Dear Rice Postdoc,
We would like to inform you that pre-registration to attend the 6th Annual Presidential Career Symposium (APCS) is now open. The event will be held on Thursday February 16th 2017 from 730 am to 7 pm at Mid-Campus 1 Building, MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Take a look at the flier attached for more information and for more information please visit http://www.apcstmc.org.
Pre-registration fills up fast, so register early to ensure that you get a spot in the APCS:
The title of this year’s APCS is “Beyond PhD: Discover à Act à Achieve”. We have organized a full day of breakout sessions and workshops that will be useful for post-doctoral researchers and graduate students to understand their future career choices and opportunities in the biomedical field and beyond. We will also offer networking opportunities after each session in the form of Coffee Breaks and during a formal reception in the evening.
Keynote:
Dr. Henry Sauermann
Associate Professor of Strategic Management
Scheller College of Business
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Associate
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
The event is jointly organized by the postdoctoral associations from:
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Houston Methodist Research Institute
- MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Rice University
- Texas A&M Health Science Center
- Texas Children’s Hospital
- University of Houston
- The University of Texas Health Science Center
Breakout sessions offered:
- Academia
- Administration
- Clinical Operations
- Consulting
- Entrepreneurship/Start-ups
- Government research
- Industry
- IP/Legal
- Medical science liaison
- Regulatory affairs/Compliance
- Scientific outreach/non-profit
- Science policy
- Teaching
- Science writing
Possible Workshops being considered:
- Resume/CV
- Women Leadership Conference
- Job search
- Networking
- Mentoring
If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact the organizers at tmcpostdoc
Thank you.