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Joan M. Lakoski, PhD

Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Career Development
Founding and Executive Director, Office of Academic Career Development
University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
Associate Dean of Postdoctoral Education
Professor of Pharmacology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Suite 401 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
412-648-8486
Fax: 412-648-8121
jlakoski@hs.pitt.edu

Joan M. Lakoski, Ph.D., is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Career Development and the Founding and Executive Director of the Office of Academic Career Development at the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences, Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Education and Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Lakoski received her doctoral degree from the University of Iowa, completed postdoctoral training in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and has held faculty positions at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, including Interim Chair of the Department of Pharmacology at Penn State. She maintains an active research program investigating the neuropharmacolgy of aging and impacts of mentoring, is a member of the graduate faculty at the University of Pittsburgh and participates as a reviewer for NIH CSR study section panels. She has been the recipient of an NIH Research Career Development Award, an Independent Investigator Award from the National Alliance of Research on Schizophrenia, an Administrative Fellowship at the Pennsylvania State University and a Committee on Institutional Cooperation Academic Leadership Program Fellow. Currently, she serves as Chair of the Ethics Advisory Committee of the Endocrine Society, as a member of the AAMC Group on Faculty Affairs Program Planning and Transition Committee, as a member of the Board Development Committee for the National Postdoctoral Association, as a member of the Postdoctorate Committee for the AAMC Graduate Research and Education Training Group, as Chair of the Committing on Teaching for the International Union of Pharmacology, as a AAMC Women’s Liaison Officer for the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and serves as Co-Director of the KL2 Clinical Research Scholars Program and Director of Mentoring and Faculty Development for the Clinical Translational Service Award at the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences. Her administrative responsibilities encompass oversight and development of comprehensive career development services, including mentoring programs for professional students, postdoctoral fellows, residents, clinical fellows and faculty across the health schools at the University of Pittsburgh. She remains committed to creating and shaping the future of the biomedical research community.



Academic careers are lifelong journeys that require professional skill sets to navigate successfully. More »	Joan M. Lakoski, PhD Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Career Development Founding and Executive Director, Office of Academic Career Development University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Associate Dean of Postdoctoral Education Professor of Pharmacology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Suite 401 Scaife Hall 3550 Terrace Street Pittsburgh, PA 15261 412-648-8486 Fax: 412-648-8121 jlakoski@hs.pitt.edu Joan M. Lakoski, Ph.D., is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Career Development and the Founding and Executive Director of the Office of Academic Career Development at the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences, Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Education and Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Lakoski received her doctoral degree from the University of Iowa, completed postdoctoral training in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and has held faculty positions at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, including Interim Chair of the Department of Pharmacology at Penn State. She maintains an active research program investigating the neuropharmacolgy of aging and impacts of mentoring, is a member of the graduate faculty at the University of Pittsburgh and participates as a reviewer for NIH CSR study section panels. She has been the recipient of an NIH Research Career Development Award, an Independent Investigator Award from the National Alliance of Research on Schizophrenia, an Administrative Fellowship at the Pennsylvania State University and a Committee on Institutional Cooperation Academic Leadership Program Fellow. Currently, she serves as Chair of the Ethics Advisory Committee of the Endocrine Society, as a member of the AAMC Group on Faculty Affairs Program Planning and Transition Committee, as a member of the Board Development Committee for the National Postdoctoral Association, as a member of the Postdoctorate Committee for the AAMC Graduate Research and Education Training Group, as Chair of the Committing on Teaching for the International Union of Pharmacology, as a AAMC Women’s Liaison Officer for the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and serves as Co-Director of the KL2 Clinical Research Scholars Program and Director of Mentoring and Faculty Development for the Clinical Translational Service Award at the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences. Her administrative responsibilities encompass oversight and development of comprehensive career development services, including mentoring programs for professional students, postdoctoral fellows, residents, clinical fellows and faculty across the health schools at the University of Pittsburgh. She remains committed to creating and shaping the future of the biomedical research community.