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CBI@Wayne is Facilitating Multiple Career Paths Through Professional Development.
A critical foundation of the CBI program is career skills building. Building upon foundational career development actvities supported via an NIH-funded BEST (Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training) program,[i,ii,iii] the CBI@Wayne hosts a series of workshops, panel discussions, boot camps, and group activities to expose students to the breadth of career opportunities available to Ph.D. scientists. The central goal is to enable each student to intentionally develop the skills needed for various careers (e.g., preparing business models for industry, writing policy statements for government), particularly early stage students for proactive career preparation. The robust CBI-hosted career events create a robust infrastructure of career development to build the next generation of biomedical researchers with broad experimental skills, confident decision making, interpersonal competency, and strong scientific identities.
For a list of CBI-hosted career development events, please visit the CBI Activities page that are included in the monthly CBI seminar series, as well as certificate programs such as SciPhD. All WSU trainees are welcome and encouraged to participate!
Links to Additional Resources
• WSU Graduate Student Professional Development Series
Job Posting Services
• C&E News
References related to the NIH-funded BEST program at Wayne State Unviersity:
[i] Mathur, A., Chow, C. S., Feig, A. L., Kenaga, H., Moldenhauer, J. A., Muthunayake, N. S., et al. (2018) Exposure to Multiple Career Pathways by Biomedical Doctoral Students at a Public Research University. PLoS ONE 13(6), e0199720. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199720
[ii] Brandt, P.D. et al. (2021) A Cross-Institutional Analysis of the Effects of Broadening Trainee Professional Development on Research Productivity. PLoS Biol. 19(7), e3000956. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000956
[iii] Mathur, A., Hwalek, M., Straub, V., Chow, C. S. (2023) Increasing Faculty Support, Respect, and Ability to Help Doctoral Students Explore Non-Academic Research Career Opportunities. Heliyon 9(1), e13052.:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13052
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