Dr. Carl M. Cohen has more than 25 years of biomedical research and management expertise. He  has held senior management positions at biotechnology companies in the greater Boston area including Chief Operating Officer of Biovest International and Vice President for Research and Development at Creative BioMolecules. Prior to joining Creative BioMolecules Dr. Cohen served as Chief of the Division of Cellular and Molecular Biology and Acting Chair of the Department of Biomedical Research at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston.  During that same period Dr. Cohen also held the positions of Professor of Medicine and Professor of Anatomy and Cellular Biology at Tufts University School of Medicine. 

Dr. Cohen has had a longstanding interest in the management of science and to the application of what has come to be known as "emotional intelligence" to the scientific workplace. He developed and runs a popular series of workshops in group management and conflict resolution skills for working scientists, has received training in group dynamics through the A. K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems and is accredited in the Emotional Competence Inventory through the Hay Group.

Carl M. Cohen, Ph.D.
President of Science Management Associates

From the introduction to   "Lab Dynamics: Management Skills for Scientists" by Carl M. Cohen, Ph.D. and Suzanne L. Cohen, Ed.D, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

"This is a book for scientists and technical professionals about surviving and succeeding in the organizations and groups in which they work; it is also a book for science managers and executives about how best to manage scientists. The book provides practical advice and exercises that show scientists and managers how to interact with others in ways that improve their effectiveness and increase their productivity. The book shows how to apply improved self awareness and interpersonal skills to specific problems that science professionals encounter every day. The book's guidelines and suggestions work. They are all based on techniques that the authors have tried and used themselves, and have taught others to use. The skills you will learn will enable you to better identify, focus on and achieve your objectives, making you more productive in your job and more successful at what you do."




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Science Management Associates is pleased to announce that  Dr. Carl M. Cohen and Dr. Suzanne L. Cohen's book "Lab Dynamics: Management Skills for Scientists" (Cold Spring Harbor laboratory Press, 2005) is now in its second printing and has been translated and published in Japan in 2007.

February, 2007

"Lab Dynamics" is featured in the February 2007 Issue of The Scientist.
Read the article about conflict in the lab as well as the editorial.

Listen to a Podcast interview with
Dr. Carl M. Cohen conducted by The Scientist staff writer Kerry Grens  HERE
Science Management Associates News
December 2007

Dr. Carl M. Cohen gave the keynote address entitled "Managing Science is Managing People" to the first group of staff and scientists to complete the Leadership Training Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge TN.  The 50 attendees each received a copy of "Lab Dynamics."
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the US Department of Energy's largest  science and energy laboratory with a staff of over 4000.
October 2007

Dr. Cohen ran a workshop entitled "Lab Dynamics: Managing difficult people and difficult situations" for over 30 Post Docs and Faculty at Tufts University School of Medicine on October 6, 2007.
February 2008

Dr. Carl M. Cohen ran a one hour web seminar on "Negotiation Skills for Scientists." The seminar was sponsored by SPIE, (The Society for Photographic Instrumentation Engineers), a professional  organization with over 15,000 members. Over 250 scientists logged on to the webcast.
March 2008

Dr. Carl M. Cohen ran a one day workshop at the University of California at San Francisco entitled "Negotiation and conflict resolution for researchers." The workshop was sponsored by the UCSF Office for Professional and Career Development. There were 60 participants including post-doctoral fellows, faculty and staff from the basic and applied sciences divisions of UCSF.
 
 
Science Management Associates

Addressing the unmet need for interpersonal, group and organizational training of scientists and science executives in both the public and private sectors.
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     Science Management Associates is based in Newton, Massachusetts