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Program:
Alumni Interview Series
Date:
April 18, 2023
Santiago Panesso, MD, (School of Medicine, Dept. of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences) conducted an informational interview with former Pitt postdoctoral associate, Tolu Junaid, MD, PhD, BCMAS, now a medical director at Syneos Health. View this session to learn about her journey and career!
Program:
Essential Skills Series
Date:
April 13, 2023
Are you feeling nervous and unprepared to negotiate an opportunity for yourself? Whether you are seeking a job, a training opportunity, or just the chance to acquire more experience, effective negotiation skills are vital to your career, but don’t always come easily. Review this session, presented by Jennifer Woodward, PhD (Vice Chancellor for Sponsored Programs and Research Operations), to learn how to develop a negotiation strategy that will contribute to your future success. Tips and tricks for how to negotiate while maintaining positive relationships are covered, as well as guidance regarding how to become a more confident and successful negotiator.
Program:
Career Development Series
Date:
April 6, 2023
Dr. Darlene Zellers, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Career Development in the Health Sciences, and Director of the Office of Academic Career Development, 1) presented an overview of the ADAPT model of career development planning, 2) discussed how a developmental approach to professional training and career development can complement your appropriate stage of academic and scholarly training, and 3) addressed any questions about career development resources for doctoral students at Pitt.
Program:
Career Development Series
Date:
April 3, 2023
Are you interested in obtaining a faculty position in academia? View this session to hear from Pitt faculty about how to successfully launch an academic career. Learn about the academic job search, gain tips on how to successfully navigate this process and how to give a winning job talk, learn what the hiring committee looks at, and more. This session draws upon the experiences of Pitt faculty as well as someone who was at Pitt and hired elsewhere to explore the challenges and opportunities associated with the academic job search.
Program:
Alumni Interview Series
Date:
March 30, 2023
Vaishali Aggarwal, PhD, (School of Medicine, Dept. of Immunology) conducted an informational interview with former Pitt postdoctoral associate, Alparslan Asan, PhD, now a patent examiner in the Biotechnology Technology Center at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Watch this session to learn about his journey and his career!
Program:
Research Series
Date:
March 16, 2023
The Department of Defense is an underutilized source of funding for researchers, and Pitt has resources to help you succeed! The DOD is obligated to award $7.67B in grants in 2022 alone, with up to $10B in additional funding over five years through a separate mechanism. The Center for Military Medicine Research (CMMR) at Pitt facilitates innovative collaborations and helps to develop winning grant proposals with the goal of advancing medicine for wounded service members and their families. Watch this session to learn about DOD funding opportunities, hear an overview of how to get funded by the DOD, and learn tips on how to successfully apply. Finally, hear a Pitt faculty member’s experience applying for and receiving DOD funding and how that has benefited his career.
Program:
Alumni Interview Series
Date:
March 8, 2023
Tumader Khouja, PhD, MPH, (School of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine) conducted an informational interview with former Pitt graduate student, Dr. Inmaculada Hernandez, now an Associate Professor with tenure at the University of California, San Diego School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Watch this session to learn about her journey and career!
Program:
Research Series
Date:
March 2, 2023
Have you been successfully funded by R-mechanism grants, built relationships and collaborations, and are looking to advance your research career by asking larger questions and addressing more significant issues? Then this session is for you! Pitt faculty shared their experiences with P grants that have funded programs, centers, and consortia. They described components of their grants and how they developed productive and long-term collaborations, discussed challenges, shared tips and strategies, and answered questions from attendees. At the end, a new Pitt initiative to help support you in developing successful P grant applications was announced.
Program:
Alumni Interview Series
Date:
February 23, 2023
Arundhati Gupta, PhD, (School of Medicine, Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) conducted an informational interview with former Pitt graduate student, Carroline Lobo, PhD, now an Associate Director of Health Economics and Outcomes Research at EMD Serono. Watch this session to learn about her journey and her career!
Program:
Career Development Series
Date:
February 8, 2023
Are you looking for a way to make an impact in academia outside of the lab? Watch this session to learn about exciting career paths across the university that are ideal for PhDs like you! Research administration is a profession that is broad, ranging from managing and implementing research initiatives, to ensuring compliance with institutional policies and federal laws, to helping researchers apply for and obtain grants and manage funding. In this presentation, learn about what kinds of jobs are available, what skills and experiences are required, how you can position yourself to be competitive, and why you would find career satisfaction in research administration.