Career Support Center

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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*

Articles of Interest

Annual NIH Career Symposium

The 6th Annual NIH Career Symposium will be held on May 14, 2013 from 8:00am-5:00pm. This event highlights the diversity of career choices available to the next generation of biomedical researchers. This event is appropriate for PhD Graduate Students, Postdocs, and Clinical Fellows.

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Call for Applications: Pediatric Translational Research Workshop for Basic Scientists - May 1 Application Deadline

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Research Institute is pleased to announce that the call for applications is now open for its inaugural Pediatric Translational Research Workshop (PTRW) for Basic Scientists.

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Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group 2012 Draft Report

On June 14, 2012, the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group released its initial report reviewing the state of the U.S. biomedical workforce and providing recommendations to support a sustainable research infrastructure.

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Annual Postdoc Conference & Career Fair

The 2012 Postdoc Conference and Career fair for current postdoctoral fellows takes place on July 12, 2012 in Bethesda, Maryland. Registraton is now open.

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2013 Distinguished Research Trainees

distinguished 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...