Pitt's Commitment to Your Academic Career in the Health Sciences
When one considers the qualities essential to a world-class educational and research institution in the health sciences, the first to come to mind might include a state-of-the-art facility, adequate funding, and a firm institutional commitment to excellence in the classroom, laboratory, and clinical practice.
Often overlooked, however, in a field that's constantly reinventing
itself, may be the single greatest determinant of an institution's
success and reputation—the development of its human resources.
Students, fellows, residents, and faculty are our lifeblood, yet recent
polls have indicated that both trainees and faculty nationwide have
very specific career development needs that are not being sufficiently
addressed. To meet these needs in the University of Pittsburgh schools
of the health sciences, we've created the Office of Academic Career
Development, which will oversee resources and programs in career counseling,
training, and mentoring for young professionals throughout our heath
science community.
Recruiting and retaining the best biomedical scientists and clinicians is not only central to our pursuit of even greater heights of academic excellence, but, through novel initiatives such as the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, is also vital to helping the region grow economically as a premier center for biotechnology. I encourage all of our students and academicians to make strategic career planning a central focus of their personal and professional development at the University of Pittsburgh.
Arthur S. Levine, MD
Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences
Dean, School of Medicine
