Science Management Associates

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.

Link to Dr. Cohen's resume.

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."

September, 2009

Science Management Associates selected by National Institutes of Health to provide on-site management training for scientists

Science Management Associates announces that it has been selected by the Training Center of the National Institutes of Health as vendor of choice for a series of workshops for NIH scientists, managers and staff. Carl M. Cohen. Ph.D, President of Science Management Associates commented, "We are very gratified to have been selected by the NIH Training Center to help provide training in management skills for NIH staff. Among our offerings will be our most popular workshop 'Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Skills for Scientists' as well as a new workshop called 'Running Scientific and Project Meetings' both of which will be customized to address specific situations of interest to the NIH." The workshops will be offered at the NIH Training Center throughout 2009 and 2010.

September, 2009

Dr. Carl M. Cohen gave an address entitled "Lab Dynamics for PostDocs: Getting Along and Getting Ahead" at Tufts University School of Medicine.
The talk was in recognition of National Postdoc Appreciation Day and was attended by over 80 local postdocs.

August 2009

An interview with Dr. Carl M. Cohen was featured in the August 2009 issue of Photoncs Spectra, a monthly technology magazine focused on optics, lasers and imaging science. Dr. Cohen's interview was featured in an article entitled "Improving Human Interactions in the Science Lab."

May 2009

Science Management Associates announces
two new half-day workshops specifically tailored to the needs of science managers and team leaders

Leading Science Teams
and
Leading Science Meetings

Click on links to learn more

Learn more about SMA workshops here
including our most popular workshop
Negotiation Skills for Scientists

November 2008

Dr. Carl M. Cohen and Dr. Suzanne L. Cohen ran a workshop at Harvard University entitled "Women in the lab: Getting ahead and getting along." The workshop was sponsored by the Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering and dealt with issues that women face in the science workplace.

September 2008

Dr. Carl M. Cohen ran a workshop on "Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Skills for Scientists" at the Van Andel Research Institute in Grand Rapids Michigan. The workshop was sponsored by the Institute's Postdoctoral Society.

Also in September Dr Cohen ran a workshop for managers and group leaders at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge TN, sponsored by the Department of Organizational Development and Training.

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.

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

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, 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