Professional Development

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Join us for an exclusive career panel and company information session with Genentech, a proud member of the Roche Group. Genentech was the world’s first biotech firm, delivering breakthrough treatments for cancer, multiple sclerosis, and rare diseases. Hear from Rutgers alum who work at Genentech/Roche as a principal scientist, computational bioinformatician, technical leader, as well as a senior leader who is an executive director of global manufacturing. We will learn how they made the transition to industry and what it is like to work at this innovative company.

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Artificial Intelligence is everywhere these days including where PhD scientists are involved in clinical trials and digital health. Join us to learn from Kamala Maddali, DVM, PhD about how she has founded a healthcare consulting and advisory firm focused on accelerating innovation across precision medicine, diagnostics, artificial intelligence, and digital health. She will share how she has leveraged her computational skills to gain expertise in

• Precision Medicine & Companion Diagnostics (CDx)
• Oncology, Neuroscience & Rare Disease Strategy
• AI/ML, Multimodal Data & Real-World Evidence (RWE)
• Biomarkers, Liquid Biopsy & Digital Pathology
• Pharma, Diagnostics & Health System Partnerships
• Business Development & Commercial Strategy
• Academic, Clinical & KOL Collaborations
• Market Access & Innovation Ecosystem Development

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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.
  
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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.