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Podcast: Significant Impact: from K Award to Your First Big R01
Episode: Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Kalisha Bonds Johnson PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC
Description: Navigating the leap from K Award to R01 funding demands more than scientific expertise—it requires discovering your authentic research voice and purpose. In this revealing conversation with Dr. Kalisha Bonds Johnson, we explore how finding your North Star can transform your research journey, especially during uncertain times.Dr. Johnson, who studies African-American adult daughters supporting parents with dementia, shares her powerful story of claiming her brilliance in spaces that often undervalue women of color. "I want all the things that are due to me because I've worked really hard," she asserts, challenging the notion that researchers sh...