Career Paths for Postdoctoral Fellows Seminars
FALL 2008
WINTER/SPRING 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
“Career Opportunities in Scientific Publishing”
Dr. Catherine Goodman – Associate Director of Nature Chemical Biology
BLSB 202 10:00 AM – light breakfast will be served
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Jefferson Postdoctoral Association and the
Graduate Student Association
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Title: “Teaching science in Independent Schools”
Speaker: Melinda Yin, PhD; Friends Central School
BLSB 202 12:00 PM
Lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis
This seminar is co-sponsored with the Graduate Student Association
Please contact Kristen Kahle for more information Monday, June 16, 2008
8:15 AM-5:15 PM
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Symposium information
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Title: “Patent Law Seminar”
Speakers: Frank Cottingham, JD, PhD, Senior Patent Attorney, Wyeth; and
Janet Reed, JD, PhD, Partner, DrinkerBiddle
BLSB 202 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Lunch will be provided on a first come, first served basis
Monday, April 14, 2008
Title: “The Twists and Turns of Finding Your True Career Niche —
From Government Researcher to Professor to Medical Director”
Speaker: Mary Dominiecki, PhD, Medical Director
Company: AOI Communications, LP
BLSB 101 1:00-2:00 PM
Lunch will be provided
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Title: Global Medical Communications: More than just Medical Writing
Speakers: Jennifer Kulak, PhD, Medical Writer, and Lorraine Provost, Scientific Services Director
Company: Wolters Kluwer Health
BLSB 105 1:00-2:00 PM
Lunch will be provided
Friday, February 8, 2008
Title: “From the Ivory Tower to Big Brother: My Experience as a Regulatory Scientist with the FDA”
Speaker: Carrie Hendrickson, PhD, Consumer Safety Officer
Organization: US Food & Drug Administration
BLSB 101 1:00-2:00 PM
Lunch will be provided Friday, January 11, 2008
Title: “Pharma: Careers and Challenges”
Speaker: Dave End, PhD, Project Manager,
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
BLSB 602 2:00-3:00 PM
Light snacks and refreshments will be provided
FALL 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
"Careers in Medical Writing"
Carl Clay, PhD, Senior Medical Writer, Complete Healthcare Communications, Inc.
Christy Risser-Milne, Director of Corporate Development, Complete Healthcare
Communications, Inc.
JAH 407 3:00-4:00 PM
Refreshments will be provided.
Co-Sponsored by the JCGS Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (215 503-5750) and
the JCGS Graduate Student Association
WINTER/SPRING 2007
Thursday, April 19, 2007
“Career Opportunities at Johnson & Johnson”
Mary Whitman, PhD, Senior Director, Medical Affairs, Centocor (TJU Alumna)
Kristin Ruley, PhD, Medical Writer, Centocor (TJU Postdoc Alumna)
Edward Stewart, Manager of Recruiting, Johnson & Johnson
BLSB 101 12:30-1:30 PM
Refreshments will be provided
Co-Sponsored by the JCGS Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (215 503-5750) and the
JCGS Graduate Student Association
FALL 2006
November 28, 2006
Careers at Merck Research Laboratories: Process and Analytical Development of
Vaccines and Therapeutic Proteins
Patricia Egan, MS; Research Biochemist, Merck Research Labs
Pamela Mathis, BS; Research Biologist, Merck Research Labs
Marc Van Maanen, PhD; Senior Research Biologist, Merck Research Labs
November 6, 2006
Opportunities in Science Policy for PhDs
Brianne Miers; Manager, Communications and Marketing,
AAAS-Science & Technology
Policy Fellowships
October 30, 2006
Careers in Big Pharma
Chad Beyer, PhD; Principal Research Scientist, Discovery Neuroscience, Wyeth Research
WINTER/SPRING 2006
May 26, 2006
Making it on the Tenure-Track
Sara Cherry, PhD; Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Microbiology
Jayasri Das-Sharma, PhD; Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University, Dept. of Neurology
February 16, 2006
Things Your Professors Never Told You About Making Your Career In Industry
David Peritt, PhD; Director of Research, Therakos
January 10, 2006
“Women in Science Panel”— Co-hosted with Graduate Student Association
All panelists were officers of the Association for Women in Science-Philadelphia Chapter
Ellie Brown, PhD; Ellie Cantor, PhD, MBA; Marian Knechel, PhD; Sheryl Meyer, PhD
FALL 2005
November 29, 2005
Using your PhD in the Sales World
Mitchell Gore, PhD; Regional Manager, Integrated DNA Technologies
Rebecca Wright, PhD; Functional Genomics Specialist, Sigma-Aldrich
September 1, 2005
Career Needs of Today's PhD Scientists
Lisa Kozlowski, PhD; Assistant Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs and Recruitment,
Thomas Jefferson University
WINTER/SPRING 2005
June 27, 2005
Resource Scientist or Research Scientist? New career tracks in the NIH roadmap environment
Jonni Moore, PhD; Associate Professor & Director of Clinical and Research Flow Cytometry, University of Pennsylvania (TJU Alumnus)
March 15, 2005
Publishing good science: Life as an editor at Nature Methods
Daniel Evanko, PhD; Assistant Editor, Nature Methods (TJU Alumnus)
February 22, 2005
Alternative Careers in Science and Medicine: Medical Writing
Carl Clay, PhD; Senior Medical Writer, Complete Healthcare Communications
FALL 2004
December 7, 2004
Careers in Science: The Long and Winding Road
Elisa Eiseman, PhD; Natural Scientist, RAND Corporation
November 1, 2004
Using your Jefferson PhD in the Business World
Brian Halak, PhD; Associate, Domain Associates, LLC (TJU Alumnus)
WINTER/SPRING 2004
May 20, 2004
Questions and Answers from an Industry Recruiter and a Research Scientist at Wyeth
John Robinson, PhD; Principle Research Scientist, Wyeth Research
Sarah Uhland; Senior Strategic Staffing Representative, Wyeth Research
May 13, 2004
Intellectual Property Careers Panel
Richard Bork, PhD, JD; Senior Attorney, Novo Nordisk
Christine Goddard, PhD; Patent Agent, Cozen O'Connor
Lisa Lau, PhD; Technology Licensing Associate, Thomas Jefferson University
Office of Technology Transfer
Janet Reed, PhD, JD; Attorney, Woodcock Washburn LLP
February 3, 2004
Getting a job in industry: How to be at the right place at the right time
Marielena Mata, PhD; Research Scientist, Centocor, Inc.
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