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Careers in Science: Lecture and Roundtable Discussion
(Co-sponsored with
the AAI Education Committee)
Saturday, May 9, 1:30 - 3:30 PM
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WSCTC Room 6C
Chair: Christine
Milcarek, University of Pittsburgh, Chair, AAI Committee on the
Status of Women
Co-Chair: Bonnie N. Dittel, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Blood
Research Institute
Speaker:
Phyllis M. Wise, Provost and Executive Vice President,
University of Washington |
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Attendees learned about
career options and successful paths to each. Following a guest
presentation, experienced scientists served as roundtable discussion
leaders and offered one-on-one insight about specific career issues and
options important to men and women in science today. Roundtable topics
addressed career options and issues that challenge success at all career
stages, including: |
GENERAL: Topics related to the
environment you work in or want to work in --
▪ Academic Research
▪ Biotech and Industry
▪ Governmental Agencies: CDC/FDA/NIH
▪ Clinic: clinical and diagnostic immunology, clinician-scientist
▪ Undergraduate Institutions: teaching, doing research part-time |
TRANSITIONS: Topics focused on a
specific career stage --
▪ Graduate Student to Post-doc: finding a post doc, interviewing
▪ Post-doc to PI: finding a position, interviewing, negotiating, lab
start-up
▪ New PI: attracting students and post-docs, preparing for tenure
▪ Mid-Career: developing administrative and management
skills/sabbaticals
▪ Changing Careers: moving from academia to industry, or vice versa |
SPECIAL: Topics for unique
situations --
▪ Career and Family: time management/family leave/professional couples
▪ Integrity and Ethics: dealing with controversy, discrimination in the
workplace
▪ Alternative Careers: science journalism, patent law
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The Scientist’s Role in Public
Policy
▪ Time Management |
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2008 |
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AAI Committee on
the Status of Women
Careers Roundtable
(Co-sponsored with
the AAI Education Committee)
Sunday, April 6: 1:30 PM, San Diego Convention Center, Sails Pavilion
Chair: Christine
Milcarek, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Chair,
Committee on the Status of Women
Experienced
scientists served as roundtable discussion leaders on specific career
topics* important to men and women in science today. Attendance
(students, postdocs, faculty, and staff) was limited; men were
encouraged to participate. |
AAI Committee on
the Status of Women
Workshop: Navigating
Biomedical Research Careers
Monday, April 7:
10:15 AM, San Diego Convention Center
Chair: Jeremy
M. Boss, Emory University School of Medicine
Speakers
Kathryn Calame,
Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons, A very non-traditional
career path
Laurie A. Dempsey,
Nature
Publishing Group, Transiting from
the bench to the editor’s chair—an odyssey
Andrew C. Chan,
Genentech,
Inc., Discovery AND translation—what
does it take? |
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* GENERAL -- Topics related to the environment you work
in or want to work in: Academic Research; Biotech and Industry;
Governmental Agencies: CDC/FDA/NIH; Clinic: Clinical and diagnostic
immunology, clinician-scientist; Undergraduate Institutions: teaching,
doing research part-time
TRANSITIONS -- Topics focused on a specific career
stage: Graduate Student to Post-doc: finding a post doc, interviewing;
Post-doc to PI: finding a position, interviewing, negotiating, lab
start-up; New PI: attracting students and post-docs, preparing for
tenure; Mid-Career: developing administrative and management
skills/sabbaticals; Changing Careers: moving from academia to industry,
or vice versa
SPECIAL -- Topics for unique situations: Career
and Family: time management/family leave/professional couples; Integrity
and Ethics: dealing with controversy, discrimination in the workplace;
Alternative Careers: science journalism, patent law; Politics of Science
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2007 |
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Careers Roundtable (Co-sponsored
with the Education Committee)
Saturday, May 19: 1:00 PM; Miami Beach Convention Center,
Room B118-122
Chair: Mercedes
Rincon, Univ. of Vermont; Chair, Committee on the Status of Women
Experienced scientists
served as roundtable discussion leaders on specific career issues and
options important to men and women in science today. Attendance was limited
to the first 300 registrants (students, postdocs, faculty, and staff). Men
were encouraged to participate. |
Networking & Mentoring:
How to Make it Work for You
Friday, May 18: 2:45 PM; Miami Beach Convention Center, Room B210/211
Chair: Laura
Haynes, Trudeau Inst.
Many times it is about who you know! Networking and mentoring skills
can significantly enhance your career. This workshop presented strategies
for how to network and mentor at any stage in your career. Short
presentations preceded a question and answer session with the audience.
Panelists
Sherrill Adams, Univ. of Pennsylvania Dental School,
Setting up mentoring connections
Laura Haynes, Trudeau Inst., How to get started networking
Jeremy M. Boss, Emory Univ. School of Medicine, Being a mentor
and a mentee |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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Careers Roundtable
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2004 |
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ICI/FOCIS Meeting: "Proactive Strategies for Advancing
Women in Science"
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2003 |
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"First
Careers Lunch"
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2002 |
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"Leadership and Gender"
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2001 |
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"Genome Project-Impact on Immunology"
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2000 |
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"Gender, Genes and Autoimmunity"
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1999 |
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"Think Biotech: Opportunities for Women in Biotechnology"
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1998 |
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"Mechanisms of Immune Recognition"
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1997 |
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"Public Outreach: Ensuring the Future of Science"
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1996 |
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"Career Options in Biomedical Science"
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1995 |
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"The
Changing Face of Science"
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1994 |
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"Today's Scientist: Mentor, Manager and Role Model"
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1993 |
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"Modern Women, Modern Plagues: looking forward to the 21st century"
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1992 |
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"How
far can women go in Science?" |
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