{"id":4096,"date":"2024-07-31T13:28:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T13:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/datablog\/?p=4096"},"modified":"2024-07-31T13:28:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T13:28:29","slug":"respire-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/datablog\/2024\/07\/31\/respire-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"RESPIRE Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a guest blog post from Tapas K Mohanty, Informatics & Data Science Liaison Officer for the <\/em>RESPIRE project<\/em><\/a>, who recently dropped by for a visit. Tapas, who is based at the KEM Hospital Research Centre in Pune, India, was here on a RESPIRE Fellowship to meet with his Edinburgh-based RESPIRE colleagues. Of course, he was mainly here to hang out with the cool kids: viz. Research Data Support. <\/em><\/p>\n

If that wasn\u2019t exciting enough, Tapas was also one the many very amazing presenters at this year\u2019s Edinburgh Open Research Conference. Amid the whirligig of fun and excitement, he found time to jot down some thoughts on what was a Very Good Day. These are they:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 29th<\/sup> May: a good start. Setting out for Pollock Halls, where the Open Research Conference was being held, I found Kitty Flynn, a RESPIRE colleague, on the same bus. Kitty was coming along to cheer me on during my presentation.<\/p>\n

The conference opened with a thought-provoking Plenary Panel featuring Nick Wise, Rowena Lamb, Malcolm MacLeod, and Katie Nicoll Baines. Together, they explored the intersection of research culture change and Open Research. Key considerations included the delicate balance between policies and international collaboration. Notably, while discussing the legacy of racism in scholarly research institutions, the panel acknowledged its existence and advocated for a shift from blame-culture to accountability as the only way to effect real change.<\/p>\n

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Plenary panel discussion – Photo credit: Tapas K Mohanty<\/p><\/div>\n

Session One focused on Education, Skills, and Recognition. Lee Murphy opened the session with a technician\u2019s viewpoint on the dominant academic perspective, which rarely credits technical support staff. Second was Haley Eckel, who described the introduction of Data Management Plan requirements for PhD students at the University of St Andrews. Third and last, Nik Tahirah Nik Hussin & Veronica Cano talked about the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT).<\/p>\n

Next came the lightning talks, with me as the first presenter. Stepping up to the microphone, my heart raced and my throat felt dry. Brittany (another presenter) reassured me. Nervously, I wondered if I could finish within 5 minutes. My subject was an Open-Source Hardware initiative to enhance MRI accessibility in India\u2019s low-resource areas. Ignited by last year\u2019s Open Research Conference, the project will be hosted by Pune\u2019s KEM Hospital Research Centre with support from PTB, Berlin, and GOSH (Gathering for Open Science Hardware). Utilising open-source designs, the initiative seeks to expedite the diagnosis of traumatic brain injuries in rural regions, ensuring essential medical technology is available wherever it\u2019s needed.<\/p>\n

The other speakers in this session were:<\/p>\n