The team science lab
Team science can be hard… but it doesn’t have to be!
The TSL provides coaching, evidence-based training, and expert advice to help you do the high-impact science that you love.
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Welcome! I’m Betsy Rolland, and I’m passionate about helping researchers, especially women, make academia work for them. Being a successful researcher shouldn’t leave you burned out, disillusioned, and regretting your life choices. It should leave you proud of the work you’ve accomplished and the lives you’ve changed through your work. You deserve to work like a human being.
I’m here to help you build strong teams that achieve their goals. Together, we will craft and launch research systems and infrastructure that facilitate instead of hinder your work, leaving you with more time and energy for the science you love.
If you are ready to lead and manage collaborative research with greater ease and more joy, this is the place for you!
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Otter Coaching
Professional, personalized coaching to help you build a sustainable research program while having a life
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Workshops and Courses
Evidence-based trainings designed to get you off the hamster wheel of overwork and into the joyful research career you deserve
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Team Science Consulting
Facilitation and support for teams engaging in collaborative team science, including expert advice on team development and function, as well as building infrastructure for coordinating centers and large grant-funded projects
Otter Coaching
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Building a sustainable research program
professional, personalized Coaching sessions
Are you struggling to remember why you loved science and thought this whole being a researcher thing was a good idea?? Do you want to find the time and energy to do the work you love instead of feeling like you spend all day reacting to other people’s demands and agendas?
You aren’t alone. Many of my clients come to me for help increasing their productivity and improving their time management, when what they really yearn for is to eliminate the things stealing their time and to turn their focus to their true priorities, the activities that truly bring them joy and a feeling of satisfaction.
As a certified professional coach with more than 15 years of experience working within academic medical centers, independent research institutes, and a federal funding agency, I provide individualized coaching to help you design a research career that aligns with your values. Together, we’ll identify and implement the strategies, practices, and habits you need to create a fulfilling, sustainable research program, leaving you energized and engaged in the work you love and able to enjoy your life.
Workshops and courses
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Develop the skills and practices you need to build a research career you love
Evidence-based trainings, including seminars, workshops, and courses
The TSL offers team science education for individuals, teams, and institutions designed to build capacity to conduct high-impact research with less wear-and-tear on research leaders and staff. Any course can be customized for your unique needs!
Available courses:
Collaboration Planning Facilitator Training
The R01 Launchpad
Team Science for Post-docs
Team SCIENCE CONSULTING
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Expert advice to start your project off right, giving you more time to do science
Team Science Facilitation and Support
Complex scientific work increasingly requires a team science approach. You don’t have to be a team science expert to be a good team-based researcher. I can help you set up the systems and processes to support your collaborative work, leaving you more time to focus on your science. And isn’t that why you got into research in the first place?
As a team science and research leader, I have helped dozens of teams build evidence-based infrastructure to support their team’s work, including integrating team science best practices into their collaborations. This focus on strong team processes at the beginning of the project* can save you time and energy, allowing you to put that time and energy into doing the science you love.
Available services include team and staff training, conducting Collaboration Planning with your team, facilitation of strategic planning meetings, and writing team science sections of federal funding proposals.
To leverage my expertise in design, development, implementation, and evaluation of collaborative science infrastructure for your next project, schedule a consult!
*It’s never too late! If your team is struggling to work together, a quick tune-up might be all you need.