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Tri-Instituional Career Symposium 2017
Date and time
Location
MSK's Rockefeller Research Laboratory Building
430 East 67th Street New York, NY 10065Description
This daylong event will provide postdoctoral fellows and graduate students information about a range of career paths available to PhDs in the biomedical sciences. The symposium will include a keynote seminar from Melanie Sinche, a guru of PhD career development, and five career panels, each focusing on a different career path. The event will finish with the Tri‑I’s first ever Career Expo.
During the Career Expo, students and postdocs will be able to meet informally with company representatives to: 1) Learn about opportunities at different companies, 2) Understand the skill sets and experiences that these companies look for in employees, and 3) Understand the application process at these companies.
Who may attend?
This event is open to students and postdocs from Memorial Sloan Kettering, Rockefeller University, and Weill Cornell Medicine.
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SCHEDULE
Breakfast
8:30 - 9:10 AM
RRL Lobby
Opening Remarks
9:10 – 9:15 AM
RRL Auditorium
Ushma S. Neill, PhD
Vice President, Scientific Education & Training, MSK
Keynote Seminar
After the PhD/Postdoc: How to Position Yourself for Success
9:15 – 10:15 AM
RRL Auditorium
Melanie Sinche
Author of Next Gen PhD
Director of Education, Jackson Laboratories
https://www.linkedin.com/in/melaniesinche/
Knowing When to Apply for Faculty Positions
10:30 - 11:45 AM
RRL Auditorium
Kristen Pleil, PhD
Assistant Professor
Weill Cornell Medicine
https://pleillab.org/#post-58
Alicia Guemez Gamboa, PhD
Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
http://sites.northwestern.edu/guemezgamboalab/
Richard White, MD, PhD
Assistant Member
Memorial Sloan Kettering
https://www.mskcc.org/research-areas/labs/richard-white
Marcel van den Brink, MD, PhD
Member
Memorial Sloan Kettering
https://www.mskcc.org/research-areas/labs/marcel-van-den-brink
Bench Careers in Biotech and Pharma
12:45 - 2:00 PM
RRL Auditorium
Lori Morton, PhD
Director: Cardiovascular Research, Fibrosis Research
Regeneron
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-gowen-morton-a717029
Lawrence Wennogle, PhD
Vice President of Drug Discovery
Intra-cellular Therapies
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrence-p-larry-wennogle-ph-d-43a50b
Yoon-Chi Han, PhD
Senior Scientist
Pfizer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoon-chi-han-70025b8a
Brian O'Rourke, PhD
Lead Scientist
MicroCures
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-o-rourke-b011a183/
Klodjan Stafa, PhD
Senior Scientist
Estée Lauder
https://www.linkedin.com/in/klodjanstafa/
Careers In Equity Research
2:15 - 3:30 PM (Concurrent Session)
RRL 116
Parag Mahanti, PhD
Biotechnology Equity Research Associate
Jefferies
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paragmahanti
Imran Babar, PhD
Vice President
OrbiMed Advisors
https://www.linkedin.com/in/imran-babar-6ba91a28
Yoon Choi
Equity Executive Assistant
Evercore ISI
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoon-choi-b91447115
Praveen Kudithipudi, MD, MBA
Healthcare Investment Banker
WestPark Capital
https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveen-kudithipudi-md-mba-133245b4
Career Paths in Non-Profits
2:15 - 3:30 PM (Concurrent Session)
RRL Auditorium
Yung Lie, PhD
Deputy Director and Chief Scientific Officer
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yunglie/
Elisabeth Mari, PhD
Director of Biomedical Research
National MS Society
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabeth-mari-71a10527/
Alison Carley, PhD
Program Manager, Life Sciences Conferences
New York Academy of Sciences
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisoncarley/
Rebecca Leshan, PhD
Director of the Banbury Center
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-leshan-55443813/
Non-Bench Careers in Biotech and Pharma
3:45 - 5:00 PM
RRL Auditorium
Katrina Fracchiolla, PhD
Senior Scientific Writer
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrina-fracchiolla-phd-32884531/
Rachel Lane, PhD
Director of Business Development
Ovid Therapeutics
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-lane-phd-18616a14/
Tiernan Mulrooney, PhD
Medical Science Liason
AstraZeneca
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiernanmulrooney/
Mike Orsini, PMP PhD
Associate Director
Merck
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-orsini-01588a1
Career Expo
5:30 – 7:30 PM
RRL-104 and RRL-116
Acsel Health
http://acselhealth.com/
BGB Group
http://bgbgroup.com/
Healthcare Consultancy Group
www.hcg-int.com
Insight Data Science
http://insightdatascience.com
Merck & Co.
http://www.merck.com/careers/
Nucleus Global
http://www.nucleus-global.com/
Omnicom Health Group
http://omnicomhealthgroup.com/
Pfizer and Pfizer’s Postdoc Program
www.pfizer.com
Regeneron
http://careers.regeneron.com/home?id=REGEA0026
Skills Alliance
www.skillsalliance.com
Springer Nature
http://www.springernature.com/us/
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
www.takeda.com
Wiley
http://www.wiley.com