Resilience and Wellness with Sharon Milgram, PhD

Dr. Sharon Milgram received a BS degree in Physical Therapy from Temple University in 1984 and a PhD in Cell Biology from Emory University in 1991. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University before joining the faculty at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994. At UNC, Dr. Milgram rose to the rank of Full Professor with Tenure in the Department of Cell & Developmental Biology. Her research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and American Heart Association. Dr. Milgram held a number of training positions at UNC including the Associate Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program, Founding Director of the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, and the Director of the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience. She also advocated for, founded and advised the UNC Office of Postdoctoral Services and served as Principal Investigator on an NSF grant to support undergraduate research, an NIH training grant in Cell and Developmental Biology, and an NIH Initiative to Maximize Student Diversity grant. In 2007 Dr. Milgram joined the National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director, as the Director of the Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE; http://www.training.nih.gov/). There she directs a trans-NIH Office dedicated to the career advancement of over 5000 trainees, ranging from high school and college students to postdoctoral and clinical fellows. Until recently, Dr. Milgram was also a Senior Investigator in the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and an Adjunct Investigator in the National Human Genome Research Institute where she continued her research in the area of epithelial cell biology and cell signaling. Dr. Milgram lectures widely on wellness and resilience for scientists, science careers, mentor relationships, leadership, and management in research environments. Dr. Milgram lives with her wife and son in Takoma Park, Maryland.