What Can I Do Next? Careers Inside & Outside Academia
Weekend Course
ORGANIZERS: Jana Delfino, Ashley Harris, Mathieu Sarracanie
Saturday, 04 May 2024
Summit 1
08:00 -
12:00
Moderators:
Academic Careers Around the Globe: Jutta Ellermann & Tingou Liang
Careers Outside of Academia: Ed Boskamp & Efrat Shimron
Skill Level: Basic
Session Number: WE-01
CME Credit
Session Number: WE-01
Overview
This session is for graduate and postdoctoral students looking for information on what to do next. As there is no single recipe to successfully navigate a career, this session will provide examples of both academic and non-academic career paths for those who have graduate degrees, including academia around the world, industry, government, policy, and nonprofit/granting agencies. The session is broken into two parts: in part 1) we will present experiences in academic positions throughout different systems parts of the world and in part 2) we will present various non-academic careers.
Target Audience
This course is targeting graduate and postdoctoral students looking for information on what to do next.
Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
- Compare differences in academic systems throughout the world;
- List employment opportunities available outside of academia; and
- List what skills from a Ph.D. translate outside academia and research.
| | Academic Careers Around the Globe |
| 08:00 | | North American Academic Pathway Avery Berman Keywords: Transferable skills: Public engagement, Transferable skills: Bias and inclusiveness, Transferable skills: Responsible research This presentation will give an overview of the path I followed to becoming an Assistant Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and a Scientist at the Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research. |
| 08:10 | | My Career Journey (Europe: UK) Stuart Clare Keywords: Transferable skills: Research coordination, Transferable skills: Public engagement, Transferable skills: Grantsmanship I discuss my career journey as a scientist, highlighting some of the ups and the downs over the years, and how I have been able to forge an unconventional leadership role within my research institute. |
| 08:20 | | Europe: Non-UK Silvia De Santis Keywords: Neuro: Neurodegeneration I am going to speak about my experience in an academic career. |
| 08:30 | | Asia Yi Zhang Keywords: Transferable skills: Grantsmanship I am going to speak about my career journey. |
| 08:40 | | An academic career in Australia David Waddington Keywords: Transferable skills: Research coordination, Transferable skills: Grantsmanship In this presentation I'll tell the story of my nascent Australian academic journey, aiming to share what I've learnt about finding funding and building teams to those hoping to pursue a research career in MR. |
| 08:50 | | South America (Chile) Carlos Milovic Keywords: Transferable skills: Responsible research, Transferable skills: History of MR, Transferable skills: Software engineering In this presentation I will show my carreer path: how I came to the MRI field as an Astronomy undergrad, graduate and postgraduate experiences, and now as a tenure-track professor. I will also highlight the current status of South American MRI research teams, with a special focus in new opportunities opening in Chile. |
| 09:00 | | Panel Discussion |
| 09:30 | | Break & Meet the Teachers |
| | Careers Outside of Academia |
| 10:00 | | Big MR Industry Kera Westphal Keywords: Education Committee: Clinical MRI I am going to speak about my career journey |
| 10:10 | | Smaller MR Industry Kiarash Emami |
| 10:20 | | Pharma Tom Hu I am going to speak about my career journey from GlaxoSmithKline to Biomedical Advanced Research & Development Authority (BARDA) |
| 10:30 | | Startup/Outside of MRI Earl Zastrow Keywords: Transferable skills: Commercialisation Recount of my experience as a start-up founder. |
| 10:40 | | Government/Policy/Regulation Maureen Hood I am going to speak about my career journey. |
| 10:50 | | What Can I do Next? Careers Inside and Outside Academia – Medical Physicist Brenda Bartnik Olson Keywords: Education Committee: Clinical MRI This presentation will give an overview of the pathways to becoming a medical physicist. Particular attention will be paid to education, training, duties, clinical and research opportunities, while touching on differences between certified medical physicists and a medical physicist/MR scientist. |
| 11:00 | | Panel Discussion |
| 11:30 | | Meet the Teachers |