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CAREER DEVELOPMENT

 

Biological Sciences Division resources:

 

Career Development 101 for faculty in Biological Sciences Division     This is an informal and user-friendly guide for faculty in all tracks, all ranks, and at all career stages – and mentors, supervisors, and staff who assist them.  It presents requirements, procedures, and general career development advice.  It mirrors the PowerPoint presentations previously presented here, and corresponds to the public presentations on career development typically offered during the Winter Quarter.

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          Main page

          For NEW ASSISTANT PROFESSORS AND INSTRUCTORS

          General career development advice

          Faculty preparing for REAPPOINTMENT AS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

          Faculty preparing for PROMOTION TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

          Faculty preparing for PROMOTION TO PROFESSOR

          CS/CE faculty preparing for TENURE REVIEW

 

NEW resource for PROMOTION TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR in RS and CS tracks

          Portions of e-forms of recently promoted associate professors

 

NEW resource for PROMOTION TO FULL PROFESSOR

          Advice from department chairs

          Portions of e-forms of recently promoted full professors

 

Special resources for PROMOTION TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR in the CLINICIAN-EDUCATOR track

 

Aug '05 statement on Scholarship in BSD as it relates to promotion and tenure

 

RESOURCE LOCATER FOR NEW FACULTY

 

Resources outside Biological Sciences Division:

 

Resource Guide for Medical Faculty: download PDF

Medical Faculty Development Resources: website of Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries

Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty webpage , download entire book as PDF, or download selected portions. Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

SAEM/AACEM Faculty Development Handbook

Faculty Development Website of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

Career Development Center for postdocs and junior faculty:  AAAS/Science NextWave

Academic Scientists At Work series from AAAS/Science NextWave

AAMC's Faculty Affairs website: AAMC's own clearinghouse of career development information

Faculty Affairs in Academic Medicine: Selected Bibliography: more than you ever wanted to know about faculty career development, and where to find it.

Faculty Professional Development Workbook, Drexel University

Faculty Professional Development website of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

[The following are repeated from this site]

Establishing Your Lab Download PowerPoint presentation in which Bob Doms, Chair of Microbiology in the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine offers junior faculty advice on getting up to speed quickly on the tenure track.

Exam questions, writing in the clinical sciences... Download Powerpoint presentation in which Jen Kogan and Judy Shea in Penn's Department of Medicine offer guidance on writing items for exams.

Feedback, Providing Effective in a Clinical Setting  Download Powerpoint presentation in which Jen Kogan and Lisa Bellini in Penn's Department of Medicine offer advice on providing feedback to students, reisdents, and fellows in the clinic.

Lab Management Download PowerPoint slide show on effective lab management for PIs by Kathy Barker, author of At the Helm, A Laboratory Navigator

Science of Scientific Writing  Videotape of Judith Swan, Ph.D., Princeton University Writing Program describing principles for constructing clear sentences.

Scientific Writing Made Clear  Videotape in which Judith Swan, Ph.D., Princeton University Writing Program, shows how to create cohesion among sentences.

Translational research, finding funding for as a junior investigator  Powerpoint on sources of funding in translational research. Tips on writing various standard sections of grants.

Funding for junior investigators, climbing onto the funding bandwagon Powerpoint in which Mark Tykocinski provides advice on finding funding for the first time. Suggests not strating with K awards. Offers several grantsmanship tips.

Funding in Clinical Investigation  Powerpoint in which Jacqueline French, Professor in Penn's Department of Neurology, offers guidance for junior investigators seeking funding for clinical investigartion.

Grant-writing manual, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine  PDF of nformation on the NIH review process, the anatomy of an NIH grant, resources to support grant-writers, budgeting, and more. Manual is maintained and regularly updates by the Office of the Vice Dean for Research and Researach Training and by the Office of Research Program Development.

Guidelines for reviewing R01 grant appliations. Guidelines that the Center for Scientific Review at the NIH provides to reviewers who draft the preliminary critiques of R01s.

Lab management, six common mistakes  Article from The Scientist in which Vivien Casagrande,Professor of Cell Biology and Psychology at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, lists common mistakes in lab management style that she and her colleagues have encountered.

Lab meetings, conducting effective  Advice for principal investigators on making the best use of lab meetings as opportunities for lab members to hone their science and experimental detail as well as polish their prsentation skills. From Women in Cell Biology newsletter.

Mock study section, videotape of  Produced by the NIH Center for Scientific Review, this video shows a mock study section meeting to provide an inside look at how NIH grant applications are reviewed for scientific and technical merit. The video shows how outside experts assess applications and how review meetings are conducted to ensure fairness. The video also includes information on what applicants can do to improve the chances their applications will receive a positive review.

 PowerPoint on-line training, basic On-line PowerPoint tutorial created by the Biomedical Library covering basics such as inserting and editing slides. Tutorial includes web sites that provide biomedical images.

Protocol for Collaboration and Authorship  Offers guidance on reconciling the conflict between academic competition and the need to collaborate and share reagents. From Women in Cell Biology newsletter.

R01s, How to prepare On-line tutorial on preparing RO1 grant applications. Developed by the NIH, NIAID, especially useful to new biomedical researchers.

Science, Need for interpersonal and management skills in... "Scientists are typically well trained in the technologies and academic subjects of their discipline. However, they are missing a set of skills which handicaps them both in academic and for-profit environments. These are the interpersonal, social and organizational skills needed to practice science in a social context. They include conflict management and negotiation skills, working in and managing teams, understanding and working within complex scientific organizations, and communication skills."

Scientific misconduct, preventing in others  Article stresses the importance of letting your staff and partners know that you personally verify data and any corrections, following up and doing it, and letting others see you doing it. From Women in Cell Biology newsletter.