Sentences with phrase «most of my research career»

I have spent most of my research career focussing on the production and yield elements of food security.

Cormack spent most of his research career focusing on nuclear and particle physics, while his CT efforts remained an intermittent side project for almost two decades.

Not exact matches

The economists who did the research for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York concluded that average workers see most of their earnings grow during the first 10 years of their career and begin to stagnate after age 35.

«That is not only unfair, but it's a policy mistake in that those [low - income] kids would be the ones who would benefit the most,» Marr said, adding that a large body of research has found that extra income for poor families improves their kids» health, education, and career outcomes.

A research fellow at the Faraday Institute of Science and Religion at the University of Cambridge's St. Edmund's College, Dutton has spent most of his career studying the science of social influence.

You could research the many lists of most in - demand jobs, hottest careers for near future, etc..

After devoting decades of research to hunting down the causes of lupus, Harley says this study represents the most important discovery of his career.

And most importantly: Would one of those careers be better for me than research?

As far as I know, there are no TV programs about the lives of physician - scientists; most of us who chose this career path did so because we encountered and became enchanted with the idea of integrating medicine and research.

In the brief space available I've only been able to touch on a very few of the career areas most closely related to academic research.

Twenty - five years ago, while poking around for a meaty research problem, he found one that changed the course of his career — and that might yet transform our most fundamental understanding of the universe.

AAU and the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology both call the president's 2006 request «disappointing,» with FASEB adding that the proposed funding levels could «discourage our most talented young people from pursuing careers in biomedical research.»

As it turns out, these were the most challenging years of his research career.

The «guidance» provided in this announcement in fact «reflects what many NRSA training programs, particularly our most successful ones, are already doing with respect to providing career guidance, training in grant writing, and tracking of trainees,» NIH's Office of Extramural Research told Next Wave through spokesperson Ralbovsky.

And many of the skills I now use are similar to those employed in a research career — for example, networking with a wide range of specialists to ensure that I am on top of all the most recent developments.

While the professional life of Spanish academics broadly goes through the four traditional phases of predoctoral researcher (Ayudante), postdoctoral researcher (Ayudante Doctor), lecturer, and finally permanent research staff, it is early stage and transitional stage career scientists which have been identified as the most vulnerable.

Here's the result that has gotten the most press: Academic research careers were less popular with the late cohorts than the early ones in all disciplines, suggesting, perhaps, that graduate students are disillusioned by exposure to the lives and careers of their faculty advisers.

One common theme from research on women's and men's different career choices is that among heterosexual couples with children, women tend to do most of the child - rearing, which affects how many hours they can work and what jobs they can have.

Childs, who has a Ph.D. in chemistry and 11 years of teaching experience, says that research - career insecurity is another reason that often comes up during interviews for Oxford's 1 - year Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE), the teaching qualification that most UK graduates take.

He talks about what kinds of scientific investigation he finds most interesting and worthwhile and where he would concentrate if he were beginning his research career today.

To make matters worse, most of the alumni from the science and engineering grandes écoles do not move on to graduate training, preferring management positions in industry to a research career.

Although they may include wonderful opportunities to do research, most of the curriculum is about training you to be a clinician, not about preparing you for a research career.

D.s have a wide variety of career opportunities, although most choose academic research.

When asked to choose the three behaviors that they deemed most important for excellent research leadership, 63 % of the PIRLS» responding PIs listed nurturing young researchers» careers; it was the second most popular choice, after advancing the research discipline (84 %).

The most important criterion when choosing an institution for your next career move, he says, should be the supervisor, followed by the scientific reputation of the institution and then the research topic.

Most (72 %) think that successful candidates should finish their theses ready to take on a career in scientific research in general, and one - fifth believe that PhDs should be trained for a range of careers.

Most have paid for their independence, in a harder career path than equally talented scientists who follow the research agendas of the big professors.

D. graduates pursue a career in which most of their time is spent on research.

D. candidates are trained for careers in which they will spend most of their time doing research, in addition to caring for patients.

Although more than 60 percent of survey respondents rated a research - oriented faculty position as one of their most attractive career paths, more than one - third rated other careers as more attractive, including research in government, established firms or startups, as well as teaching and other non-research careers.

Many sessions highlighted areas of research which could offer some of the most exciting career opportunities in coming years.

The goal of all these proposals is to get the best young biomedical scientists into their own independent, well - funded laboratories earlier in their careers, so that they don't waste their most productive and creative years in a supporting role, pursuing other people's research ideas.

Finally, the report noted that most biomedical graduate programs and postdocs in the United States do little to prepare biomedical scientists for careers outside of academia even though considerably fewer than half (43 %) wind up in academic research or teaching and fewer than a quarter (23 %) wind up tenured.

Most private research institutes are nonprofits, too, but those jobs fit better in a discussion of academic careers.

«It was the most difficult two weeks of my life, but after that I was sure I wanted to pursue a research career,» she says.

Nine out of every 10 respondents reported staying in research or holding another science - related occupation for most of their post-fellowship careers.

Postdoctoral research is the probably the most complex, stimulating, and harrowing phase of a scientist's career.

«Our hope is that this research synthesis, coupled with the numerous new analyses we have provided in this article, will help to redirect the debate toward critical issues that are most important in limiting the careers of women scientists today, and hopefully move closer to solving them,» Ceci, Williams, Ginther, and Kahn write.

A team of «seasoned» scientific reviewers and scientists provide grant - writing tips based on the PHS 398 application, the application form used for most NIH grants, including R01 research grants, fellowships, and career training grants.

Although SARS is his claim to fame, Guan has spent most of his career studying influenza after earning a Ph.D. in swine flu under eminent flu expert Robert Webster of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

For most, joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins is only the beginning of your career in academic research and medical career.

Dr. Eichler: The most favorite parts of the job are: 1) making new discoveries and contributing to the body of scientific knowledge especially as it relates to the evolution of our species, 2) seeing students mature into independent scientists as well as helping to launch new independent research careers, and 3) seeing your work directly benefit families who are struggling to understand their children's illness.

In collaboration with Università Vita - Salute San Raffaele, PhD program in Molecular Medicine offers a panel of courses that expose students to the most exciting and active research areas in the field and provide training in the transferable skills required for a successful career in academia and beyond.

His career work has focused on engineering research related to ginning and production of cotton, most recently measuring cotton fiber quality and contamination, and applying unmanned aerial vehicles as remote - sensing platforms for the production of cotton and other crops.

Writing and publishing are an integral part of most careers in science, particularly for academic research.

«Lila is a rigorous biophysical chemist, but unlike most chemists who avoid complexity and prefer reductionist type studies, Lila's whole career has been focused on applying chemistry and biophysical methods to the study of peptides and their role in biology as well as protein folding and trafficking in vivo,» says Jeffrey W. Kelly at The Scripps Research Institute.

So it is perhaps fitting that Jessell's career has taken a circuitous trajectory — through three continents and some of the world's most prestigious venues for biological research.

As a core component of that commitment, he has maintained a career - long dedication to research and learning and he has earned an impressive list of advanced degrees from some of the most respected medical schools and academic institutions in the world.

Before that he had a long academic career at Michigan State University where, most recently, he served as Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Community Sustainability (previously CARRS) where he taught history of science and technology, and the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR).

One of ASH's most prestigious award programs, the ASH Scholar Awards financially support fellows and junior faculty dedicated to careers in hematology research as they transition from training programs to careers as independent investigators.