fellows Program Director and [Lauren Essler](https://curriculumfellows.hms.harvard.edu/people/lauren-essler), PhD. Curriculum Fellow in Microbiology.

We will be doing an activity to identify what we value in teaching and learning and apply it to the best practices in writing a teaching philosophy. By the end of this session you will have a rough draft of a teaching philosophy to use for future faculty and faculty adjacent applications.

### Scientific Writing and Literature Reviews with LLMs

**Date:** Thursday, April 3, 2025  
**Time:** 1:30pm-3:00pm  
**Registration:** [bit.ly/Spring25Events](https://bit.ly/Spring25Events)  
**Presented by:** [Grey Kuling](https://curriculumfellows.hms.harvard.edu/people/grey-kuling), Ph.D., Center for Computational Biomedicine Curriculum Fellow and [Irene Wong](https://curriculumfellows.hms.harvard.edu/people/irene-wong), Ph.D. Therapeutics Graduate Program Curriculum Fellow

-Leverage AI for structured academic writing.  
-Utilize AI-powered research tools for efficient literature search.  
-Apply best practices for responsible AI-assisted academic writing.


### Do I really need to know how to code?

**Date:** Thursday, May 8, 2025  
**Time:** 1:30pm-3:00pm  
**Registration:** [bit.ly/Spring25Events](https://bit.ly/Spring25Events)  
**Presented by:** [PJ Van Camp](https://curriculumfellows.hms.harvard.edu/people/pieter-jan-van-camp), Ph.D., Curriculum Fellow in Biomedical Informatics

-When is it useful as a non-computational scientist to do my own coding  
-What are some basic coding skills that are not too hard to learn and could actually be useful in my daily tasks  
-What programming language should I choose and where / how can I learn it   
-When should I consider collaborating with a computational colleague instead of trying to code by myself

This workshop does not require any prior coding knowledge.

## Journal Club

### Journal Club 2.5.2025

**Date:** Wednesday, February 5, 2025  
**Time:** 12:30-1:30PM  
**Registration:** [bit.ly/Spring25Events](https://bit.ly/Spring25Events)  
**Presented by:** [Kayla Nygaard](https://curriculumfellows.hms.harvard.edu/people/kayla-nygaard), Ph.D., Developmental and Regenerative Biology Curriculum Fellow  
**Paper:** [Observing executive functioning of neurodivergent students and supporting practices of their teachers in the classroom](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/27546330241258817)

### Journal Club 3.12.2025

**Date:** Wednesday, March 12, 2025  
**Time:** 12:30-1:30PM  
**Registration:** [bit.ly/Spring25Events](https://bit.ly/Spring25Events)  
**Presented by:** [Irene Wong](https://curriculumfellows.hms.harvard.edu/people/irene-wong), Ph.D., Therapeutics Graduate Program Curriculum Fellow  
**Paper:** [Navigating STEM careers with AI mentors: a new IDP journey](https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/artificial-intelligence/articles/10.3389/frai.2024.1461137/full)

### Journal Club 4.9.2025

**Date:** Wednesday, April 9, 2025  
**Time:** 12:30-1:30PM  
**Registration:** [bit.ly/Spring25Events](https://bit.ly/Spring25Events)  
**Presented by:** [Lorenzo Gesuita](https://curriculumfellows.hms.harvard.edu/people/lorenzo-gesuita), Ph.D., Program in Genetics and Genomics Curriculum Fellow  
**Paper:** [Navigating STEM careers with AI mentors: a new IDP journey](https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/artificial-intelligence/articles/10.3389/frai.2024.1461137/full)