Tomorrow is the first committee meeting where I will NOT be bringing snacks. This practice is thought to cause undue financial stress and exaggerate the power differential. Honestly, I feel a bit nervous about it but I’ll report back how it is received. Tweet added by Jacelyn Peabody Lever MD, PhD @jacepeabody | Pikagi

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@jacepeabody

Jacelyn Peabody Lever MD, PhD

5 years

Tomorrow is the first committee meeting where I will NOT be bringing snacks. This practice is thought to cause undue financial stress and exaggerate the power differential. Honestly, I feel a bit nervous about it but I’ll report back how it is received.

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@AmeetRKini

Ameet Kini, MD, PhD

5 years

@jacepeabody @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP Yes, I agree—this practice has to end. Alternatives could be the mentor bringing the snacks, or the department paying for it. Good luck with your committee meeting!

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@jacepeabody

Jacelyn Peabody Lever MD, PhD

5 years

@AmeetRKini @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP I like the alternatives! It would be great if the graduate school or department made a formalized policy preventing graduate students from buying snacks & the depart would fulfill snacks for meetings if requested a certain amount of time in advance.

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@KaminskiMed

Naftali Kaminski

5 years

@jacepeabody @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP We all support you!

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@jacepeabody

Jacelyn Peabody Lever MD, PhD

5 years

@KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP The twitter discussions surrounding the last committee meeting snacks is what prompted this change! Thanks for empowering me to do it💪🏻!

@jacepeabody

Jacelyn Peabody Lever MD, PhD

5 years

#Snacks for committee meeting number 4 tomorrow 😋 #hummus #redvelvet #lemon #cupcakes #kombucha #PCCSMeats . There will be no #hangrypulmonologists tomorrow🤣. Question for other grad students and committee members- whats the best thing you’ve brought/eaten? #phdchat #doubledocs

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@Tom_J_Giordano

Thomas Giordano

@Tom_J_Giordano

5 years

@jacepeabody @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP Your committee members will be fine and I’m sure you have way more important things to worry about

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@jacepeabody

Jacelyn Peabody Lever MD, PhD

5 years

@Tom_J_Giordano @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP 4 of my 7 committee members canceled on me today so now I get to worry about finding another time that “works for everyone” :P

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@wtpowell

Weston Powell, MD, PhD

5 years

@jacepeabody @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP My mentor brought snacks, so that so didn’t feel the need to. Although I debated bringing taffy so that they’d be too busy chewing to interrupt.

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@jacepeabody

Jacelyn Peabody Lever MD, PhD

5 years

@wtpowell @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP Taffy 🤣🤣

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@DrVanarp

DrVanarp

5 years

@jacepeabody @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP Update?

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@jacepeabody

Jacelyn Peabody Lever MD, PhD

5 years

@realPranavVerma @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP 4 of my 7 committee members canceled the day before the meeting so now I’m trying to get it rescheduled:P. Data on snacks vs no snacks pending...

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@HumphreysLab

Ben Humphreys

5 years

@jacepeabody @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP Our Assoc. Dean for graduate ed. sent an email out to all faculty explaining that snacks @ comm. mtgs are no longer expected/allowed for this very reason - good for you!

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@MKIttlesonMD

Michelle Kittleson MD PhD

5 years

@jacepeabody @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP I support no snacks :)

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@Tatalab_Duke

Tata-lab_Duke

5 years

@jacepeabody @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP Our Department @DukeCellBiology has a policy that eliminated this culture in our students prelim or thesis committee meetings. We dont take food even if the students voluntorily bring!

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@DataExplorer21

Michael Rockman, MD, PhD

@DataExplorer21

5 years

@jacepeabody @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP Welcome to the club! Feed your committee with quality data 😊

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@MarkELindsay

MarkELindsay

5 years

@jacepeabody @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP I had never heard of this before Twitter, but sounds like a good thing not to do

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@smithcourtneym

Courtney Smith, PhD

@smithcourtneym

5 years

@jacepeabody @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP Yes! I also have a committee meeting tomorrow and will not be bringing snacks! I haven't for the last couple meetings, and they've all been ok 👍

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@LChesNerd

Lisa Chesner, PhD

5 years

@jacepeabody @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP Agreed! I know a PI that actually requires their grad students to alternate providing food for lab meeting, so ridiculous!

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@sharayurkiewicz

Shara Yurkiewicz, MD

@sharayurkiewicz

5 years

@jacepeabody @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP This is a thing? Wow. Even in medicine, insanely hierarchical, if someone is bringing in food, it's the attending.

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@KristinMOlson

Kristin Olson, MD PhD

5 years

@jacepeabody @KaminskiMed @JeremieLever @anupamuab @MKIttlesonMD @HumphreysLab @jhorowitzMD @m_konigshoff @MDPhDToBe @grahamdcochrane @AlexSilverMSTP I scheduled mine right after our holiday luncheon so no one could have eaten a snack even if they wanted to - but then again, maybe lack of snacks is why I haven't graduated yet...

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