STEMulating Conversations with Dr. Q

When you look back over your career journey, what are the areas that you can see personal and professional growth?

February is Black History Month but did you know it was also Growth Month?

February 1st marks the anniversary of my journey Beyond the Bench. In this episode, I share advice on the STEMulating conversations I would have liked to have had as a graduate student.

When she started graduate school, her plans were to be in the academy. However, after having conversations with her labmate and networking with fellow alumni of her institution, the journey beyond the bench took a different course. Dr. Fortis was open to opportunity which led her to a AAAS policy fellowship, the National Science Foundation, New York Academy of Science, and now as the director of postdoctoral affairs at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

We also discuss how Hurricane Maria has impacted her home of Puerto Rico and asks that listeners continue to assist however they can.

She points to Ciencia Puerto Rico as a resource for information on ways to help.

CienciaPR.org/en (English site)

CienciaPR.org/es (Spanish site)

A Mississippian, an HBCU graduate, a PhD immunologist with postdoctoral training from an Ivy League institution, yet he sums up his journey beyond the bench with a simple phrase: be good to the people around you; be good to the people you care about, but most importantly be good to yourself!

Dr. Caleph Wilson shares his journey from the bench to a career in industry--first as a research scientist at an emerging biotech/biopharm, and now as a technical sales specialist and consultant for a global instrumentation company. You'll also learn about his science communication and advocacy work in making sure that science is accessible to all.

Follow him on Twitter: @HeyDrWilson

If you've ever wondered about a career in the policy world, this week's guest shares his journey from the North Carolina School of Math and Science to his current role at the National Institutes of Health. He also gives candid, yet helpful advice for those who are conducting job searches.

Follow Dr. Kenneth Gibbs, Jr. on Twitter at:

@KennyGibbsPhD

@STEMPhDCareers

Also mentioned in this episode:

Meyerhoff Scholars at University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Leadership Alliance

NIH/NIGMS

Closing out 2017 and preparing to usher in 2018.

This week's episode is a rebroadcast of a very popular 2016 Lunchtime webinar on setting Specific, Measurable, Action-Oriented, Realistic and Time Bound (SMART) goals.

Tips on not only how to create them, but also how to ensure that you attain and achieve them.

This week's episode is a rebroadcast of a 2016 lunchtime webinar on Active and Passive networking. We explore the definition of network, and pose challenging questions to unearth they type of networking that most of us engage.

We discuss several examples to allow you to see a clear difference between passive and active networking.

Is working in industry really that different from working in an academic research laboratory? How can you transfer the skills learned while training for a PhD into real time application? These are just two of several areas of insight that this newly minted PhD guest shares on her journey from the bench to the workplace.

Mentioned on the show:

Twitter: @Being_Melody

Instagram: @brokeonpurpose

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