Programs

The OACD provides a range of programming for a variety of audiences, from standalone webinars on specific topics to ongoing career development programs.

Click the links below to learn more about each program.

Audience: Postdocs, Grad & Med Students

The OACD provides an annual series of professional development workshops for doctoral students and postdoctoral trainees. This series focuses upon a range of career development skills, career options, and key transitional steps to help you identify, prepare for, and succeed in landing the next step of your career.

Audience: Postdocs, Grad & Med Students

The OACD provides an annual series of professional development workshops for doctoral students and postdoctoral trainees. This series focuses upon a range of career development topics critical to your professional success and this foundational content applies across all disciplines.

Audience: Faculty

A year-long professional development program for faculty members that is designed to cultivate a generation of transformative academic leaders through shared leadership training.

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides support for career advancement via a series of career development awards, called “K” awards. These awards are an excellent way for junior faculty and clinical fellows to develop your research programs and careers in preparation for R01-type awards.

Audience: Faculty

An annual seminar series comprised of a Medical Education Journal Club on the first Friday of every month, a Medical Education Research Methods and Innovative Design (MERMAID) series on the second Friday of every month, a Medical Education Research Conference (MERC) on the third Friday of every month, and the Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators (ADME) seminar series on the fourth Friday of every month.

Audience: Postdocs, Grad & Med Students

The Career Conversations series allows trainees to observe a Pitt postdoc interviewing a Pitt PhD alumnus in real time to hear about their career trajectory and then to ask your own questions. Learn about current occupations and career paths of our alumni while also mastering how to conduct informational interviews so that you are prepared for the next stage of your career.

Audience: Postdocs

The wide variety of events for postdoctoral scholars and associates provides opportunities to investigate career options, develop professional skills, network with colleagues, and celebrate the research accomplishments.

Audience: Faculty, Postdocs

Previously known as the Postdoctoral Data & Dine Symposium, this annual research symposium is a scientific poster session for University of Pittsburgh postdoctoral associates and scholars to present their research to colleagues, faculty, and administrators, while also networking with attendees. 

Audience: Faculty, Postdocs, Residents & Clinical Fellows, Grad & Med Students

A series of research-specific workshops are scheduled annually to meet the career development needs of postdoctoral trainees through senior investigators across the health sciences.

Audience: Postdocs, Grad & Med Students

This annual symposium is designed to enhance the professional development of postdoctoral fellows and graduate students by providing you with direct access to PhD professionals who have successfully made the transition to exciting careers covering a range of employment settings and job sectors.