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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.

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The number of medical schools in the US has only increased in the past five years, creating a demand for medical educators. Join us to hear from Akshata Naik, PhD on "From Pipettes to Pedagogy: Journey of a Life Science Graduate," Dr. Naik will discuss how a PhD in Life sciences can open doors to a career in medical education. Not many PhDs or postdocs know about this career path, and it can be a fruitful and rewarding job.

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Colgate-Palmolive provides consumer products globally and employs PhD level scientists in many roles.  Come meet those employees and learn how they have applied the various research skills learned in graduate school and postdocs to the consumer industry and tour the facility and labs. This is a great way to literally step inside an industry setting and network!

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Come learn about careers at the large pharma company Novartis at their beautiful facility in East Hanover.  We will hear from a representative of their Talent Acquisition team and have a keynote address on life in pharma and how to transition from academia to industry. There will also be a panel of PhD level employees with various roles at Novartis so you can see how your interests can be met in different career paths. 743 million lives are touched by Novartis products.  Novartis has now entered an exciting era in health and biomedical innovation. Powered by their incredible colleagues, supported by flexible-hybrid working model, new AI powered learning, personal growth and career platform and a refreshed commitment to diversity, equity & inclusion, Novartis is well-poised to help lead this transformative moment for the pharmaceutical industry.

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Curious about what how you can use your graduate degree to contribute to the clinical development process in industry? Join us for an interactive session designed for PhD students and postdocs who want to explore what happens after a promising discovery leaves the lab and how therapies actually make it to patients. We’ll walk through real-world case studies to unpack the clinical development process—covering key milestones, tough decisions, and the various roles you can have in the team that it takes to move a drug forward. Whether you’re thinking about a career in clinical research or just want to understand how your science can directly impact patient lives, this is a great chance to learn, ask questions, and connect.

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