Professional Development

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Transform your manuscript drafting process from a high-stress experiment into a repeatable, sustainable lab routine. This session will provide practical strategies to overcome writer's block, and draft high-impact papers with confidence. Learn how to lower cognitive load during the drafting phase while establishing healthy, low-burnout habits that keep your publication goals moving forward alongside your lab work. This workshop will be led by Mark DiGiacomo, PhD from the Rutgers Writing Program.

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Learn about research at Bristol-Myers Squibb at the Lawrenceville site and how they perform hit identification, lead optimization, ADME profiling, in vitro drug safety assessment and biomarker profiling to generate novel chemical matter and drive iterative lead optimization.  Then tour the facility at BMS in Lawrenceville where this research is taking place and meet the scientists who are involved in the studies.  Bristol-Myers Squibb is a differentiated company, led by their unique BioPharma strategy that leverages the reach and resources of a major pharma company paired with the entrepreneurial spirit and agility of a biotech firm.

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Project management is a skill that we all develop during our PhD education while working on our thesis project and it is in high demand in industry settings!  We will learn some of the tools that project managers use in industry including different approaches and theories behind the software. We will also hear from several panelists who have made the transition from the bench to being a project manager and what advice they can share if you want to follow that path.

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J&J Human Resources team and hiring managers will tell us what J&J is looking for in their new hires for PhD level positions. J&J is a leading pharmaceutical company with drug pipelines in infectious disease, cardiovascular, immunology, neuroscience, and oncology. We will hear from PhD-level employees about their career path and what it is like to work there. Then we will have practice interviews with J&J employees in breakout rooms who will help you come up with good answers to their typical interview questions. This is the best way to practice in a no-pressure setting.

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In this current job climate, working for a startup or even launching your own company is one way to gain experience that will start your career. Come to learn how Nucleate can give you the edge in becoming an entrepreneur. Nucleate is a student-led organization that represents the largest global community of bio-innovators. You will hear from alumni of the program who have taken their research to the next level and gotten their biotech companies off the ground.

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PhD scientists who move from academia to industry have very little prior knowledge of how clinical trials are conducted, yet clinical trials are the basis of how companies evaluate the safety, efficacy, and therapeutic value of new medical interventions. In this workshop we learn the details of clinical trial planning from small Phase I safety and dosage assessments in humans to large-scale Phase III randomized comparative trials and post-approval Phase IV monitoring all while adhering to strict ethical protocols, Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines, and regulatory oversight. The presenter will be Avantika Barve, PhD, Global Head Clinical Representativeness, Novartis.

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Abbott is a global healthcare company whose research and development encompasses cardiovascular health, diabetes and glucose monitoring, diagnostic testing, neuromodulation, and nutrition. The Princeton operation is associated especially with point-of-care diagnostics—developing technologies that allow clinicians to obtain laboratory-quality diagnostic information rapidly, at or near the patient rather than relying exclusively on a centralized laboratory. This area sits at the intersection of biology, chemistry, engineering, clinical medicine, and product development. Join us to visit Abbott’s space in Princeton to meet current scientists, tour the facilities and learn about working for the company.

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This is a two day in-person only workshop. You only need to register once, however, all sessions are required.

SciPhD is run by Human Workflows, LLC (http://sciphd.com/) and helps trainees assess their current skill set, express it in business-friendly language as well as recognize/fill skill gaps in areas such as communication, leadership, team building, negotiation and project management. This workshop focuses on 24 essential core competencies valued by industry and business, relates those competencies to activities and behaviors commonly experienced by academic scientists through the scientific method, and demonstrates how those competencies work together to form the operational competencies that are essential in business.  These transition business competencies can also be applied by academic and government scientists in running their laboratories.  SciPhD is a very interactive and hands-on exposure to these concepts with real action items to take away from the workshop.  Throughout the program, students and postdocs will experience at least four behavioral-based interview experiences in which they will play the role of the candidate and the interviewer.

Topics include:

The Business of Science
Successful Communications as a Scientist
Six Leadership Styles
Developing Your People
Negotiation and Finance
Building Effective Teams
Strategic Project Management for Scientists
Applying What You've Learned

Dates and Times – ALL OF THE SESSIONS ARE REQUIRED

January 14 9 AM – 5 PM)

January 15 (9 AM -5 PM)

IN PERSON ONLY at College Ave Student Center, 126 College Ave, Multipurpose Room, New Brunswick

 

 

 

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Join us for an exclusive career panel and company information session with Genentech, a proud member of the Roche Group. Genentech was the world’s first biotech firm, delivering breakthrough treatments for cancer, multiple sclerosis, and rare diseases. Hear from Rutgers alum who work at Genentech/Roche as a principal scientist, computational bioinformatician, technical leader, as well as a senior leader who is an executive director of global manufacturing. We will learn how they made the transition to industry and what it is like to work at this innovative company.

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Artificial Intelligence is everywhere these days including where PhD scientists are involved in clinical trials and digital health. Join us to learn from Kamala Maddali, DVM, PhD about how she has founded a healthcare consulting and advisory firm focused on accelerating innovation across precision medicine, diagnostics, artificial intelligence, and digital health. She will share how she has leveraged her computational skills to gain expertise in

• Precision Medicine & Companion Diagnostics (CDx)
• Oncology, Neuroscience & Rare Disease Strategy
• AI/ML, Multimodal Data & Real-World Evidence (RWE)
• Biomarkers, Liquid Biopsy & Digital Pathology
• Pharma, Diagnostics & Health System Partnerships
• Business Development & Commercial Strategy
• Academic, Clinical & KOL Collaborations
• Market Access & Innovation Ecosystem Development