About Bioscience Careers
What?
Bioscience Careers is a truly interdepartmental endeavor to educate graduate students and postdoctoral fellows about career options. The student-initiated and organized series has hosted speakers representing many different scientific careers since it began in October 2000.
Why?
According to a 1997 report by the NSF, only a third of all PhD's in biological sciences have tenured or tenure-track positions in academia. However, graduate students have very little exposure to scientists working in careers outside of academic research. This seminar series is the only organized career development resource for biological scientists at the University of Washington.
Who?
Who is sponsoring the seminar series? The 2006-2007 series has been sponsored by Office of Research and Graduate Education, School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Biological Structure, CMB Training Program, Department of Genome Sciences, The UW Graduate School Fund for Excellence & Innovation (GSFEI), of The UW Graduate School, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Immunology, Neurobiology and Behavior Program, Department of Radiology, The College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Pharmacology, and Department of Microbiology.
Who attends?
People representing over 30 departments and programs have attended the series. 69% of attendees are graduate students and 22% are post-docs.
Who organizes?
2007-2008 Bioscience Careers Committee Members: Deidre Golej (MCB/Pathology), Vivian Hawkins (MCB/Genome Sciences), Eric Herbig (MCB), Jonathan Reed (Global Health), Sabrina Richards (Immunology), Tom Schmidlin (Biochemistry), Kevin Schutz (MCB), Dean Stevens (Bioengineering), Manda Williams (Bioengineering)
2006-2007 Bioscience Careers Committee Members: Clarence Dunn (Pathobiology), Floyd Karp (Bioengineering), Heather Brown (MCB), Tom Schmidlin (Biochemistry), Vivian Hawkins (MCB), Valerie Morris (MCB), Deidre Golej (MCB), Sabrina Richards (Immunology)
2005-2006 Bioscience Careers Committee Members: Mirna Mujacic (Bioengineering), Clarence Dunn (Pathobiology), Floyd Karp (Bioengineering), Heather Brown (MCB), Jennifer Foley (Bioengineering), Kim McClure (Biology), Tom Schmidlin (Biochemistry)
2004-2005 Bioscience Careers Committee Members: Michelle Baranski (Biochemistry), James Carey (MCB/Microbiology), Clarence Dunn (Pathobiology/FHCRC), Bree Mitchell (MCB/FHCRC), Kim McClure (Biology), Mirna Mujacic (Bioengineering), Patricia Sadate-Ngatchou (Genome Sciences) and Dhileep Sivam (Biomedical and Health Informatics)
2003-2004 Bioscience Careers Committee Members: Mara Jeffress (MCB/Genome Sciences), Michelle Baranski (Biochemistry), Deepika Singh (Pathobiology/FHCRC), Kellie Plow (MCB/Biochemistry), Clarence Dunn (Pathobiology/FHCRC), Meher Anita (Bioengineering), Bree Mitchell (MCB/FHCRC)and James Carey (MCB/Microbiology)
2002-2003 Bioscience Careers Committee Members: Sarah Allred, Michelle Baranski, Mara Jeffress, Melanie Roberts, Deepika Singh, Heather Van Epps
2001-2002 Bioscience Careers Committee Members: Michelle Fischer, Kelly Grant, Jessica Green, Melanie Roberts, Joy Sebe
2000-2001 Bioscience Careers Committee Members: Michelle Braun, Garth Fowler, Melanie Roberts, Christie Robertson
If you would like to join the committee or suggest future speakers, please email us at phd@u.washington.edu.
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