Not exact matches
The NASEM report, commissioned by Congress in 2016, collected
career aspiration, training, and outcome data from NIH, research institutions, and professional societies,
as well
as solicited suggestions from individual university administrators and biomedical scientists at different stages of their careers.The report especially zeroed in on the plight of the
postdoctoral research
fellow.
«Permadoc: A scientist who spends upwards of ten (or more) years working out of one (or more) labs
as a
postdoctoral fellow with little to no
career advancement.»
We also have a strong group of thesis students and
postdoctoral fellows which we are always renewing
as people move on forward in their
careers,» says Mitchell.
This all - too - typical statement demonstrates two huge mistakes made by many graduate students and
postdoctoral fellows as they try to gather information about their
career options.
Berkoben — another
career scientist with experience
as a postdoc and in running a lab — outlined the services offered by the HMS Office for
Postdoctoral Fellows.
The choice of advisor directly dictates the
career possibilities that open to you
as a graduate student or
postdoctoral fellow.
After graduating I served
as assistant coordinator of Meharry's Health
Careers Opportunity Program before beginning my
postdoctoral research
fellow position in the department of pathology at HMS where I conducted basic cell biology and immunology research.
«I would define a successful
postdoctoral experience
as one that moves the
fellow forward to the next stage of his or her
career, whatever that may be, and provides the
fellow with opportunities to acquire skills and experience that will be necessary for that
career,» he says.
One of the major problems in life sciences
careers is that
postdoctoral fellows are often treated
as highly skilled technical assistants at the time they have their best opportunity to sow the seeds of an independent
career.
The award is given annually to
as many
as five early science -
career women, ranging from advanced undergraduates to recent doctoral graduates and
postdoctoral fellows.
The Outstanding Postdoc Awards recognize
postdoctoral scholars currently coded
as postdoctoral associates, research associates or post-doctoral
fellows who demonstrate exemplary research contributions, leadership and communication for their
career stage, independent of years of
postdoctoral experience.
After completion of her Ph.D. program and in order to increase the international dimension of her
career, she subsequently joined the Ragon Institute
as a
postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Yu's and Dr. Lichterfeld's labs, where she has been working for almost 3 years in different projects related to viral persistence, including the characterization of the HIV - 1 reservoir in patients treated during the early phase of the infection and the identification of cells with stem - cell like properties contributing to HIV - 1 long - term persistence.
After one year working
as a
postdoctoral fellow at Osaka University, he started his
career as a Research Scientist in Osaka National Research Institute in 1995.
As a part of FASEB's Committee on Training and
Careers, he was a co-author of the Individual Development Plan for
postdoctoral fellows.