Career Support Center
The Research Trainee Career Support Center provides you with articles and resources that will assist you as you contemplate your move into a non-trainee, professional career track.
CHOP research trainees may also enroll in the UPenn Biomedical Postdoctoral Program (BPP), a premiere professional/career support program for UPenn/CHOP fellows.
Visit the BPP Enrollment intranet page for details. *Requires Active Directory Log-In*
Career Paths for Life Scientists
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- Category: Career Support Center
- Created on Wednesday, 07 July 2010 17:35
- Written by Dave Taylor
This brief article from The Chronicle of Higher Education examines multiple skillsets that may prime you for a leap into non-academic/non-industrial career paths.
What's Your Philosophy on Teaching And Does it Matter in the Job Search?
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- Created on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 10:14
- Written by Lyngine Calizo
Increasingly, academic departments are asking job candidates to include a teaching philosophy as part of their application. How important are these statements in the hiring process? When are they a deciding factor and when should you focus on other parts of the application instead?
Career Advice For Scientists at Every Stage
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- Created on Wednesday, 02 June 2010 00:00
- Written by Lyngine Calizo
These publications provide a wide-range of career advice covering professional and personal aspects of having a successful scientific career.
Help! How Do I Write a Teaching Philosophy?
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- Category: Career Support Center
- Created on Monday, 17 May 2010 00:00
- Written by Lyngine Calizo
Increasingly, applicants for faculty positions are being asked to write a teaching philosophy. What do hiring committees look for in a teaching philosophy? How does one avoid making a costly error?
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2013 Distinguished Research Trainees
Congratulations to the 2013 CHOP Distinguished Research Trainees:
Yiran Guo, Ph.D.
Kosuke Izumi, M.D., Ph.D.
Wulan Deng, Ph.D.
These exceptional CHOP researchers were nominated by their mentors to receive this prestigious award, presented to them by Dr. Philip Johnson at the 2013 CHOP Research Poster Day. Read more...
