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Come and work with fellow grad students and postdocs on a case study related to life science consulting organized by Sidnee Pinho from Prescient Healthcare Group. After this event, you will appreciate what a consulting career is like. Prescient is a consulting company specializing in product strategy and decision support for the biopharmaceutical industry.

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Regeneron is a leading science and technology company delivering life-transforming medicines for serious diseases. Founded by physician-scientists nearly 30 years ago, their science-driven approach has resulted in four FDA-approved medicines and numerous product candidates in a range of diseases, including ophthalmology, rheumatoid arthritis, atopic dermatitis, asthma, pain, cancer and infectious diseases.

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International PhD students and postdocs face challenges applying for non-academic jobs due to visa issues. Come hear from fellow grad students and postdocs who have successfully navigated the visa, Curricular Practical Training (CPT), Optional Practical Training (OPT), and Green Card processes to get advice and share experiences.

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Anson Abraham, PhD Associate Principal Scientist at Merck will give an overview and hands-on workshop of this topic so when you are interviewing with a company, you can tell them that you are familiar with PK/PD.

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There are more than 300 clinical trials at major medical centers using compounds from Celgene. Investigational compounds are being studied for patients with incurable hematological and solid tumor cancers, including multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), triple-negative breast cancer and pancreatic cancer. Come hear from PhD level employees who work at Celgene and tour the CAR T-cell facility.

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Join us for a trip to NYC to meet the PhD level employees of McCann Health which is a medical communications and consulting firm that helps pharmaceutical companies and biotech with their science communications materials. McCann is hiring PhDs including some of our recent iJOBS graduates so come to meet those professionals to learn about how they landed their first job and network!

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Ethicon is a division of J&J that manufactures surgical devices. Come hear from PhD level employees who play various roles at the company including R&D, regulatory, medical affairs, and project management. We will also have the opportunity to learn about career options at the company and network.

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Active learning, flipped classrooms, and group exercises are the newest effective teaching techniques for all ages and stages of education. These approaches will help you engage your students and help them retain the information. Come learn from a highly popular educator, Diana Glendinning, PhD, on how to implement effective teaching techniques into your future career and get hands-on practice in creating a lesson.

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Come hear from recent PhD graduates who have successfully navigated the workforce beyond academia. Discover career options you may not have considered besides R&D bench research in industry and how you can transfer the skills you learned in graduate school to non-research jobs as well.

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Experience first hand what it is like to design a research project in the industry in this biotechnology job simulation run by Larry Wennogle, PhD Vice President Drug Discovery at Intra-Cellular Therapies, and Sam Kongsamut, PhD Vice-President of R&D at BryoLogyx Inc. This interactive session will give you insight into the various roles scientists can play in the industry.

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