AAI Committee on the Status of Women: Activities & Symposia

2006 Careers Roundtable 
Monday, May 15, 2006 -- 12:00 PM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 312
Chair: Lori R. Covey, Rutgers Univ.

Experienced scientists served as discussion leaders at each roundtable. They led informal discussions on a specific career issue/option. Attendance was limited to the first 350 registrants (students, postdocs, faculty, and staff). Men were encouraged to participate.  Roundtable topics included:

GENERAL -- Topics related to the environment you work in or want to work in:
     1. Academic research: general
     2. Biotech and Industry: general
     3. Governmental agencies: CDC/FDA/NIH
     4. Clinic: Clinical and diagnostic immunology, clinician-scientist
     5. Undergraduate Institutions: teaching, doing research part-time

TRANSITIONS -- Topics focused on a specific career stage:
     6. Graduate student to Post-doc: finding a post doc, interviewing
     7. Post-doc to PI: finding a position, interviewing, negotiating, lab start-up
     8. New PI: attracting students and post-docs, preparing for tenure
     9. Mid-career: developing administrative and management skills/sabbaticals
     10. Changing careers: moving from academia to industry, or vice versa

SPECIAL -- Topics for unique situations:
     11. Career and Family: time management/family leave/professional couples
     12. Integrity and Ethics: dealing with controversy, discrimination in the workplace
     13. Alternative careers: science journalism, patent Law
     14. Politics of Science
     15. Networking