Junior Faculty Research Career Development Seminars
This new program has been created for K12 Scholar career development. Due to the critical importance of the topics covered, attendance will be required for all of scholars. Meetings will be over lunch on the first and third Mondays of each month starting with the first Monday of February 2009. The program on the first Monday of the month is also open to all first-year investigators, not just K12 scholars. The first Monday will focus on developing the key skills young scientists require in order to progress beyond just doing good research. Leadership for this course is provided by Rick McGee, PhD, Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment and Professional Development, Associate Professor of Medical Education and Bill Lowe, MD, Deputy Director of NUCATS and Professor, Department of Medicine. The intent of this course is to provide a first pass at such things as finding sources of research funds, writing effective grants, building a network of professional colleagues, and more. Click here for course syllabus.
The other session, to be held on the third Monday of the month, will be an ongoing, group peer-mentoring experience that Bill Schnaper, MD, Co-director, Center for Education and Career Development, Vice Chair and Professor, Department of Pediatrics, will moderate. It is based on a model that was developed in the Department of Pediatrics that has become a very positive experience for the participants. It will only be open to first-and second-year K awardees. At each session, a K scholar will present just a few slides of data--perhaps 10-15 minutes' worth. Then the presenter will describe the specific aims for her/his academic career, and finally the plans for turning the K award into an R01. Our experience is that, as the scholars do this together, they develop an ability to look at their own work and that of others in a critical but supportive manner. For questions regarding the career development courses, please contact Robyn Mann at r-mann@northwestern.edu.
The "First Monday" meetings are held from noon to 1:30PM in room 107 on the first floor of Wieboldt Hall, 340 E. Superior/339 East Chicago. Room 107 is right off the Chicago entrance on the first floor, first room on the left hand side. If entering on the Superior Street side, walk to the end of the hallway and it is the last classroom on the right on the first floor. At the bottom of this page is a list of topics covered during these sessions.
The "Third Monday" meetings are held from noon to 1:30PM in the Lake Shore Conference room on the 9th floor of the Rubloff Building.
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