Your Digital Mentor Podcast
Episodes
Get Heard: Branding, Buzz, and Catchy Soundbites
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Learn more about Your Digital Mentor Podcast: https://coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/our-events/your-digital-mentor-podcast/Explo...
Podcasting on a Penny: Pro Sound on a DIY Budget
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Beyond the Lab: Why Your Science Needs a Mic
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Learn more about Your Digital Mentor Podcast: https://coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/our-events/your-digital-mentor-podcast/Explo...
Numbers, Nerds, and Next Steps: Cracking the Code of Podcast Success
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Learn more about Your Digital Mentor Podcast: https://coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/our-events/your-digital-mentor-podcast/Explo...
The Podcast Lab-Mates: Mixing the Perfect Team and Content Machine
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Learn more about Your Digital Mentor Podcast: https://coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/our-events/your-digital-mentor-podcast/Explo...
Science for Everyone: Breaking Stereotypes and Opening Doors
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Learn more about Your Digital Mentor Podcast: https://coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/our-events/your-digital-mentor-podcast/Explo...
Mentorship and Global Health Careers
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Discussions with seasoned researchers from the TDR global 2020 Career Impact Contest, where they share different aspects of their career trajectorie...
Mentorship Part 2: Pivoting mentorship to meet community healthcare needs
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 2019 finalists of the TDR Global Mentorship Contest for improving research mentorship in low- and middle-income countries joined us to share their...
Mentorship Part 1: A Community of Practice as a Mentorship Model
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 2019 finalists of the TDR Global Mentorship Contest for improving research mentorship in low- and middle-income countries joined us to share their...
How to Choose a Research Supervisor
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you are looking to start a PhD, you may consider choosing a supervisor based on the type of research that you find most interesting. While this sho...
Inside stories of publishing
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Publishing is a complex world of skewed macro-level challenges including access to high-impact journals, lack of equity within journal publication pro...
Diasporan scientists-The big return home
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers are moving to other countries for different reasons, such as building a career, lack of funding, lack of mentoring. However, many face a d...
Grant Funding for Research
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The pressure to win a grant and chasing the next funding source is stressful for all researchers. Besides, finding success in funding often requires s...
Academia vs Industry
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guests talk about the pros and cons of careers in industry and academia, and mention some of the traits that might be beneficial to have to be suc...
Entrepreneurship and Commercialising Science Products
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes publishing a paper that has the potential to impact might not be enough. You are driven to change: “potential” to “is” (Simon Traver...
Communicating and Engaging about Science with the Public
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers and scientists are doing great and impactful work that can change lives. But are people really aware or understand their work? How can we ...
Skills Lab: Leadership
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Leadership might be fulfilling, but it is not easy: Our guests Marcia Philbin and Stephen Baker talk about some of the challenges they face as leaders...
Skills Lab: Presenting Skills
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talked to Dr. Claire Chewapreecha and Dr. Kate Baker on tips on effective communication, presentation skills and how they have both adapted to the ...
Skills Lab: Writing skills
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We interview Prof. Jeffrey McDonnell, author of “Navigating an Academic Career: A Brief Guide for PhD Students, Postdocs and Early Career Faculty”...
Mentores y mentorías, cómo encontrarles y cómo establecer una relación exitosa.
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is covered in this episode¿Qué es para ti la mentoría ?¿Cómo la mentoría ha influenciado en tu carrera?¿Has encontrado, a lo largo de tu c...
Just checkin in...
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More about the Decoding Life podcastWe have assembled interviews from some of the most amazing people around the Wellcome Genome Campus to find out ab...
Bonus Episode - Reverse mentoring
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Takeaways from today's episode:In reverse mentoring, find someone who is different from you, has a different background and has different perspectives...
Meet our awesome team!
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The ‘Sensational Six’ team:Dr Christine Boinett - Creator and Executive producerOriginally from Kenya, is the product manager and head of training...
Decolonising Global Health
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Takeaways from today's episode: Decolonising global health is an ongoing movement allowing people (and researchers) to provide a local context in the...
Simplicity in research
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Takeaways from today's episode: Simple science is beautiful, but you must be open and be quick on your, learn on the job and do NOT minimise the adva...
Women Leadership in STEM
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Takeaways from today's episode: “I was not put on earth to follow your wishes”, you have to help yourself and reach out to good people who can me...
Networking is your Net-worth
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Takeaways from today's episode: Practice: The more you network, the easier it becomes.Be genuine. If you have a true interest in science, and a true ...
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in science (Part 2)
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Resources:Representation in science: https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(20)30740-6.pdfParachute research:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lang...
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in science (Part 1)
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Resources:Representation in science: https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(20)30740-6.pdfParachute research:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lang...
Burnout Syndrome
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Takeaways from today's episode: Research culture requires dialling down on perfectionism which would help to relieve the pressure.People respect it w...
Imposter syndrome
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Takeaways from today's episode: Imposter syndrome deals with the struggle of the Internal struggle (often to prove oneself) vs the external environme...
Engaging and Empowering youth
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Takeaways from today's episode:Building capacity and skills is an effective way to address the vulnerability of young people in Africa, it builds thei...
What is mentoring
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Takeaways from today's episode:A mentor is a wise and trusted counsellor or teacher who is willing to share knowledge and experiences about their life...
Establishing and Maintaining a mentoring relationship
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Takeaways from today's episode: It is okay to be vulnerable and share your struggles.Always set boundaries with each other. Don’t restrict yoursel...
Mentoring your mentor
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Takeaways from today's episode: Traditional mentoring is often ad-hoc and vague whereas a structured mentoring programme with the right tools, resour...
Episode 0 - What does mentoring mean to you
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our twitter header includes the word for mentor in different languages. The podcast team discuss what mentorship means to them.
Trailer - Your Digital Mentor
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Voices (In order of appearance): Christine Boinett, Isabela Malta, Mark Ayabei, Alice Matimba, Tichakunda Matimba, Emmanuela Oppong.Editing: Mariana V...