BGS Career Development

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Announcements

BGSA is Seeking Volunteers

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The Biomedical Graduate Student Association (BGSA) is seeking volunteers for an upcoming outreach event. A panel of BGS graduate students will provide advice to undergraduates interested in applying to PhD programs in biomedical/scientific fields.

This event is a great opportunity for current graduate students to pass on their passion for science. If you are interested in joining the panel, contact Emily Fabyanic, Chair of Academic Affairs.

When: November 14th, 5:30 – 6:30 PM

Where: CURF Fireside Lounge

Room 200 of the ARCH Building, 3601 Locust Walk

Information Session with Insight Data Science – Oct. 4, 2018

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Please RSVP by Monday, October 1, 2018 to join BGS for an Information Session and Q&A with Morgan Taylor, BGS (NGG) alumna and Insight Data Science’s Health Data Program Director in Boston. Lunch will be served.

Scientists and engineers from diverse fields, including physics, astronomy, computational biology, neuroscience, math, statistics, and computer science, are playing key roles in transforming the way companies and public institutions work with data to impact our daily lives. The Insight Data Science Fellows Program is an intensive, seven week postdoctoral training fellowship that bridges the gap between academic research and a career in data science. Based in Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, Seattle, and Toronto, the program enables scientists to learn the industry-specific skills through a project-based, industry-driven learning approach designed to train academics in many of the cutting edge data science tools and practices used in industry.

There are now over 1500 Insight alumni working as data scientists and data engineers on top data-driven teams including Facebook, the New York Times, Netflix, Twitter, Bloomberg, Apple, LinkedIn, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Viacom, Enigma, Jet.com, and NBC, as well as at various well-funded startups.

This event will: (1) provide a high-level overview of data science in the health and technology industries and (2) describe the Insight Fellows Program, which has an October 22 application deadline for the January 2019 session. The session will include time for Q&A, as well as advice for those interested in transitioning to careers in data science and data engineering. Learn more at insightdatascience.com

When: October 4, 2018 at 12PM

Where: Smilow 09-146AB

To RSVP, click here or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:

https://goo.gl/forms/jKwAnjVp65P9WsNM2

 

If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Lopez.

BGS Professional Skills Series – ‘Time Management’

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BGS is pleased to announce the first workshop in this year’s Professional Skills Series for PhD students – “Time Management.” The workshop will cover a variety of strategies that can be used to manage time effectively. Light refreshments will be served. The workshop will be led by Julie A. Blendy and feature insights from Scott Hensley and Montserrat Anguera.

When: Tuesday, October 9, 2018, 4:00-5:30PM

Where: Smilow 10-146AB

Please register by October 5, 2018 to guarantee your spot!

To register, click here or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:

https://goo.gl/forms/8tCM7NX8jaVPtIgN2

If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Lopez.

SACNAS: Grant Writing Workshop

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Learning how to write stellar grant proposals is a part of our craft and certainly important to a number of career paths. Join UPenn’s SACNAS Chapter to hear about the application process for two particular grants – the NSF GRFP and NIH’s NRSA F31 Fellowships.

When: Wednesday, September 26, 2018, at 12PM

Where: JMEC 505 EW (Smilow 5th floor)

BGS Students Attend First Networking Event of the Year

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BGS Career Development hosted its first networking event on September 12th, 2018. A total of 42 students and 23 BGS alumni from Janssen Pharmaceuticals attended. Students and alumni alike enjoyed refreshments as well as engaging conversation about science, interests, and possible career paths with a leading pharmaceutical company.

Special thanks to the Janssen alumni who attended. Students should be sure to keep an eye out for future BGS networking events! The Career Development blog is actively curated, so students should check back often for resources to help in forging meaningful professional connections.