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Planning a Career in Biomedical and Life Sciences
Making Informed Choices
1st Edition - December 8, 2014
Author: Avrum I. Gotlieb
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:9780128022429
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eBook ISBN:9780128025703
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Planning a Career in Biomedical and Life Sciences presents useful information, insights, and tips to those pursuing a career in the biomedical and life sciences. The book focuses…Read more
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Planning a Career in Biomedical and Life Sciences presents useful information, insights, and tips to those pursuing a career in the biomedical and life sciences. The book focuses on making educated choices during schooling, training, and job searching in both the academic and non-academic sectors. The premise of Planning a Career in Biomedical and Life Sciences is that by understanding the full path of a career in either the biomedical or life science fields, you can proactively plan your career, recognize any opportunities that present themselves, and be well prepared to address important aspects of your own professional development. Topics include choosing your training path, selecting the best supervisor/mentor, and negotiating a job offer.
Provides strategies on evaluating biomedical and life sciences education and professional development opportunities in a thorough and systematic fashion.
Discusses possible pitfalls and offers insight into how to navigate them successfully at various points of a scientist’s career.
Offers valuable advice on how to make the best choices for yourself at any stage in your career.
Graduate, medical, and postdoctoral students in the biomedical and life sciences as well as faculty, industry professionals, societies and other organizations who are involved in career counselling, science education programs, and/or mentorship programs.
Secondary audience: Undergraduate and high school students.
Dedication
My Career in Biomedical and Life Sciences
Prologue
Fundamental Principles and Components of a Successful Career in Life and Biomedical Sciences
Chapter 1. Getting Bitten by the Bug
Summary
1.1 High School—A Place to Start
1.2 Early Guidance
1.3 Avoid Regrets
Chapter 2. Creating a Dynamic Training Path
Summary
2.1 Pathways to Success
2.2 Lifestyle and Community Status
Chapter 3. Undergraduate Studies
Summary
3.1 Depth Versus Breadth in Your Undergraduate Curriculum
3.2 Mentorship, an Essential Ingredient for Success
3.3 The Mentor
3.4 The Mentee
3.5 Mentored Research AT the Undergraduate Level
3.6 Benefits of Engaging in a Research Experience
Chapter 4. Choosing the Best Graduate Program for Your Needs
Summary
4.1 Quality of the Program
4.2 Infrastructure Considerations
4.3 Program Considerations
4.4 Personal Issues
4.5 Family Issues
4.6 International Studies
4.7 Supervisor Selection
4.8 A Thorough List of Questions That Require Answers
4.9 Student Perception of Graduate Supervisors
4.10 Research Projects
4.11 Building Your Confidence
4.12 Insight
4.13 People Skills
4.14 Record Keeping and Research Approvals
4.15 Supervisor Meetings
4.16 Student Advisory Committee
4.17 Literature
4.18 Communication
4.19 Failure
4.20 Rejection
4.21 Satisfaction in Translational Research
Chapter 5. Postgraduate Studies: Preparing to Launch
Summary
5.1 Choosing a Postdoctoral Position
5.2 Postdoctoral Career Plan
5.3 Postdoctoral Outcomes
5.4 Learn Management Skills and the Business of Science
5.5 Understanding Manuscript and Grant Review
Chapter 6. Your First Job: Choosing and Preparing Well for an Academic Career
Summary
6.1 Exploring Job Prospects
6.2 Academic Job Descriptions
6.3 Academic Application
6.4 Referees
6.5 Teaching
6.6 First Interview Visit
6.7 Second Visit and Negotiations
6.8 Start-Up Funds
6.9 Salary and Benefits
6.10 Research Transition
6.11 Setting Up Your Own Laboratory
6.12 Hiring Trainees and Staff
CHAPTER NOTES
Chapter 7. The Next 10 Years in Academia
Summary
7.1 Climbing the Ladder
7.2 Scientific Networking
7.3 Institutional Priorities
7.4 Administrative Activities
7.5 Advocacy
7.6 Tenure and Academic Promotion
7.7 Teaching
7.8 Research Program
7.9 Research Funding
7.10 Academic-Industrial Collaborations
7.11 Productivity
7.12 Awards
7.13 Career Progress in a Research Institute
7.14 Tenure and Promotion Achieved
Chapter 8. Into the Future: The Path to Academic Leadership
Summary
8.1 Academic Leadership
8.2 Leadership’s Two Faces
8.3 Delivering Leadership
8.4 Clear, Open, and Honest Communication
8.5 Availability
8.6 Safety
8.7 The Urgent Situation
Chapter 9. Your First Job: Choosing and Preparing Well for a Nonacademic Career
Summary
9.1 Training
9.2 Life Science Research as a Platform
9.3 Job Opportunities
9.4 The Nonacademic Job Hunt and Placements
9.5 Head Hunters
9.6 Internships
9.7 Career Advancement
Appendix. Comprehensive Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Epilogue
Index
No. of pages: 144
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: December 8, 2014
Imprint: Academic Press
Paperback ISBN: 9780128022429
eBook ISBN: 9780128025703
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Avrum I. Gotlieb
Dr. Gotlieb’s research interests include atherosclerosis and valvular heart disease. He has published over 100 peer reviewed papers, and 35 reviews and book chapters. He has edited three books, including the comprehensive textbook, Cardiovascular Pathology. He is a former President of the American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) and past President of the Canadian Society of Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (CSATVB) and the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology (SCVP). He was a member of the Board of the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology (FASEB) and served as FASEB Vice-President for Science Policy. He is an elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and a Senior Fellow of the Association of Pathobiology Chairs (APC). He was honoured by SCVP with the Distinguished Achievement Award and by APC with their Distinguished Service Award.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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