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Consulting is a stimulating career that uses may of the skills you gain while earning your PhD. Join us to learn how our alumni have transitioned straight from the bench into this exciting and fast-paced career and what types of projects they are currently working on. The panelists will include:

Deboleena Kanjilal, PhD, Associate Consultant in Scientific Strategy at Cello Health

Steve Wu, PhD, Senior Associate at Charles River Associates

Raghav Sridhar, PhD, Senior Consultant at Guidehouse

Eric Babiash, PhD, Manager at Herspiegel Consulting

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Note: this is a two day in-person workshop and both days are required.

Coding skills are now critical from many different job functions and this is your chance to build up that part of your resume even if you have never coded before. During this hands-on workshop you will learn Shell Computing, GitHub, and programming for data analysis and visualization with R. This workshop is great for people who have never had any programming experience before and also for those who want to improve their skills.

March 17 and 18 from 9am-5pm each day

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What to consider when looking for and choosing a postdoc position …come hear from a panel of speakers who will share their perspective and advice on how to approach a postdoc search.

We will learn the answer to these questions and more:

• When should you start the search for a PI?
• How do you approach that search?
• What aspects of a PI and institution are important to consider?
• What do you need to prepare for the interview?
• What questions should you ask current and former lab members?
• Do these answers differ if I have a specific career in mind?

This event is open to graduate students and postdocs. Sponsored by the School of Graduate Studies and the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs.

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iJOBS is joining forces with the New Jersey, Philly and New York BioPharma Networking Groups (BPNG) to offer an informal and beneficial virtual networking opportunity! There will be many professionals, alumni and current students/postdocs in attendance to meet and network with in breakout rooms. You will learn how easy and low-key networking can be so you don’t stress about it. BPNG is a not-for-profit, all-inclusive life and health science professional 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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Siemens is a worldwide healthcare company whose portfolio of products, services and solutions is at the center of clinical decision-making and treatment pathways. Patient-centered innovation is at the core the company. The company works on cancer, as well as cardiovascular and neurovascular diseases with a focus on precision medicine, transforming care delivery, improving patient experience and digitalizing healthcare. Come hear from a panel of PhD level employees at Siemens to learn about their career path and current role.

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Dr. Pissadaki is a deep insight visionary interdisciplinary neuroscientist and a multirole research manager, leading research and innovation activities in the fields of neuroscience, complex data analysis, digital medicine and blockchain technology. Experience gained through appointments in world class universities, IT and pharmaceutical companies fuse into skills and profile structured for pushing science and innovation challenges beyond limits and expectations. She is current Manager, Systems Neuroscientist at Biogen Digital Health and has worked at IBM in the past.

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Scientists play an important role in protecting intellectual property and filing patent briefs. Technical specialists are scientists who work with lawyers to advise on patent applications. Patent lawyers are often scientists who have gone on to attend law school. Come hear from several panelists who have chosen this exciting career path.

Victor Ghidu, PhD, JD, Associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Peter McEwan, PhD, Patent Agent at Troutman Pepper
Matt Stuber, PhD, Patent Specialist at Mayer Brown

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Learn how you can transition from a traditional biology PhD to a career in bioinformatics and data science. Zhenru Zhou, who got a Masters in Computer Science and PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology from Rutgers, participated in the Insight Health Data Science program and is now a Bioinformatics Software Engineer at Genentech. She will share her advice and perspective as well as describe her current job function in this seminar. 

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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 helps propel the research field forward. We will meet with people with editing and publisher roles at Wiley, one of the oldest publishing firms in the country that is responsible for journals including PLOS One. FEBS, EMBO and Current Protocols. Hear from PhD level scientists who have successfully made the transition to the world of publishing. 

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