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Pushing for higher postdoc pay: Q&A with Balagopal Pai
After a 12-day strike last month, Pai and other postdoctoral researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City negotiated a salary increase that makes them the highest-paid postdocs in the country. Pai shared what it was like to be on the front lines of those efforts.
Pushing for higher postdoc pay: Q&A with Balagopal Pai
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