What Can You Be With a PhD?
October 19-20, 2019
3:00 - 5:00 pm
Event Description
The NYU School of Graduate Studies has sponsored this program and is allowed to bring 150 students and postdocs to the event for free, so sign up for this two-day event which is held in NYC! What Can You Be With A PhD?: A Science and Technology Focused Career Convention is a unique opportunity to connect the private and public sector, industry, and academe with the rising generation of scientists and engineers who will become tomorrow’s leaders and innovators. Register and learn more at http://whatcanyoubewithaphd.com.
iJOBS Simulation: Project Management
October 23, 2019
3:30 pm
Event Description
In this session presented by Claudia Campbell-Matland PMP, Chairperson of PMINJ (Project Management Institute NJ Chapter) Life Sciences team, you will learn the concepts of PM processes and techniques - focusing on project integration, risk management, and stakeholder engagement and communications.
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iJOBS Site Visit: Wiley Publishing
October 28, 2019
10:00 - 11:30 am
Event Description
A career as an editor or publisher of a scientific journal allows you to use your training in the scientific method and critical review of literature across a wide variety of subject matters to help propel the research field forward. Come to visit Wiley, one of the oldest publishing firms in the country that is responsible for journals including FEBS, EMBO, and Current Protocols.
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iJOBS Career Panel: Non Profit
November 6, 2019
4:30 - 6:00 pm
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A panel of PhD scientists who work in the non-profit sector will share their career paths and scenarios to lend insight into this area. Guests will be from The Helmsley Trust, Autism Science Foundation, The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts, and the Rutgers Foundation.
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iJOBS Career Panel: GlaxoSmithKline
November 11, 2019
4:30 - 6:00 pm
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GlaxoSmithKline is a leading company in pharmaceutical medicines, vaccines, and healthcare products. They are specifically hiring computational biologists, statistical geneticists, and geneticists at this time. Come meet representatives and employees from GSK and hear about the science they are involved in as well as how you can get your foot in the door with a job at GSK.
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iJOBS and Eagleton Workshop: Civic Science and Innovation
November 22, 2019
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Event Description
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iJOBS Workshop: Negotiation Skills
November 25, 2019
4:30 - 6:00 pm
Event Description
Negotiating skills are essential regardless of the career path for getting the salary you want, a promotion, or even asking someone for the opportunity to participate in an internship or special activity. Professor Bill Dwyer who studies Labor and Employment Relations will lead a session on negotiations and give you practical tips on how to interact with others in difficult situations for a successful outcome and a thriving career.
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iJOBS Workshop: Biotech Startup Job Simulation
December 2, 2019
3:00 - 4:30 pm
Event Description
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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iJOBS Workshop: Regulatory Writing
December 4, 2019
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Event Description
If you are interested in learning more about regulatory writing careers, this workshop is for you. You will meet a panel of regulatory writers and then learn how to write an Investigator’s Brochure (IB) which is a compilation of the clinical and nonclinical data on the drug that is relevant to the study of the drug in human subjects. Attendees will work on a mock IB application.
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Maximizing Student Development
About MSD
The Maximizing Student Development (MSD) course is offered by IMSD @ Rutgers-New Brunswick program directors (course number 16:718:582). This is a zero-credit, Pass/Fail course that meets six times each semester. Our fellows are required to take the course for four years.