Professional Development

Event Description

We are excited to invite current graduate students, postdocs, alumni, industry professionals, and faculty to attend our annual iJOBS symposium. The agenda will include:

• Keynote speaker, will be Adrianne Wong, PhD who is Senior Director, Oncology Search and Evaluation, Global Business Development at pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo. Dr. Wong will speak about how pharma decides what to prioritize in their portfolio and how to strategize innovation. This will help attendees as future industry professionals understand what happens behind the scenes in pharma as they make decisions on their therapeutic pipelines.
• Professional Development Workshop by Juliet Chin Hart, Career Strategy for Scientists: Building Your Value Proposition. A value proposition is the answer to "what do you offer, and why does it matter," stated clearly enough that someone else can act on it. Each attendee will leave with a written first draft of your value proposition that you can start using and refining in your resume, your next interview, or your next performance conversation. 
• Update of iJOBS activities and outcomes followed by our current Phase 3 trainees sharing about their iJOBS shadowing experiences and coursework.
• Networking lunch where industry professionals will share their advice with current trainees.

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• The NIH requires faculty to be trained in how to mentor PhD students and postdocs.
• Even faculty who have mentored dozens of graduate students and postdocs can improve their skills in mentoring.
• The focus this workshop will be on:
  Aligning expectations with mentees 
  Promoting mentee research self-efficacy
  Dealing with students who are struggling with stress with guest speakers
• Lessons and interactive case studies will be from the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER).
• Interactions with fellow faculty will help you reflect on various mentoring situations, enhance your readiness to work with mentees and anticipate new situations.
• All faculty are invited and junior faculty are strongly encouraged to attend.
• Your attendance at these workshops make our programs more competitive for training grants

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Many of our PhD trainees go into the field of medical communications. These jobs involve creating and sharing clear, fact-based health and science information with doctors, patients, and drug makers. It bridges complex research and real-world understanding through professional writing, strategy, and digital media. Join us for a panel hosted by the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP). There will be speakers who recently moved from academia to med comms agencies and pharma companies to work within in med comms.  You will hear about their career paths and they will walk us through a mock writing test which is typical in the interview process so you can get real preparation for the job application.

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In this 30-minute webinar, we'll show how BioRender's purpose-built Al tools help you generate figures, build protocols, and refine visuals directly within your workflow.

Built on the world's largest library of scientifically accurate icons, these tools are designed to support real research needs. Learn how to move from idea to figure more efficiently, and spend less time on formatting so you can focus on communicating your science.

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You are invited to spend an afternoon at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), one of the nation's leading pharmaceutical companies, located right here in New Brunswick. Learn how the company operates, listen to a panel of PhD level scientists, and then speak to them at the networking social hour. We will also get to tour analytical and automation laboratories. BMS is a differentiated company, led by its 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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If you are considering applying for a pre-doctoral fellowship this year or next, you should attend this event!
The workshop will include presentations by:

• GradFund on how to use their resources at Rutgers for identifying fellowship opportunities and applying for them.
• A faculty member who serves on NIH study section and reviews fellowship applications with pointers on what reviewers are looking for.
• A panel of graduate students and their mentors who have successfully obtained funding in the past few years from various organizations.
  
  Click to see Introduction to GradFund and Fellowship review and scoring slides.

Event Description

Medical Affairs is a growing area in pharmaceutical companies appropriate for PhDs. Learn the specific roles of Medical Science Liaison (MSL), Medical Information, Health Economics Outcomes Research, Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy from MSL Dalila Cunha de Oliveira, PhD as she walks us through case studies of real scenarios, decisions, and interactions that medical affairs professionals experience in their typical work week.

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iJOBS is joining forces with the New Jersey BioPharma Networking Group (NJBPNG) to offer an informal and beneficial networking opportunity! There will be many professionals, alumni and current students/postdocs there to socialize and network with. BPNG is a not-for-profit, all-inclusive life and health science professionals community that actively promotes the "real power" of networking. They are collaborators, peers and mentors all looking to support each other at ALL career stages and our region in the spirit of innovation and growth.

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Applying for academic jobs and making the transition from grad student to postdoc and then to faculty member requires advanced planning and strategy. Come hear from faculty at Research Level 1 (R1) to get their advice and feedback on how to prepare and approach a faculty position.

Topics covered will include: How to select a postdoc that will eventually help you land an academic career; Discussing with your postdoc PI the project that you will take with you and getting them to help you advance your career; What other things you should be doing during your postdoc to be ready to apply for faculty jobs; Applying for K99/R00 grants; Deciding R1 vs PUI; Finding academic jobs to apply to; Preparing the research statement; Preparing the teaching statements; Preparing the job talk; Preparing the chalk talk; Preparing for the interview itself and tips; Negotiating offers; Setting up the lab; Filling your lab with students, postdocs and techs; Teaching for the first time and preparing classes; Service to the university; Preparing for tenure and expectations.

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Event Description

Applying for academic jobs and making the transition from grad student to postdoc and then to faculty member requires advanced planning and strategy. Come hear from faculty who serve at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs) to get their advice and feedback on how to prepare and approach a faculty position.

Topics covered will include: How to select a postdoc that will eventually help you land an academic career; Discussing with your postdoc PI the project that you will take with you and getting them to help you advance your career; What other things you should be doing during your postdoc to be ready to apply for faculty jobs; Deciding R1 vs PUI; Finding academic jobs to apply to; Preparing the research statement; Preparing the teaching statements; Preparing the job talk; Preparing the teaching demo; Preparing for the interview itself and tips; Negotiating offers; Setting up the lab; Filling your lab with students, postdocs and techs; Teaching for the first time and preparing classes; Service to the university; Preparing for tenure and expectations.

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