SurveySummary_workshop.pdfTheme_based_workshops.docx
Workshop panelists details.docx
Retreat workshops - final list
Workshop |
Co-chairs |
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Preclinical research and development/ From Discovery to Therapy |
John Simmons, Anne Noonan |
Careers in Academia and Grants management |
Poorva Dharkar, Jacqueline Salotti |
Communicating Science/ Getting the message out |
Jan, Cristina |
Business of science (Marketing) |
Barbara, Ishminder |
Careers in Science Writing |
Jeffrey,Nesrin |
Making yourself marketable |
Ravikiran Yedidi, Jan |
Conflict resolution ( Concurrent with career fair) |
Kristin, Alyson |
Please note that the sub-topics in the workshops are included just to serve as pointers
for the types of panelists we would like to have for the workshops.
Schedule of workshops
Day One – March 26th, 3:45 – 5:15 PM
1) Preclinical research and development/ From Discovery to Therapy
a) Drug development in industry
1) Small biotech (e.g.,ReGenX)
2) Bigger Pharma (e.g.,Medimmune)
b) National Center for translational therapeutics (NCTT)
c) NCI-CTEP – clinical research
d) FDA – Regulatory affairs
e) Patent lawyer w/a PhD
2) Careers in Science Writing
a) Science editor (Kristin Mueller)
b) Science writer for industry (Allison Bierly, Qiagen)
c) Journal
d) Grant writing
e) Health notes writer for the NIH
3) Making yourself marketable
a) How to figure out your career path/interest --tips for the undecided (OITE)
b) Networking / Using social media in job search (linkedin, social media etc…)
c) Improve your CV / Resume / Cover letter
d) Giving your best at the job interview (presenting yourself, job talk etc…)
e) Making the best out of a career fair
Day Two – March 27th, 9:45 – 11:15 AM
1) Business of science (Marketing)
a) Scientific consultant (Booz Allen)
b) Small business innovation research (SBIR-NCI)
c) Business analyst for venture capital/biotech funds
d) Health program specialist/Public health analyst
2) Career in Academia and Grants management
a) Money for your research --grant writing/young investigator grants (becoming independent)
b) Grants management (Jordan Irvin-DOD, CDMRP?)
c) Life as a junior faculty member (developing research ideas, writing grants, publishing)
d) Faculty careers in Research intensive schools (main focus on research/lab management)
e) Faculty careers in Teaching intensive schools (main focus on teaching, small liberal arts&science colleges)
3) Communicating Science/ Getting the message out (either Liz Bass or Rick Borchelt or all three sub-topics, depending on availability)
a) Science Journalism (Liz Bass)
b) Communicating science to lay audiences (Science outreach)
c) Medical Science Liaison
Day Two – March 27th, 2:15 – 3:45 PM
Side by side with career fair:
1) Conflict resolution
a) How to deal with conflicts
b) What to do / Whom to get help from
c) Research misconduct -> what to do and where to go
d) Solutions
Workshops and co-chairs CCR-FYI Colloquium 2010
| Workshops | Co-chairs |
1. Exploring careers for the 21st century |
Raed Samara |
Karobi Moitra |
|
Stephanie Watkins |
|
Jim Gould |
|
Rasmi Thomas |
|
6. Moving to industry |
Raed Samara |
A CCR-wide vote was taken based on the potential workshops and based on this data the final workshops were chosen.
The program Survey Monkey was used for the surveys and the data was analyzed by Christian Capitini.
Contact for workshop survey: Dr. Christian Capitini