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This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. 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Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-06-12 17:02:00','2014-06-12 17:02:00','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(312,8,'2014-09-14 03:03:59','2014-09-14 03:03:59','<div id=\"intro\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n<h1>This event is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health as part of Virginia Tech’s BEST Program (\"Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training”). It will guide students through preparation of an Individual Development Plan (IDP), which is recommended for all students supported on NIH grants and fellowships. The IDP process involves both self-assessment and preparation of a written plan that includes academic, scientific, professional, and/or career goals. Through this process some trainees will identify areas where more information is needed in order to refine their goals and next steps- the BEST Program would like to help fill those gaps by connecting trainees to resources and subsequent career talks/workshops.</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[gravityform id=\"5\" name=\"IDP Workshop Sign-Up May 14th\"]','IDP Workshop Sign-Up','','inherit','closed','open','','268-autosave-v1','','','2014-09-14 03:03:59','2014-09-14 03:03:59','',268,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/268-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(313,8,'2014-07-10 04:00:32','2014-07-10 04:00:32','&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Virginia Tech BEST Program Leadership</h1>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span></span>\r\n\r\n<style><!--\r\n/* Font Definitions */ @font-face 	{font-family:Arial; 	panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4; 	mso-font-charset:0; 	mso-generic-font-family:auto; 	mso-font-pitch:variable; 	mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073711037 9 0 511 0;} @font-face 	{font-family:\"ＭＳ 明朝\"; 	mso-font-charset:78; 	mso-generic-font-family:auto; 	mso-font-pitch:variable; 	mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 18 0 131231 0;} @font-face 	{font-family:\"Cambria Math\"; 	panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; 	mso-font-charset:0; 	mso-generic-font-family:auto; 	mso-font-pitch:variable; 	mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;} @font-face 	{font-family:Cambria; 	panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; 	mso-font-charset:0; 	mso-generic-font-family:auto; 	mso-font-pitch:variable; 	mso-font-signature:-536870145 1073743103 0 0 415 0;}  /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal 	{mso-style-unhide:no; 	mso-style-qformat:yes; 	mso-style-parent:\"\"; 	margin:0in; 	margin-bottom:.0001pt; 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan; 	font-size:12.0pt; 	font-family:Cambria; 	mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; 	mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; 	mso-fareast-font-family:\"ＭＳ 明朝\"; 	mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; 	mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; 	mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; 	mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; 	mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} .MsoChpDefault 	{mso-style-type:export-only; 	mso-default-props:yes; 	font-family:Cambria; 	mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; 	mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; 	mso-fareast-font-family:\"ＭＳ 明朝\"; 	mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; 	mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; 	mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; 	mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; 	mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page WordSection1 	{size:8.5in 11.0in; 	margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; 	mso-header-margin:.5in; 	mso-footer-margin:.5in; 	mso-paper-source:0;} div.WordSection1 	{page:WordSection1;}\r\n--></style>\r\n<div class=\"columns-wrapper\">\r\n<div><a href=\"http://research.vtc.vt.edu/employees/michael-j-friedlander\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Michael J. Friedlander, Ph.D. </strong></a><strong><a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/michael_friedlander_mugshot_1_crop_150x150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-210\" alt=\"michael_friedlander_mugshot_1_crop_150x150\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/michael_friedlander_mugshot_1_crop_150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a></strong></div>\r\n<div><strong>Co-Investigator, NIH BEST Award</strong></div>\r\n<div>Executive Director, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute</div>\r\n<div>Associate Provost for Health Sciences, Virginia Tech</div>\r\n<div>Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Science, Virginia Tech</div>\r\n<div>Senior Dean for Research, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</div>\r\n<div>Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div><a href=\"http://research.vtc.vt.edu/employees/audra-van-wart\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Audra Van Wart, Ph.D.</strong></a><strong><a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Audra_Van_Wart-cropped_6_crop_150x150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-209\" alt=\"Audra_Van_Wart-cropped_6_crop_150x150\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Audra_Van_Wart-cropped_6_crop_150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a></strong></div>\r\n<div><strong>Co-Investigator, NIH BEST Award</strong></div>\r\n<div>Director of Education and Training, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute</div>\r\n<div>Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</div>\r\n<div class=\"two-columns nomargin\"></div>\r\n</div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Advisory Board:</h1>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span></span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Dennis Dean, Ph.D.</strong>, Executive Director, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Director Fralin Life Science Institute; University Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry\r\n\r\n<strong>Karen DePauw, Ph.D.</strong>, Vice President and Dean for Graduate Education, Virginia Tech\r\n\r\n<strong>Sam English, Ph.D.</strong>, CEO and Founder, Attention Point; President of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council\r\n\r\n<strong>Derick Maggard, M.S.</strong>, Owner, Vanquish Investments; Executive Director of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council\r\n\r\n<strong>Kenneth Wong, Ph.D.</strong>, Director of Educational Programs of the Arlington Innovation Center: Health Research; Director of the Northern Virginia Center; and Associate Dean of the Graduate School\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','PEOPLE','','inherit','closed','open','','189-revision-v1','','','2014-07-10 04:00:32','2014-07-10 04:00:32','',189,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/189-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(314,8,'2014-07-10 04:05:27','2014-07-10 04:05:27','<div id=\"intro\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n<h1>Individual career planning, skill building, and connecting with professionals within and beyond academia</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">BEST Career Bootcamp</h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span>  <a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Career-Megaphone.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-100\" alt=\"Career\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Career-Megaphone-300x211.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" /></a></h1>\r\nStayed tuned for more information regarding our Career Bootcamp series, which will be offered Spring/Summer of 2014.  This series begins in May with an IDP Workshop to introduce trainees to Individual Development Plans. <em>Sign up now to attend an IDP Workshop in either Blacksburg or Roanoke on May 14th!</em>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"button\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/idp-workshop-sign-up/\"><span>SIGN UP</span></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Professional Development Course (TBMH 5106, 2 credits)</h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span></h1>\r\nThis course will be offered each Spring semester, starting Spring 2015. Class time will include guest lectures from various biomedical professionals, who will present case studies and exercises designed to provide an understanding of various biomedical career paths, and how these professionals interact to promote biomedical research and the implementation of important discoveries.  Additional focus on career development planning (IDPs) and building scientific communication skills.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Location</span><em>:</em> Course instruction will take place at Virginia Tech facilities in Roanoke and/or Blacksburg.<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Career-Bridge.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-99\" alt=\"Career Bridge\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Career-Bridge-300x203.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Student Commitment</span>: Trainees will attend class for 2 hours per week for one semester at Virginia Tech. Trainees must commit to attending all classes, and completing all reading and written assignments, including completion of an Individual Development Plan. Trainees will complete a course assessment questionnaire that should take 10 minutes to complete, and the annual BEST Survey that should take less than 30 minutes to complete. This BEST survey will be issued annually for 10 years.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Eligibility</span>:   This course is required for all students in the PhD program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH), and open to students in other biomedical graduate programs at Virginia Tech as part of the BEST program. Space is limited, and we encourage non-TBMH students to apply as early as possible to secure space in the course.\r\n\r\nPostdoctoral trainees who are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">within three years</span> of earning their doctorate are eligible to audit this course as part of the BEST program (0 credits), but must attend all classes.\r\n\r\n<em>Trainees who are not TBMH students will need to sign up here to receive instructor permission to register for the course for Spring 2015. Space is limited and trainees will be selected in the order in which they sign up. Trainees must sign an informed consent form and return it on the first day of class</em>.\r\n\r\nBe sure to <a title=\"CONTACT\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/contact/\">subscribe</a> to our e-alerts to be notified when SIGN UP sheets are open!\r\n\r\n<strong><a class=\"button\"><span>SIGN UP</span></a></strong>\r\n\r\n<em> </em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT','','inherit','closed','open','','138-revision-v1','','','2014-07-10 04:05:27','2014-07-10 04:05:27','',138,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/138-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(315,8,'2014-07-10 04:10:41','2014-07-10 04:10:41','<ul class=\"bullet_star imglist\">\n	<li><em>(Not yet enrolling participants)</em></li>\n</ul>\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Mentor.small_.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-102 alignright\" alt=\"Mentor word cloud\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Mentor.small_.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"345\" /></a>The mentorship program is intended for trainees that have begun to identify possible career paths of interest, and are seeking mentorship related to those career paths. Trainees will participate in regular advisory meetings with mentors from academic and non-academic partner institutions and businesses (mentors are assigned based on trainee career interests).\n\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trainee commitment</span>: Trainees will be required to attend an orientation event at Virginia Tech meeting facilities, and a networking event at the completion of the program. They will meet monthly for 1 – 2 hrs with their mentor (via phone, video, or in person), over the course of 9 months. Mentors will provide additional guidance for shaping the trainees’ individual development plans, and help identify mechanisms for further growth, including use of existing courses, certificates, and degree programs at VT that would provide complementary experiences. Trainees and their mentors will complete a 2 month and 9 month assessment of the experience as a quality control measure, and these 2 questionnaires should take 10 minutes or less to complete. 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Trainees will take the BEST Survey at the end of their experiences that should take less than 30 minutes to complete.\r\n\r\n*Be sure to <a title=\"CONTACT\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/contact/\">subscribe</a> to our e-alerts to be notified when SIGN UP sheets are open!\r\n\r\nFaculty and non-academic professionals interested in serving as mentors in this program can sign up <a title=\"PARTNER\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/partner/\">here</a>.','MENTORSHIP PROGRAM','','inherit','closed','open','','173-revision-v1','','','2014-07-10 04:10:51','2014-07-10 04:10:51','',173,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/173-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(349,8,'2014-09-10 12:07:42','2014-09-10 12:07:42','','Dr. Lunardi','','inherit','closed','open','','lunardi-photo','','','2014-09-10 12:07:42','2014-09-10 12:07:42','',0,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lunardi-Photo.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(352,8,'2014-09-11 12:15:00','2014-09-11 12:15:00','<strong>Sept 29th, 2 PM – 5 PM, Roanoke</strong>\r\n<strong>Laura M. 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Participants will play the role of Scientific Program Director for a disease foundation, learning what it takes to evaluate the success and failure of funded research for strategic evaluation and communicate advances to diverse audiences, including donors, patients, and the public.\r\nSept 29th, 2 PM – 5 PM, VTCRI Room R3012   \r\n','','','inherit','closed','open','','352-revision-v1','','','2014-09-10 12:16:06','2014-09-10 12:16:06','',352,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/352-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(354,8,'2014-09-10 12:17:02','2014-09-10 12:17:02','<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lunardi-Photo.png\"><img src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lunardi-Photo-232x300.png\" alt=\"Dr. Lunardi\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-349\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMini-Internship: “Funding and Fundraising in Medical Research Philanthropy\"\r\nThe BEST program mini-internships are designed to expose trainees to “a day on the job” for a variety of career paths, through hands-on exercises, site visits, and/or case discussions with biomedical professionals. 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She was a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable of the National Academy of Sciences, contributing to their studies of intellectual property in academic-industry relationships and U.S. science and technology competitiveness. Dr. Brockway-Lunardi received her doctorate in Vision Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she was president of the Industry Roundtable, an organization dedicated to fostering a greater awareness of science careers outside academia. 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Come hear Dr. Brockway-Lunardi reflect on over ten years of experience of accelerating medical and scientific research in the non-profit world through science policy analysis, advocacy, scientific programming, and venture philanthropy funding, and learn more about pursuing a career in these areas.</h1>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><strong>Laura M. Brockway-Lunardi, PhD</strong></h1>\r\n<strong>Scientific Program Director, Melanoma Research Alliance</strong>\r\nLaura Brockway-Lunardi, Ph.D., joined the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) as Scientific Program Director in 2009 with over ten years of experience in scientific program management, science policy, and biomedical research. At MRA, she manages the organization’s grants portfolio, which totals more than $60 million in research funding, as well as its annual scientific conference, and assists in communications and external relations. 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From 2004-2008, Dr. Brockway-Lunardi was senior science policy analyst at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, developing policy recommendations on biomedical research issues including conflicts of interest, scientific publishing, grant review as well as contributing to advocacy efforts for federal research funding. She was a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable of the National Academy of Sciences, contributing to their studies of intellectual property in academic-industry relationships and U.S. science and technology competitiveness. Dr. Brockway-Lunardi received her doctorate in Vision Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she was president of the Industry Roundtable, an organization dedicated to fostering a greater awareness of science careers outside academia. 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At our next mini-internship, let Scientific Program Director Dr. Laura Brockway-Lunardi guide you through a series of exercises to build critical skills for PhDs working in program management, particularly for non-profit research funders. Participants will play the role of Scientific Program Director for a disease foundation, learning what it takes to evaluate the success and failure of funded research for strategic evaluation and communicate advances to diverse audiences, including donors, patients, and the public.</h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Space is limited! Participants must register in advance and sign a BEST participant consent form.</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Laura M. 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From 2004-2008, Dr. Brockway-Lunardi was senior science policy analyst at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, developing policy recommendations on biomedical research issues including conflicts of interest, scientific publishing, grant review as well as contributing to advocacy efforts for federal research funding. She was a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable of the National Academy of Sciences, contributing to their studies of intellectual property in academic-industry relationships and U.S. science and technology competitiveness. Dr. Brockway-Lunardi received her doctorate in Vision Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she was president of the Industry Roundtable, an organization dedicated to fostering a greater awareness of science careers outside academia. 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At our next mini-internship, let Scientific Program Director Dr. Laura Brockway-Lunardi guide you through a series of exercises to build critical skills for PhDs working in program management, particularly for non-profit research funders. Participants will play the role of Scientific Program Director for a disease foundation, learning what it takes to evaluate the success and failure of funded research for strategic evaluation and communicate advances to diverse audiences, including donors, patients, and the public.</h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><em>Space is limited! Participants must register in advance and sign a BEST participant consent form.</em></h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Laura M. Brockway-Lunardi, PhD</strong><a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lunardi-Photo.png\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-349\" alt=\"Dr. Lunardi\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lunardi-Photo-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n<strong>Scientific Program Director, Melanoma Research Alliance</strong>\r\nLaura Brockway-Lunardi, Ph.D., joined the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) as Scientific Program Director in 2009 with over ten years of experience in scientific program management, science policy, and biomedical research. At MRA, she manages the organization’s grants portfolio, which totals more than $60 million in research funding, as well as its annual scientific conference, and assists in communications and external relations. Prior to MRA, she was scientific program manager at the International Life Science Institute North America where she coordinated programs on nutrition and health. From 2004-2008, Dr. Brockway-Lunardi was senior science policy analyst at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, developing policy recommendations on biomedical research issues including conflicts of interest, scientific publishing, grant review as well as contributing to advocacy efforts for federal research funding. She was a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable of the National Academy of Sciences, contributing to their studies of intellectual property in academic-industry relationships and U.S. science and technology competitiveness. Dr. Brockway-Lunardi received her doctorate in Vision Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she was president of the Industry Roundtable, an organization dedicated to fostering a greater awareness of science careers outside academia. 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At our next mini-internship, let Scientific Program Director Dr. Laura Brockway-Lunardi guide you through a series of exercises to build critical skills for PhDs working in program management, particularly for non-profit research funders. Participants will play the role of Scientific Program Director for a disease foundation, learning what it takes to evaluate the success and failure of funded research for strategic evaluation and communicate advances to diverse audiences, including donors, patients, and the public.</h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><em>Space is limited! Participants must <a title=\"Mini-Internship: “Funding and Fundraising in Medical Research Philanthropy”\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/352-2/\">register</a> in advance and sign a BEST participant consent form.</em></h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Laura M. Brockway-Lunardi, PhD</strong><a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lunardi-Photo.png\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-349\" alt=\"Dr. Lunardi\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lunardi-Photo-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n<strong>Scientific Program Director, Melanoma Research Alliance</strong>\r\nLaura Brockway-Lunardi, Ph.D., joined the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) as Scientific Program Director in 2009 with over ten years of experience in scientific program management, science policy, and biomedical research. At MRA, she manages the organization’s grants portfolio, which totals more than $60 million in research funding, as well as its annual scientific conference, and assists in communications and external relations. Prior to MRA, she was scientific program manager at the International Life Science Institute North America where she coordinated programs on nutrition and health. From 2004-2008, Dr. Brockway-Lunardi was senior science policy analyst at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, developing policy recommendations on biomedical research issues including conflicts of interest, scientific publishing, grant review as well as contributing to advocacy efforts for federal research funding. She was a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable of the National Academy of Sciences, contributing to their studies of intellectual property in academic-industry relationships and U.S. science and technology competitiveness. Dr. Brockway-Lunardi received her doctorate in Vision Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she was president of the Industry Roundtable, an organization dedicated to fostering a greater awareness of science careers outside academia. 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At our next mini-internship, let Scientific Program Director Dr. Laura Brockway-Lunardi guide you through a series of exercises to build critical skills for PhDs working in program management, particularly for non-profit research funders. Participants will play the role of Scientific Program Director for a disease foundation, learning what it takes to evaluate the success and failure of funded research for strategic evaluation and communicate advances to diverse audiences, including donors, patients, and the public.</h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><em>Space is limited! Participants must <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\"><a title=\"Mini-Internship: “Funding and Fundraising in Medical Research Philanthropy”\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/352-2/\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">register</span></a></span></strong> in advance and sign a BEST participant consent form.</em></h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Laura M. Brockway-Lunardi, PhD</strong><a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lunardi-Photo.png\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-349\" alt=\"Dr. Lunardi\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lunardi-Photo-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n<strong>Scientific Program Director, Melanoma Research Alliance</strong>\r\nLaura Brockway-Lunardi, Ph.D., joined the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) as Scientific Program Director in 2009 with over ten years of experience in scientific program management, science policy, and biomedical research. At MRA, she manages the organization’s grants portfolio, which totals more than $60 million in research funding, as well as its annual scientific conference, and assists in communications and external relations. Prior to MRA, she was scientific program manager at the International Life Science Institute North America where she coordinated programs on nutrition and health. From 2004-2008, Dr. Brockway-Lunardi was senior science policy analyst at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, developing policy recommendations on biomedical research issues including conflicts of interest, scientific publishing, grant review as well as contributing to advocacy efforts for federal research funding. She was a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable of the National Academy of Sciences, contributing to their studies of intellectual property in academic-industry relationships and U.S. science and technology competitiveness. Dr. Brockway-Lunardi received her doctorate in Vision Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she was president of the Industry Roundtable, an organization dedicated to fostering a greater awareness of science careers outside academia. She received her bachelor’s degree in biology with honors from Florida State University.','Mini-Internship: Program Management & Non-profits - Sept 29th, 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','389-revision-v1','','','2014-09-14 03:11:20','2014-09-14 03:11:20','',389,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/389-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(406,8,'2014-09-14 03:15:39','2014-09-14 03:15:39','<div id=\"intro\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n<h1>Individual career planning, skill building, and connecting with professionals within and beyond academia</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Professional Development Course (TBMH 5106, 2 credits)</h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span></h1>\r\nThis course will be offered each Spring semester, starting Spring 2015. Class time will include guest lectures from various biomedical professionals, who will present case studies and exercises designed to provide an understanding of various biomedical career paths, and how these professionals interact to promote biomedical research and the implementation of important discoveries.  Additional focus on career development planning (IDPs) and building scientific communication skills.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Location</span><em>:</em> Course instruction will take place at Virginia Tech facilities in Roanoke and/or Blacksburg.<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Career-Bridge.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-99\" alt=\"Career Bridge\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Career-Bridge-300x203.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Student Commitment</span>: Trainees will attend class for 2 hours per week for one semester at Virginia Tech. Trainees must commit to attending all classes, and completing all reading and written assignments, including completion of an Individual Development Plan. Trainees will complete a course assessment questionnaire that should take 10 minutes to complete, and the annual BEST Survey that should take less than 30 minutes to complete. This BEST survey will be issued annually for 10 years.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Eligibility</span>:   This course is required for all students in the PhD program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH), and open to students in other biomedical graduate programs at Virginia Tech as part of the BEST program. Space is limited, and we encourage non-TBMH students to apply as early as possible to secure space in the course.\r\n\r\nPostdoctoral trainees who are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">within three years</span> of earning their doctorate are eligible to audit this course as part of the BEST program (0 credits), but must attend all classes.\r\n\r\n<em>Trainees who are not TBMH students will need to sign up here to receive instructor permission to register for the course for Spring 2015. Space is limited and trainees will be selected in the order in which they sign up. Trainees must sign an informed consent form and return it on the first day of class</em>.\r\n\r\nBe sure to <a title=\"CONTACT\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/contact/\">subscribe</a> to our e-alerts to be notified when SIGN UP sheets are open!\r\n\r\n<strong><a class=\"button\"><span>SIGN UP</span></a></strong>\r\n\r\n<em> </em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT','','inherit','closed','open','','138-revision-v1','','','2014-09-14 03:15:39','2014-09-14 03:15:39','',138,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/138-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(407,8,'2014-09-14 03:18:25','2014-09-14 03:18:25','<div id=\"intro\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n<h1>The BEST Program supports two types of internship opportunities: \"Mini-internships\" and \"Internships\"</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><strong>\"Mini-internships\"</strong></h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iStock_000006387364Small1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-101\" alt=\"Bureau\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iStock_000006387364Small1-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>Mini-internships are a time-efficient way to experience and learn about careers beyond academic research, such as science policy, biotechnology, intellectual property, science communications, and health care. These often involve a visit to the “mini-internship” host site, and activities, tours, or projects designed to inform trainees on the nature of the profession, important challenges in the field, and required skills. Trainees may participate in one or more mini-internships, the majority of which will require a commitment of between 1 and 7 days.\r\n\r\nUpcoming mini-internship:\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Mini-Internship: Program Management &amp; Non-profits – Sept 29th, 2014\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/mini-internship-program-management-non-profits-sept-29th-2014/\"><strong>“Funding and Fundraising in Medical Research Philanthropy\"</strong></a>\r\n<a title=\"Mini-Internship: Program Management &amp; Non-profits – Sept 29th, 2014\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/mini-internship-program-management-non-profits-sept-29th-2014/\"> <strong>Sept 29th, 2 PM – 5 PM, Roanoke</strong></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><strong>“Internships”</strong></h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iStock_15923980Medium.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15\" alt=\"iStock_15923980Medium\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iStock_15923980Medium-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>The BEST program will also facilitate matching students to internships of longer durations as they come available, and will provide a limited number of travel stipends to attend internships outside the Roanoke-Blacksburg region. If you have already identified an internship and would like to apply for a travel stipend, please fill out our <a title=\"CONTACT\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/contact/\" target=\"_blank\">contact form</a>. A programming committee will determine if the internship meets the program goals.\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Program Details</h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span></h1>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Location:</span> Mini-internships and internships will be offered at companies or organizations with a biomedical or health focus. Some of these internships will be located at Virginia Tech facilities in Blacksburg and Roanoke, VA, the Corporate Research Center in Blacksburg, VA, or Virginia Tech facilities in the National Capital Region in Washington, D.C.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trainee Commitment</span>:  Upon completion of the mini-internship or internship, trainees will complete a short questionnaire to evaluate the quality and appropriateness of the particular experience; this survey should take 10 minutes to complete. Trainees will also take the annual BEST Survey at the end of their experiences that should take less than 30 minutes to complete. This BEST survey will be issued annually for 10 years.\r\n\r\n<strong><a class=\"button\" style=\"background-color: b07e19;\"><span>SIGN UP</span></a></strong>\r\n\r\n<em>We are currently building our internship database. A sign-up sheet will be posted once these internship activities are available.  Individuals and organizations interested in hosting internships may sign up <a title=\"Partner Sign Up\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/partner/\">here</a>.</em>','INTERNSHIPS','','inherit','closed','open','','34-revision-v1','','','2014-09-14 03:18:25','2014-09-14 03:18:25','',34,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/34-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(408,8,'2014-09-14 03:20:14','2014-09-14 03:20:14','<div id=\"intro\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n<h1>The BEST Program supports two types of internship opportunities: \"Mini-internships\" and \"Internships\"</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><strong>\"Mini-internships\"</strong></h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iStock_000006387364Small1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-101\" alt=\"Bureau\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iStock_000006387364Small1-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>Mini-internships are a time-efficient way to experience and learn about careers beyond academic research, such as science policy, biotechnology, intellectual property, science communications, and health care. These often involve a visit to the “mini-internship” host site, and activities, tours, or projects designed to inform trainees on the nature of the profession, important challenges in the field, and required skills. Trainees may participate in one or more mini-internships, the majority of which will require a commitment of between 1 and 7 days.\r\n\r\n<em>Upcoming mini-internship:</em>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Mini-Internship: Program Management &amp; Non-profits – Sept 29th, 2014\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/mini-internship-program-management-non-profits-sept-29th-2014/\"><strong>“Funding and Fundraising in Medical Research Philanthropy\"</strong></a>\r\n<a title=\"Mini-Internship: Program Management &amp; Non-profits – Sept 29th, 2014\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/mini-internship-program-management-non-profits-sept-29th-2014/\"> <strong>Sept 29th, 2 PM – 5 PM, Roanoke</strong></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><strong>“Internships”</strong></h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iStock_15923980Medium.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15\" alt=\"iStock_15923980Medium\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iStock_15923980Medium-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>The BEST program will also facilitate matching students to internships of longer durations as they come available, and will provide a limited number of travel stipends to attend internships outside the Roanoke-Blacksburg region. If you have already identified an internship and would like to apply for a travel stipend, please fill out our <a title=\"CONTACT\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/contact/\" target=\"_blank\">contact form</a>. A programming committee will determine if the internship meets the program goals.\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Program Details</h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span></h1>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Location:</span> Mini-internships and internships will be offered at companies or organizations with a biomedical or health focus. Some of these internships will be located at Virginia Tech facilities in Blacksburg and Roanoke, VA, the Corporate Research Center in Blacksburg, VA, or Virginia Tech facilities in the National Capital Region in Washington, D.C.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trainee Commitment</span>:  Upon completion of the mini-internship or internship, trainees will complete a short questionnaire to evaluate the quality and appropriateness of the particular experience; this survey should take 10 minutes to complete. Trainees will also take the annual BEST Survey at the end of their experiences that should take less than 30 minutes to complete. This BEST survey will be issued annually for 10 years.\r\n\r\n<strong><a class=\"button\" style=\"background-color: b07e19;\"><span>SIGN UP</span></a></strong>\r\n\r\n<em>We are currently building our internship database. A sign-up sheet will be posted once these internship activities are available.  Individuals and organizations interested in hosting internships may sign up <a title=\"Partner Sign Up\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/partner/\">here</a>.</em>','INTERNSHIPS','','inherit','closed','open','','34-revision-v1','','','2014-09-14 03:20:14','2014-09-14 03:20:14','',34,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/34-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(415,8,'2014-10-03 20:03:51','2014-10-03 20:03:51','','*Download the presentation here!','','inherit','closed','open','','lunardi-seminar-presentation-pdf','','','2014-10-03 20:03:51','2014-10-03 20:03:51','',378,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Lunardi-Seminar-Presentation-PDF.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(416,8,'2014-10-03 20:14:44','2014-10-03 20:14:44','<strong><a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lunardi-Photo.png\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-349\" alt=\"Dr. Lunardi\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lunardi-Photo-232x300.png\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><strong>BEST Seminar</strong></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><strong>“Advance Medical Research without Picking Up a Pipette: Careers for PhDs in Science Policy and Foundations”</strong>\r\n<strong>Sept 29th, 11:30 AM– 12:30 PM, VTCRI Room R3012</strong>\r\nLaura Brockway-Lunardi, Ph.D. is the scientific program director at the Melanoma Research Alliance, and a former senior science policy analyst at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). Come hear Dr. Brockway-Lunardi reflect on over ten years of experience of accelerating medical and scientific research in the non-profit world through science policy analysis, advocacy, scientific programming, and venture philanthropy funding, and learn more about pursuing a career in these areas.</h1>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><strong>Laura M. Brockway-Lunardi, PhD</strong></h1>\r\n<strong>Scientific Program Director, Melanoma Research Alliance</strong>\r\nLaura Brockway-Lunardi, Ph.D., joined the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) as Scientific Program Director in 2009 with over ten years of experience in scientific program management, science policy, and biomedical research. At MRA, she manages the organization’s grants portfolio, which totals more than $60 million in research funding, as well as its annual scientific conference, and assists in communications and external relations. Prior to MRA, she was scientific program manager at the International Life Science Institute North America where she coordinated programs on nutrition and health. From 2004-2008, Dr. Brockway-Lunardi was senior science policy analyst at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, developing policy recommendations on biomedical research issues including conflicts of interest, scientific publishing, grant review as well as contributing to advocacy efforts for federal research funding. She was a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable of the National Academy of Sciences, contributing to their studies of intellectual property in academic-industry relationships and U.S. science and technology competitiveness. Dr. Brockway-Lunardi received her doctorate in Vision Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she was president of the Industry Roundtable, an organization dedicated to fostering a greater awareness of science careers outside academia. She received her bachelor’s degree in biology with honors from Florida State University.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Lunardi-Seminar-Presentation-PDF.pdf\">*Download the presentation here!</a>','Careers in Science Policy and Foundations - Sept 29th, 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','378-autosave-v1','','','2014-10-03 20:14:44','2014-10-03 20:14:44','',378,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/378-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(417,8,'2014-10-03 20:12:35','2014-10-03 20:12:35','<strong><a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lunardi-Photo.png\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-349\" alt=\"Dr. Lunardi\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lunardi-Photo-232x300.png\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><strong>BEST Seminar</strong></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><strong>“Advance Medical Research without Picking Up a Pipette: Careers for PhDs in Science Policy and Foundations”</strong>\r\n<strong>Sept 29th, 11:30 AM– 12:30 PM, VTCRI Room R3012</strong>\r\nLaura Brockway-Lunardi, Ph.D. is the scientific program director at the Melanoma Research Alliance, and a former senior science policy analyst at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). Come hear Dr. Brockway-Lunardi reflect on over ten years of experience of accelerating medical and scientific research in the non-profit world through science policy analysis, advocacy, scientific programming, and venture philanthropy funding, and learn more about pursuing a career in these areas.</h1>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><strong>Laura M. Brockway-Lunardi, PhD</strong></h1>\r\n<strong>Scientific Program Director, Melanoma Research Alliance</strong>\r\nLaura Brockway-Lunardi, Ph.D., joined the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) as Scientific Program Director in 2009 with over ten years of experience in scientific program management, science policy, and biomedical research. At MRA, she manages the organization’s grants portfolio, which totals more than $60 million in research funding, as well as its annual scientific conference, and assists in communications and external relations. Prior to MRA, she was scientific program manager at the International Life Science Institute North America where she coordinated programs on nutrition and health. From 2004-2008, Dr. Brockway-Lunardi was senior science policy analyst at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, developing policy recommendations on biomedical research issues including conflicts of interest, scientific publishing, grant review as well as contributing to advocacy efforts for federal research funding. She was a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable of the National Academy of Sciences, contributing to their studies of intellectual property in academic-industry relationships and U.S. science and technology competitiveness. Dr. Brockway-Lunardi received her doctorate in Vision Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she was president of the Industry Roundtable, an organization dedicated to fostering a greater awareness of science careers outside academia. She received her bachelor’s degree in biology with honors from Florida State University.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Lunardi-Seminar-Presentation-PDF.pdf\">Download Dr. Lunardi\'s Seminar Presentation Here</a>','Careers in Science Policy and Foundations - Sept 29th, 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','378-revision-v1','','','2014-10-03 20:12:35','2014-10-03 20:12:35','',378,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/378-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(418,8,'2014-10-03 20:14:53','2014-10-03 20:14:53','<strong><a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lunardi-Photo.png\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-349\" alt=\"Dr. Lunardi\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lunardi-Photo-232x300.png\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><strong>BEST Seminar</strong></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><strong>“Advance Medical Research without Picking Up a Pipette: Careers for PhDs in Science Policy and Foundations”</strong>\r\n<strong>Sept 29th, 11:30 AM– 12:30 PM, VTCRI Room R3012</strong>\r\nLaura Brockway-Lunardi, Ph.D. is the scientific program director at the Melanoma Research Alliance, and a former senior science policy analyst at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). Come hear Dr. Brockway-Lunardi reflect on over ten years of experience of accelerating medical and scientific research in the non-profit world through science policy analysis, advocacy, scientific programming, and venture philanthropy funding, and learn more about pursuing a career in these areas.</h1>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><strong>Laura M. Brockway-Lunardi, PhD</strong></h1>\r\n<strong>Scientific Program Director, Melanoma Research Alliance</strong>\r\nLaura Brockway-Lunardi, Ph.D., joined the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) as Scientific Program Director in 2009 with over ten years of experience in scientific program management, science policy, and biomedical research. At MRA, she manages the organization’s grants portfolio, which totals more than $60 million in research funding, as well as its annual scientific conference, and assists in communications and external relations. Prior to MRA, she was scientific program manager at the International Life Science Institute North America where she coordinated programs on nutrition and health. From 2004-2008, Dr. Brockway-Lunardi was senior science policy analyst at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, developing policy recommendations on biomedical research issues including conflicts of interest, scientific publishing, grant review as well as contributing to advocacy efforts for federal research funding. She was a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable of the National Academy of Sciences, contributing to their studies of intellectual property in academic-industry relationships and U.S. science and technology competitiveness. Dr. Brockway-Lunardi received her doctorate in Vision Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she was president of the Industry Roundtable, an organization dedicated to fostering a greater awareness of science careers outside academia. She received her bachelor’s degree in biology with honors from Florida State University.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Lunardi-Seminar-Presentation-PDF.pdf\">*Download the presentation here!</a>','Careers in Science Policy and Foundations - Sept 29th, 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','378-revision-v1','','','2014-10-03 20:14:53','2014-10-03 20:14:53','',378,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/378-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(421,8,'2014-10-29 00:32:11','2014-10-29 00:32:11','&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Virginia Tech BEST Program Leadership</h1>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span></span>\r\n\r\n<style><!--\r\n/* Font Definitions */ @font-face 	{font-family:Arial; 	panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4; 	mso-font-charset:0; 	mso-generic-font-family:auto; 	mso-font-pitch:variable; 	mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073711037 9 0 511 0;} @font-face 	{font-family:\"ＭＳ 明朝\"; 	mso-font-charset:78; 	mso-generic-font-family:auto; 	mso-font-pitch:variable; 	mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 18 0 131231 0;} @font-face 	{font-family:\"Cambria Math\"; 	panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; 	mso-font-charset:0; 	mso-generic-font-family:auto; 	mso-font-pitch:variable; 	mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;} @font-face 	{font-family:Cambria; 	panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; 	mso-font-charset:0; 	mso-generic-font-family:auto; 	mso-font-pitch:variable; 	mso-font-signature:-536870145 1073743103 0 0 415 0;}  /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal 	{mso-style-unhide:no; 	mso-style-qformat:yes; 	mso-style-parent:\"\"; 	margin:0in; 	margin-bottom:.0001pt; 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan; 	font-size:12.0pt; 	font-family:Cambria; 	mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; 	mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; 	mso-fareast-font-family:\"ＭＳ 明朝\"; 	mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; 	mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; 	mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; 	mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; 	mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} .MsoChpDefault 	{mso-style-type:export-only; 	mso-default-props:yes; 	font-family:Cambria; 	mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; 	mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; 	mso-fareast-font-family:\"ＭＳ 明朝\"; 	mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; 	mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; 	mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; 	mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; 	mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page WordSection1 	{size:8.5in 11.0in; 	margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; 	mso-header-margin:.5in; 	mso-footer-margin:.5in; 	mso-paper-source:0;} div.WordSection1 	{page:WordSection1;}\r\n--></style>\r\n<div class=\"columns-wrapper\">\r\n<div><a href=\"http://research.vtc.vt.edu/employees/michael-j-friedlander\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Michael J. Friedlander, Ph.D. </strong></a><strong><a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/michael_friedlander_mugshot_1_crop_150x150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-210\" alt=\"michael_friedlander_mugshot_1_crop_150x150\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/michael_friedlander_mugshot_1_crop_150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a></strong></div>\r\n<div><strong>Co-Investigator, NIH BEST Award</strong></div>\r\n<div>Executive Director, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute</div>\r\n<div>Associate Provost for Health Sciences, Virginia Tech</div>\r\n<div>Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Science, Virginia Tech</div>\r\n<div>Senior Dean for Research, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</div>\r\n<div>Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div><a href=\"http://research.vtc.vt.edu/employees/audra-van-wart\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Audra Van Wart, Ph.D.</strong></a><strong><a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Audra_Van_Wart-cropped_6_crop_150x150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-209\" alt=\"Audra_Van_Wart-cropped_6_crop_150x150\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Audra_Van_Wart-cropped_6_crop_150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a></strong></div>\r\n<div><strong>Co-Investigator, NIH BEST Award</strong></div>\r\n<div>Director of Education and Training, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute</div>\r\n<div>Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</div>\r\n<div class=\"two-columns nomargin\"></div>\r\n</div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n</div>\r\n<div><a href=\"http://research.vtc.vt.edu/employees/audra-van-wart\">\r\n<strong>Steven Culver, Ph.D.</strong></a></div>\r\n<div><strong>Evaluation</strong></div>\r\n<div>Assistant Provost of Assessment and Evaluation, Virginia Tech</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n</div>\r\n<div><a href=\"http://research.vtc.vt.edu/employees/audra-van-wart\">\r\n<strong>Paul Lendway</strong></a></div>\r\n<div><strong>BEST Program Coordinator</strong></div>\r\n<div>Faculty of Health Sciences, Virginia Tech</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Advisory Board:</h1>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span></span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Dennis Dean, Ph.D.</strong>, Executive Director, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Director Fralin Life Science Institute; University Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry\r\n\r\n<strong>Karen DePauw, Ph.D.</strong>, Vice President and Dean for Graduate Education, Virginia Tech\r\n\r\n<strong>Sam English, Ph.D.</strong>, CEO and Founder, Attention Point; President of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council\r\n\r\n<strong>Derick Maggard, M.S.</strong>, Owner, Vanquish Investments; Executive Director of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council\r\n\r\n<strong>Kenneth Wong, Ph.D.</strong>, Director of Educational Programs of the Arlington Innovation Center: Health Research; Director of the Northern Virginia Center; and Associate Dean of the Graduate School\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','PEOPLE','','inherit','closed','open','','189-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 00:32:11','2014-10-29 00:32:11','',189,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/189-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(422,8,'2014-10-29 00:32:56','2014-10-29 00:32:56','&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Virginia Tech BEST Program Leadership</h1>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span></span>\r\n\r\n<style><!--\r\n/* Font Definitions */ @font-face 	{font-family:Arial; 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Friedlander, Ph.D. </strong></a><strong><a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/michael_friedlander_mugshot_1_crop_150x150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-210\" alt=\"michael_friedlander_mugshot_1_crop_150x150\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/michael_friedlander_mugshot_1_crop_150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a></strong></div>\r\n<div><strong>Co-Investigator, NIH BEST Award</strong></div>\r\n<div>Executive Director, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute</div>\r\n<div>Associate Provost for Health Sciences, Virginia Tech</div>\r\n<div>Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Science, Virginia Tech</div>\r\n<div>Senior Dean for Research, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</div>\r\n<div>Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div><a href=\"http://research.vtc.vt.edu/employees/audra-van-wart\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Audra Van Wart, Ph.D.</strong></a><strong><a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Audra_Van_Wart-cropped_6_crop_150x150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-209\" alt=\"Audra_Van_Wart-cropped_6_crop_150x150\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Audra_Van_Wart-cropped_6_crop_150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a></strong></div>\r\n<div><strong>Co-Investigator, NIH BEST Award</strong></div>\r\n<div>Director of Education and Training, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute</div>\r\n<div>Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</div>\r\n<div class=\"two-columns nomargin\"></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div><a href=\"http://research.vtc.vt.edu/employees/audra-van-wart\">\r\n<strong>Steven Culver, Ph.D.</strong></a></div>\r\n<div><strong>Evaluation</strong></div>\r\n<div>Assistant Provost of Assessment and Evaluation, Virginia Tech</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n</div>\r\n<div><a href=\"http://research.vtc.vt.edu/employees/audra-van-wart\">\r\n<strong>Paul Lendway</strong></a></div>\r\n<div><strong>BEST Program Coordinator</strong></div>\r\n<div>Faculty of Health Sciences, Virginia Tech</div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Advisory Board:</h1>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span></span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Dennis Dean, Ph.D.</strong>, Executive Director, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Director Fralin Life Science Institute; University Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry\r\n\r\n<strong>Karen DePauw, Ph.D.</strong>, Vice President and Dean for Graduate Education, Virginia Tech\r\n\r\n<strong>Sam English, Ph.D.</strong>, CEO and Founder, Attention Point; President of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council\r\n\r\n<strong>Derick Maggard, M.S.</strong>, Owner, Vanquish Investments; Executive Director of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council\r\n\r\n<strong>Kenneth Wong, Ph.D.</strong>, Director of Educational Programs of the Arlington Innovation Center: Health Research; Director of the Northern Virginia Center; and Associate Dean of the Graduate School\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','PEOPLE','','inherit','closed','open','','189-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 00:32:56','2014-10-29 00:32:56','',189,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/189-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(424,8,'2014-10-29 12:20:52','2014-10-29 12:20:52','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich (mdietric@vt.edu) to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum). \r\n\r\n“What They Didn’t Teach you in Graduate School 2.0” \r\n“So What Are You Going to Do With That?” \r\n“Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower” \r\n“A PhD is Not Enough!: A guide to Survival in Science”\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 12:20:52','2014-10-29 12:20:52','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(425,8,'2014-10-29 12:21:30','2014-10-29 12:21:30','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 12:21:30','2014-10-29 12:21:30','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(426,8,'2014-10-29 12:27:13','2014-10-29 12:27:13','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich (mdietric@vt.edu) to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum). \r\n\r\n“What They Didn’t Teach you in Graduate School 2.0” \r\n“So What Are You Going to Do With That?” \r\n“Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower” \r\n“A PhD is Not Enough!: A guide to Survival in Science”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 12:27:13','2014-10-29 12:27:13','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(427,8,'2014-10-29 12:35:18','2014-10-29 12:35:18','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 12:35:18','2014-10-29 12:35:18','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(430,8,'2014-10-29 12:37:24','2014-10-29 12:37:24','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich (mdietric@vt.edu) to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum). \r\n\r\n“What They Didn’t Teach you in Graduate School 2.0” \r\n“So What Are You Going to Do With That?” \r\n“Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower” \r\n“A PhD is Not Enough!: A guide to Survival in Science”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 12:37:24','2014-10-29 12:37:24','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(431,8,'2014-10-29 12:38:41','2014-10-29 12:38:41','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 12:38:41','2014-10-29 12:38:41','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(432,8,'2014-10-29 12:39:20','2014-10-29 12:39:20','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich (mdietric@vt.edu) to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum). \r\n\r\n“What They Didn’t Teach you in Graduate School 2.0” \r\n“So What Are You Going to Do With That?” \r\n“Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower” \r\n“A PhD is Not Enough!: A guide to Survival in Science”\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 12:39:20','2014-10-29 12:39:20','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(437,8,'2014-10-29 14:06:16','2014-10-29 14:06:16','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich (mdietric@vt.edu) to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum). \r\n\r\nBarker, K. (2002). At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.\r\n\r\nBasalla, S. and M. Debelius (2008). \"So What Are You Going to Do with That?\": Finding Careers Outside Academia, University of Chicago Press.\r\n\r\nBorbye, L. (2010). Secrets to Success in Industry Careers: Essential Skills for Science and Business, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nBush, P. M. C. (2012). Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for Women, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nCarter, M. (2012). Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More,   Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nFeibelman, P. J. (2011). A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science, Basic Books.\r\n\r\nGray, P. and D. E. Drew (2008). What They Didn\'t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career, Stylus Pub.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. (2011). Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers, Elsevier B.V.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. and A. P. Johnson (2013). Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research Managers, Elsevier.\r\n\r\nMargulis, A. R. (2010). The Road to Success: A Career Manual - How to Advance to the Top, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nOlivero, O. (2013). Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science: Strategies for Success, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nRobbins-Roth, C. (2006). Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Second Edition). Burlington, Academic Press.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 14:06:16','2014-10-29 14:06:16','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(438,8,'2014-10-29 14:21:37','2014-10-29 14:21:37','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich (mdietric@vt.edu) to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum). \r\n\r\nBarker, K. (2002). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator</span>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.\r\n\r\nBasalla, S. and M. Debelius (2008). \"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">So What Are You Going to Do with That?\": Finding Careers Outside Academia</span>, University of Chicago Press.\r\n\r\nBorbye, L. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secrets to Success in Industry Careers: Essential Skills for Science and Business</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nBush, P. M. C. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for Women</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nCarter, M. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More</span>,   Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nFeibelman, P. J. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science</span>, Basic Books.\r\n\r\nGray, P. and D. E. Drew (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What They Didn\'t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career</span>, Stylus Pub.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers</span>, Elsevier B.V.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. and A. P. Johnson (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research Managers</span>, Elsevier.\r\n\r\nMargulis, A. R. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Road to Success: A Career Manual - How to Advance to the Top</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nOlivero, O. (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science: Strategies for Success</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nRobbins-Roth, C. (2006). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Second Edition)</span>. Burlington, Academic Press.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 14:21:37','2014-10-29 14:21:37','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(439,8,'2014-10-29 14:24:07','2014-10-29 14:24:07','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich (mdietric@vt.edu) to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum). \r\n\r\nBarker, K. (2002). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator</span>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.\r\n\r\nBasalla, S. and M. Debelius (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\"So What Are You Going to Do with That?\": Finding Careers Outside Academia</span>, University of Chicago Press.\r\n\r\nBorbye, L. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secrets to Success in Industry Careers: Essential Skills for Science and Business</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nBush, P. M. C. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for Women</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nCarter, M. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More</span>,   Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nFeibelman, P. J. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science</span>, Basic Books.\r\n\r\nGray, P. and D. E. Drew (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What They Didn\'t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career</span>, Stylus Pub.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers</span>, Elsevier B.V.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. and A. P. Johnson (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research Managers</span>, Elsevier.\r\n\r\nMargulis, A. R. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Road to Success: A Career Manual - How to Advance to the Top</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nOlivero, O. (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science: Strategies for Success</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nRobbins-Roth, C. (2006). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Second Edition)</span>. Burlington, Academic Press.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 14:24:07','2014-10-29 14:24:07','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(440,8,'2014-10-29 14:52:35','2014-10-29 14:52:35','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich (mdietric@vt.edu) to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum). \r\n\r\nBarker, K. (2002). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator</span>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.\r\n\r\nBasalla, S. and M. Debelius (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\"So What Are You Going to Do with That?\": Finding Careers Outside Academia</span>, University of Chicago Press.\r\n\r\nBorbye, L. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secrets to Success in Industry Careers: Essential Skills for Science and Business</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nBush, P. M. C. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for Women</span>, Elsevier     f  Science.\r\n\r\nCarter, M. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More</span>,   Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nFeibelman, P. J. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science</span>, Basic Books.\r\n\r\nGray, P. and D. E. Drew (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What They Didn\'t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career</span>, Stylus Pub.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers</span>, Elsevier B.V.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. and A. P. Johnson (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research Managers</span>, Elsevier.\r\n\r\nMargulis, A. R. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Road to Success: A Career Manual - How to Advance to the Top</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nOlivero, O. (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science: Strategies for Success</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nRobbins-Roth, C. (2006). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Second Edition)</span>. Burlington, Academic Press.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 14:52:35','2014-10-29 14:52:35','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(442,8,'2014-10-29 14:58:22','2014-10-29 14:58:22','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich (mdietric@vt.edu) to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum). \r\n\r\nBarker, K. (2002). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator</span>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.\r\n\r\nBasalla, S. and M. Debelius (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\"So What Are You Going to Do with That?\": Finding Careers Outside Academia</span>, University of Chicago Press.\r\n\r\nBorbye, L. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secrets to Success in Industry Careers: Essential Skills for Science and Business</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nBush, P. M. C. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for Women</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nCarter, M. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More</span>,   Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nFeibelman, P. J. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science</span>, Basic Books.\r\n\r\nGray, P. and D. E. Drew (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What They Didn\'t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career</span>, Stylus Pub.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers</span>, Elsevier B.V.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. and A. P. Johnson (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research Managers</span>, Elsevier.\r\n\r\nMargulis, A. R. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Road to Success: A Career Manual - How to Advance to the Top</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nOlivero, O. (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science: Strategies for Success</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nRobbins-Roth, C. (2006). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Second Edition)</span>. Burlington, Academic Press.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 14:58:22','2014-10-29 14:58:22','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(443,8,'2014-10-29 15:26:19','2014-10-29 15:26:19','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich (mdietric@vt.edu) to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum). \r\n\r\nBarker, K. (2002). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator</span>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.\r\n\r\nBasalla, S. and M. Debelius (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\"So What Are You Going to Do with That?\": Finding Careers Outside Academia</span>, University &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of Chicago Press.\r\n\r\nBorbye, L. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secrets to Success in Industry Careers: Essential Skills for Science and Business</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nBush, P. M. C. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for</span> Women, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nCarter, M. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More</span>, Elsevier &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Science.\r\n\r\nFeibelman, P. J. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science</span>, Basic Books.\r\n\r\nGray, P. and D. E. Drew (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What They Didn\'t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career</span>, Stylus Pub.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers</span>, Elsevier B.V.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. and A. P. Johnson (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research Managers</span>, Elsevier.\r\n\r\nMargulis, A. R. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Road to Success: A Career Manual - How to Advance to the Top</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nOlivero, O. (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science: Strategies for Success</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nRobbins-Roth, C. (2006). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Second Edition)</span>. Burlington, Academic Press.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 15:26:19','2014-10-29 15:26:19','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(444,8,'2014-10-29 15:27:46','2014-10-29 15:27:46','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich (mdietric@vt.edu) to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum). \r\n\r\nBarker, K. (2002). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator</span>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.\r\n\r\nBasalla, S. and M. Debelius (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\"So What Are You Going to Do with That?\": Finding Careers Outside Academia</span>, University &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of Chicago Press.\r\n\r\nBorbye, L. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secrets to Success in Industry Careers: Essential Skills for Science and Business</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nBush, P. M. C. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for</span> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp: &nbsp: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Women</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nCarter, M. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More</span>, Elsevier &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Science.\r\n\r\nFeibelman, P. J. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science</span>, Basic Books.\r\n\r\nGray, P. and D. E. Drew (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What They Didn\'t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career</span>, Stylus Pub.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers</span>, Elsevier B.V.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. and A. P. Johnson (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research Managers</span>, Elsevier.\r\n\r\nMargulis, A. R. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Road to Success: A Career Manual - How to Advance to the Top</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nOlivero, O. (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science: Strategies for Success</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nRobbins-Roth, C. (2006). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Second Edition)</span>. Burlington, Academic Press.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 15:27:46','2014-10-29 15:27:46','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(445,8,'2014-10-29 15:29:02','2014-10-29 15:29:02','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich (mdietric@vt.edu) to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum). \r\n\r\nBarker, K. (2002). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator</span>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.\r\n\r\nBasalla, S. and M. Debelius (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\"So What Are You Going to Do with That?\": Finding Careers Outside Academia</span>, University &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of Chicago Press.\r\n\r\nBorbye, L. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secrets to Success in Industry Careers: Essential Skills for Science and Business</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nBush, P. M. C. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for</span> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Women</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nCarter, M. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More</span>, Elsevier &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Science.\r\n\r\nFeibelman, P. J. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science</span>, Basic Books.\r\n\r\nGray, P. and D. E. Drew (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What They Didn\'t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career</span>, Stylus Pub.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers</span>, Elsevier B.V.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. and A. P. Johnson (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research Managers</span>, Elsevier.\r\n\r\nMargulis, A. R. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Road to Success: A Career Manual - How to Advance to the Top</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nOlivero, O. (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science: Strategies for Success</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nRobbins-Roth, C. (2006). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Second Edition)</span>. Burlington, Academic Press.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 15:29:02','2014-10-29 15:29:02','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(446,8,'2014-10-29 15:32:21','2014-10-29 15:32:21','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich (mdietric@vt.edu) to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum). \r\n\r\nBarker, K. (2002). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator</span>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.\r\n\r\nBasalla, S. and M. Debelius (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\"So What Are You Going to Do with That?\": Finding Careers Outside Academia</span>, University &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of Chicago Press.\r\n\r\nBorbye, L. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secrets to Success in Industry Careers: Essential Skills for Science and Business</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nBush, P. M. C. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for</span> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Women</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nCarter, M. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More</span>, Elsevier &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Science.\r\n\r\nFeibelman, P. J. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science</span>, Basic Books.\r\n\r\nGray, P. and D. E. Drew (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What They Didn\'t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your</span> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Academic Career</span>, Stylus Pub.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers</span>, Elsevier B.V.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. and A. P. Johnson (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research</span> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Managers</span>, Elsevier.\r\n\r\nMargulis, A. R. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Road to Success: A Career Manual - How to Advance to the Top</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nOlivero, O. (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science: Strategies for Success</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nRobbins-Roth, C. (2006). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Second Edition)</span>. Burlington, Academic Press.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 15:32:21','2014-10-29 15:32:21','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(447,8,'2014-10-29 15:34:56','2014-10-29 15:34:56','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich (<a href=\"mailto:mdietric@vt.edu\">mdietric@vt.edu</a>) to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum). \r\n\r\nBarker, K. (2002). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator</span>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.\r\n\r\nBasalla, S. and M. Debelius (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\"So What Are You Going to Do with That?\": Finding Careers Outside Academia</span>, University &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of Chicago Press.\r\n\r\nBorbye, L. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secrets to Success in Industry Careers: Essential Skills for Science and Business</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nBush, P. M. C. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for</span> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Women</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nCarter, M. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More</span>, Elsevier &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Science.\r\n\r\nFeibelman, P. J. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science</span>, Basic Books.\r\n\r\nGray, P. and D. E. Drew (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What They Didn\'t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your</span> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Academic Career</span>, Stylus Pub.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers</span>, Elsevier B.V.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. and A. P. Johnson (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research</span> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Managers</span>, Elsevier.\r\n\r\nMargulis, A. R. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Road to Success: A Career Manual - How to Advance to the Top</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nOlivero, O. (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science: Strategies for Success</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nRobbins-Roth, C. (2006). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Second Edition)</span>. Burlington, Academic Press.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 15:34:56','2014-10-29 15:34:56','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(448,8,'2014-10-29 15:42:35','2014-10-29 15:42:35','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<em>The BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich </em>(<a href=\"mailto:mdietric@vt.edu\">mdietric@vt.edu</a>) <em>to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum).</em> \r\n\r\nBarker, K. (2002). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator</span>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.\r\n\r\nBasalla, S. and M. Debelius (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\"So What Are You Going to Do with That?\": Finding Careers Outside Academia</span>, University &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of Chicago Press.\r\n\r\nBorbye, L. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secrets to Success in Industry Careers: Essential Skills for Science and Business</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nBush, P. M. C. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for</span> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Women</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nCarter, M. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More</span>, Elsevier &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Science.\r\n\r\nFeibelman, P. J. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science</span>, Basic Books.\r\n\r\nGray, P. and D. E. Drew (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What They Didn\'t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your</span> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Academic Career</span>, Stylus Pub.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers</span>, Elsevier B.V.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. and A. P. Johnson (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research</span> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Managers</span>, Elsevier.\r\n\r\nMargulis, A. R. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Road to Success: A Career Manual - How to Advance to the Top</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nOlivero, O. (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science: Strategies for Success</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nRobbins-Roth, C. (2006). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Second Edition)</span>. Burlington, Academic Press.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 15:42:35','2014-10-29 15:42:35','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(452,8,'2014-10-29 16:46:59','2014-10-29 16:46:59','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<em>The BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich </em>(<a href=\"mailto:mdietric@vt.edu\">mdietric@vt.edu</a>) <em>to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum).</em> \r\n\r\nBarker, K. (2002). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator</span>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.\r\n\r\nBasalla, S. and M. Debelius (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\"So What Are You Going to Do with That?\": Finding Careers Outside Academia</span>, University of Chicago Press.\r\n\r\nBorbye, L. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secrets to Success in Industry Careers: Essential Skills for Science and Business</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nBush, P. M. C. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for Women</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nCarter, M. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nFeibelman, P. J. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science</span>, Basic Books.\r\n\r\nGray, P. and D. E. Drew (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What They Didn\'t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career</span>, Stylus Pub.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers</span>, Elsevier B.V.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. and A. P. Johnson (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research Managers</span>, Elsevier.\r\n\r\nMargulis, A. R. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Road to Success: A Career Manual - How to Advance to the Top</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nOlivero, O. (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science: Strategies for Success</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nRobbins-Roth, C. (2006). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Second Edition)</span>. Burlington, Academic Press.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-29 16:46:59','2014-10-29 16:46:59','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(453,8,'2014-10-30 04:40:35','2014-10-30 04:40:35','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Career Resource Library</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n<em>The BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich </em>(<a href=\"mailto:mdietric@vt.edu\">mdietric@vt.edu</a>) <em>to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum).</em>\r\n\r\nBarker, K. (2002). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator</span>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.\r\n\r\nBasalla, S. and M. Debelius (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\"So What Are You Going to Do with That?\": Finding Careers Outside Academia</span>, University of Chicago Press.\r\n\r\nBorbye, L. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secrets to Success in Industry Careers: Essential Skills for Science and Business</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nBush, P. M. C. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for Women</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nCarter, M. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nFeibelman, P. J. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science</span>, Basic Books.\r\n\r\nGray, P. and D. E. Drew (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What They Didn\'t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career</span>, Stylus Pub.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers</span>, Elsevier B.V.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. and A. P. Johnson (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research Managers</span>, Elsevier.\r\n\r\nMargulis, A. R. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Road to Success: A Career Manual - How to Advance to the Top</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nOlivero, O. (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science: Strategies for Success</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nRobbins-Roth, C. (2006). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Second Edition)</span>. Burlington, Academic Press.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-10-30 04:40:35','2014-10-30 04:40:35','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(457,8,'2014-11-07 19:12:37','2014-11-07 19:12:37','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Career Resource Library</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n<em>The BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich </em>(<a href=\"mailto:mdietric@vt.edu\">mdietric@vt.edu</a>) <em>to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum).</em>\r\n\r\nBarker, K. (2002). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator</span>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.\r\n\r\nBasalla, S. and M. Debelius (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\"So What Are You Going to Do with That?\": Finding Careers Outside Academia</span>, University of Chicago Press.\r\n\r\nBorbye, L. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secrets to Success in Industry Careers: Essential Skills for Science and Business</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nBush, P. M. C. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for Women</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nCarter, M. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nFeibelman, P. J. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science</span>, Basic Books.\r\n\r\nGray, P. and D. E. Drew (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What They Didn\'t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career</span>, Stylus Pub.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers</span>, Elsevier B.V.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. and A. P. Johnson (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research Managers</span>, Elsevier.\r\n\r\nMargulis, A. R. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Road to Success: A Career Manual - How to Advance to the Top</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nOlivero, O. (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science: Strategies for Success</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nRobbins-Roth, C. (2006). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Second Edition)</span>. Burlington, Academic Press.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/resources_links/grad_students/resources_for_graduate_students.html\">*Materials from Advance VT Seminars and Workshops</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-11-07 19:12:37','2014-11-07 19:12:37','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(458,8,'2014-11-07 19:48:29','2014-11-07 19:48:29','<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Why is this program being offered?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\nThe BEST program was initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013, by recommendation of the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Career Resource Library</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n<em>The BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich </em>(<a href=\"mailto:mdietric@vt.edu\">mdietric@vt.edu</a>) <em>to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum).</em>\r\n\r\nBarker, K. (2002). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator</span>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.\r\n\r\nBasalla, S. and M. Debelius (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\"So What Are You Going to Do with That?\": Finding Careers Outside Academia</span>, University of Chicago Press.\r\n\r\nBorbye, L. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secrets to Success in Industry Careers: Essential Skills for Science and Business</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nBush, P. M. C. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for Women</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nCarter, M. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nFeibelman, P. J. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science</span>, Basic Books.\r\n\r\nGray, P. and D. E. Drew (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What They Didn\'t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career</span>, Stylus Pub.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers</span>, Elsevier B.V.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. and A. P. Johnson (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research Managers</span>, Elsevier.\r\n\r\nMargulis, A. R. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Road to Success: A Career Manual - How to Advance to the Top</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nOlivero, O. (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science: Strategies for Success</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nRobbins-Roth, C. (2006). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Second Edition)</span>. Burlington, Academic Press.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/resources_links/grad_students/resources_for_graduate_students.html\">*Materials from Advance VT Seminars and Workshops</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.career.vt.edu/GraduateStudents/GradStudentEvents.html\">*Career Services events for graduate students</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-11-07 19:48:29','2014-11-07 19:48:29','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(460,8,'2014-11-07 21:25:16','2014-11-07 21:25:16','<div id=\"intro\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n<h1>Individual career planning, skill building, and connecting with professionals within and beyond academia</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Professional Development Course (TBMH 5106, 2 credits)</h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span></h1>\r\nThis course will be offered each Spring semester, starting Spring 2015. Class time will include guest lectures from various biomedical professionals, who will present case studies and exercises designed to provide an understanding of various biomedical career paths, and how these professionals interact to promote biomedical research and the implementation of important discoveries.  Additional focus on career development planning (IDPs) and building scientific communication skills.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Location</span><em>:</em> Course instruction will take place at Virginia Tech facilities in Roanoke, and possibly Blacksburg.<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Career-Bridge.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-99\" alt=\"Career Bridge\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Career-Bridge-300x203.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Student Commitment</span>: Trainees will attend class for 2 hours per week for one semester at Virginia Tech. Trainees must commit to attending all classes, and completing all reading and written assignments, including completion of an Individual Development Plan. At the end of the course, trainees will complete a course assessment questionnaire that should take 10 minutes to complete. Trainees must also complete a consent form that will allow the BEST program to issue them the annual BEST Survey, which should take less than 30 minutes to complete. This BEST survey will be issued annually for 10 years.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Eligibility</span>:   This course is required for all students in the PhD program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH), and open to students in other biomedical graduate programs at Virginia Tech as part of the BEST program. Space is limited, and we encourage non-TBMH students to apply as early as possible to secure space in the course.\r\n\r\nPostdoctoral trainees who are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">within three years</span> of earning their doctorate are eligible to audit this course as part of the BEST program (0 credits), but <strong>must attend all classes</strong>.\r\n\r\n<em>Trainees who are not TBMH students will need to sign up here to receive instructor permission to register for the course for Spring 2015. Space is limited and trainees will be selected in the order in which they sign up. 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Eligible trainees will be selected in the order they apply, and remaining requests will be added to a wait list.</h4>\r\n<h4>*This BEST opportunity is offered in conjunction with the PhD program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health.</h4>\r\n<h1></h1>\r\n</div>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n[gravityform id=\"22\" name=\"Spring 2016 Professional Development Course Request \"]','TBMH 5106 Course Request Form','','publish','closed','open','','tbmh-5106-course-request-form','','','2016-01-27 16:15:35','2016-01-27 16:15:35','',0,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/?page_id=461',0,'page','',0),(462,8,'2014-11-07 21:31:03','2014-11-07 21:31:03','<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Request a seat in TBMH 5106 for Spring 2015. Eligible trainees will be selected in the order they apply, and remaining requests will be added to a wait list. All participants must consent to completing the annual BEST program surveys. 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Class time will include guest lectures from various biomedical professionals, who will present case studies and exercises designed to provide an understanding of various biomedical career paths, and how these professionals interact to promote biomedical research and the implementation of important discoveries.  Additional focus on career development planning (IDPs) and building scientific communication skills.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Location</span><em>:</em> Course instruction will take place at Virginia Tech facilities in Roanoke, and possibly Blacksburg.<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Career-Bridge.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-99\" alt=\"Career Bridge\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Career-Bridge-300x203.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Student Commitment</span>: Trainees will attend class for 2 hours per week for one semester at Virginia Tech. 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This group was assembled to assess the state of the biomedical workforce and make recommendations to the NIH regarding how many people we should be training, and for what types of jobs. Their report from 2012 recognizes the breadth of careers available to PhDs in the biomedical and health sciences, which are important for advancing the NIH’s mission of ultimately improving human health (see figure below). In fact, in 2009,  approximately 75% of US-trained biomedical PhD’s were employed in categories other than tenured or tenure-track faculty positions, thus, it would be a misnomer to refer to these categories as “alternative careers”. Yet, the majority of today’s biomedical doctoral and postdoctoral training programs focus primarily on training students for academic research positions.\r\n\r\nCurrently 10 universities nationwide have received NIH BEST awards, with the  mission of broadening the training experience to better expose trainees to the breadth of careers that comprise the biomedical workforce. Virginia Tech\'s BEST program aims to foster an understanding of the career opportunities available to biomedical PhDs, and provide trainees with guidance and information toward preparing them for pursuit of these goals, through instruction, internships, and mentorship from a range of academic and non-academic professionals.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_16\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" alt=\"Adapted from the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/piegraph-1024x573.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" /></a> Adapted from the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, 2012[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Career Resource Library</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n<em>The BEST Program has developed a library of career resources on the Roanoke campus for doctoral students and postdocs in the biomedical and health sciences. Please contact Melissa Dietrich </em>(<a href=\"mailto:mdietric@vt.edu\">mdietric@vt.edu</a>) <em>to sign out any of these books (2 weeks maximum).</em>\r\n\r\nBarker, K. (2002). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator</span>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.\r\n\r\nBasalla, S. and M. Debelius (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\"So What Are You Going to Do with That?\": Finding Careers Outside Academia</span>, University of Chicago Press.\r\n\r\nBorbye, L. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secrets to Success in Industry Careers: Essential Skills for Science and Business</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nBush, P. M. C. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transforming Your STEM Career Through Leadership and Innovation: Inspiration and Strategies for Women</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nCarter, M. (2012). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nFeibelman, P. J. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A PhD is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science</span>, Basic Books.\r\n\r\nGray, P. and D. E. Drew (2008). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What They Didn\'t Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career</span>, Stylus Pub.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. (2011). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career: A Guide for Early Career Researchers</span>, Elsevier B.V.\r\n\r\nJohnson, A. M. and A. P. Johnson (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research Managers</span>, Elsevier.\r\n\r\nMargulis, A. R. (2010). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Road to Success: A Career Manual - How to Advance to the Top</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nOlivero, O. (2013). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interdisciplinary Mentoring in Science: Strategies for Success</span>, Elsevier Science.\r\n\r\nRobbins-Roth, C. (2006). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Second Edition)</span>. Burlington, Academic Press.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Where can I go for additional resources?</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Postdoctoral Association</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Careers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sfn.org/careers-and-training/neurojobs-career-center/careers-in-neuroscience\">Society for Neuroscience Career Center</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MyIDP</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.aamc.org/students/research/phd/career_paths/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVT websites:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Advance VT</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.advance.vt.edu/resources_links/grad_students/resources_for_graduate_students.html\">*Materials from Advance VT Seminars and Workshops</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.career.vt.edu/GraduateStudents/GradStudentEvents.html\">*Career Services events for graduate students</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://vtknowledgeworks.com/\">VT KnowledgeWorks</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Graduate School</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://graduateschool.vt.edu/graduate_catalog/certificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">VT certificate programs</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tbmh.vt.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">PhD Program in Translational Biology, Medicine and Health</a>','RESOURCES','','inherit','closed','open','','108-revision-v1','','','2014-11-10 19:23:50','2014-11-10 19:23:50','',108,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/108-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(480,8,'2019-04-10 11:03:28','2019-04-10 11:03:28','<strong>April  2019 News</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/PD-Flyer-VTC-final.pdf\">2019 Professional Development Symposium</a></strong>\r\nLEADERSHIP ◊ COMMUNICATION ◊ TEAM MANAGEMENT\r\nBecome a stronger scientist and a stronger job candidate with these skills.\r\n\r\nFriday, May 3, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.\r\nFralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC\r\nNetworking Happy Hour at Starr Hill @ 5 p.m.','Recent News','','publish','closed','open','','recent-news','','','2019-04-10 15:30:38','2019-04-10 15:30:38','',0,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/?page_id=480',0,'page','',0),(481,8,'2015-01-23 21:04:09','2015-01-23 21:04:09','','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-01-23 21:04:09','2015-01-23 21:04:09','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(484,8,'2015-01-23 21:12:40','2015-01-23 21:12:40','December 2014 News\r\n\r\nBEST Program Activities\r\nTBMH5106: Professional Development & Ethics \r\nThe BEST Program, in conjunction with the PhD program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH), is offering a 2 credit course in professional development for biomedical and health science trainees (TBMH5106) in Spring 2015. The course is open to PhD students and postdocs outside of TBMH, but you must submit a course request form through the BEST website before we can register you for the course. Postdocs will be permitted to audit the course if they will commit to attending all sessions. Trainees will construct and/or develop their Individual Career Development Plans, build communication and writing skills, and learn how academic researchers interface with other professionals in the biomedical workforce.\r\n\r\nVT Graduate Courses\r\nBIOL5174: Work/ Life Balance in Academia \r\n(Please see the attached PDF)\r\nThis discussion-based graduate seminar will address some of the challenges facing academics as we try to balance our academic positions with other important life responsibilities.\r\n\r\nEntrepreneurship\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Readiness Workshop\r\nThis session is FREE to all Virginia Tech graduate/undergraduate students, staff, and faculty who are interested in learning what it takes to start a new technology-based business. Also, get the details on how your innovation might win you $25,000!  Lunch is included.\r\nNoon - 4:00 p.m., February 6, 2015\r\nICTAS, Kelly Hall, Suite 310, Virginia Tech\r\n325 Stanger Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061\r\n(There will be another workshop on May 14, 2015 - 1 to 5 p.m. in Roanoke)\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Tech Transfer Challenge\r\nThe Tech Transfer Challenge awards $100,000 worth of mentorship and business support services to a winning team of Virginia Tech faculty, staff, students and/or alumni proposing to establish a new venture in Blacksburg, based on Virginia Tech-owned technology.\r\n9:00 a.m. - Noon, March 19, 2015\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks I building, Lakeview Conference Room\r\n2200 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Chatup @ CoffeeWorks\r\nDiscuss your business ideas with Jim Flowers at CoffeeWorks in the VTCRC.\r\nMost Fridays from 9:30-11:00 a.m.\r\n1901 Innovation Drive, Suite 1100, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\nLicensed Executives Society Foundation 2015 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition\r\nWe invite students — MS/MBA/MD/JD/PhD and postdoctoral scholars — from around the world to participate in this global competition. 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Trainees will construct and/or develop their Individual Career Development Plans, build communication and writing skills, and learn how academic researchers interface with other professionals in the biomedical workforce.\r\n\r\nVT Graduate Courses\r\n\r\nBIOL5174: Work/ Life Balance in Academia \r\nThis discussion-based graduate seminar will address some of the challenges facing academics as we try to balance our academic positions with other important life responsibilities.\r\n\r\nEntrepreneurship\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Readiness Workshop\r\nThis session is FREE to all Virginia Tech graduate/undergraduate students, staff, and faculty who are interested in learning what it takes to start a new technology-based business. Also, get the details on how your innovation might win you $25,000!  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Business Plans are accepted until the First Round deadline, March 1, 2015. \r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Licensed-Executives-Society-Foundation-2015-Graduate-Student-Business-Plan-Competition.pdf\">Licensed Executives Society Foundation 2015 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Nature </em>Editorial on the Scientific Workforce\r\nScientists must push to preserve a small part of a large US survey that provides essential information on the ever-changing scientific workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Nature Editorial on the Scienctific Workforce</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\">Science Careers Story on Recent Findings</a>\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-01-26 13:40:23','2015-01-26 13:40:23','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(496,8,'2015-01-26 13:41:38','2015-01-26 13:41:38','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\nBEST Program Activities\r\n\r\nTBMH5106: Professional Development & Ethics \r\nThe BEST Program, in conjunction with the PhD program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH), is offering a 2 credit course in professional development for biomedical and health science trainees (TBMH5106) in Spring 2015. The course is open to PhD students and postdocs outside of TBMH, but you must submit a course request form through the BEST website before we can register you for the course. Postdocs will be permitted to audit the course if they will commit to attending all sessions. Trainees will construct and/or develop their Individual Career Development Plans, build communication and writing skills, and learn how academic researchers interface with other professionals in the biomedical workforce.\r\n\r\nVT Graduate Courses\r\n\r\nBIOL5174: Work/ Life Balance in Academia \r\nThis discussion-based graduate seminar will address some of the challenges facing academics as we try to balance our academic positions with other important life responsibilities.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BIOL5174-Work-Life-Balance-in-Academia.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nEntrepreneurship\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Readiness Workshop\r\nThis session is FREE to all Virginia Tech graduate/undergraduate students, staff, and faculty who are interested in learning what it takes to start a new technology-based business. Also, get the details on how your innovation might win you $25,000!  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The course is open to PhD students and postdocs outside of TBMH, but you must submit a course request form through the BEST website before we can register you for the course. Postdocs will be permitted to audit the course if they will commit to attending all sessions. Trainees will construct and/or develop their Individual Career Development Plans, build communication and writing skills, and learn how academic researchers interface with other professionals in the biomedical workforce.\r\n\r\nVT Graduate Courses\r\n\r\nBIOL5174: Work/ Life Balance in Academia \r\nThis discussion-based graduate seminar will address some of the challenges facing academics as we try to balance our academic positions with other important life responsibilities.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BIOL5174-Work-Life-Balance-in-Academia.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nEntrepreneurship\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Readiness Workshop\r\nThis session is FREE to all Virginia Tech graduate/undergraduate students, staff, and faculty who are interested in learning what it takes to start a new technology-based business. Also, get the details on how your innovation might win you $25,000!  Lunch is included.\r\nNoon - 4:00 p.m., February 6, 2015\r\nICTAS, Kelly Hall, Suite 310, Virginia Tech\r\n325 Stanger Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061\r\n(There will be another workshop on May 14, 2015 - 1 to 5 p.m. in Roanoke)\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Readiness-Workshop.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Tech Transfer Challenge\r\nThe Tech Transfer Challenge awards $100,000 worth of mentorship and business support services to a winning team of Virginia Tech faculty, staff, students and/or alumni proposing to establish a new venture in Blacksburg, based on Virginia Tech-owned technology.\r\n9:00 a.m. - Noon, March 19, 2015\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks I building, Lakeview Conference Room\r\n2200 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Tech-Transfer-Challenge.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Chatup @ CoffeeWorks\r\nDiscuss your business ideas with Jim Flowers at CoffeeWorks in the VTCRC.\r\nMost Fridays from 9:30-11:00 a.m.\r\n1901 Innovation Drive, Suite 1100, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Chatup-@-CoffeeWorks.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nLicensed Executives Society Foundation 2015 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition\r\nWe invite students — MS/MBA/MD/JD/PhD and postdoctoral scholars — from around the world to participate in this global competition. We focus on how these IP assets will be utilized to achieve business objectives. Business Plans are accepted until the First Round deadline, March 1, 2015. \r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Licensed-Executives-Society-Foundation-2015-Graduate-Student-Business-Plan-Competition.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Nature </em>Editorial on the Scientific Workforce\r\nScientists must push to preserve a small part of a large US survey that provides essential information on the ever-changing scientific workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-01-26 13:42:46','2015-01-26 13:42:46','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(498,8,'2015-01-26 13:43:54','2015-01-26 13:43:54','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\nBEST Program Activities\r\n\r\nTBMH5106: Professional Development & Ethics \r\nThe BEST Program, in conjunction with the PhD program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH), is offering a 2 credit course in professional development for biomedical and health science trainees (TBMH5106) in Spring 2015. The course is open to PhD students and postdocs outside of TBMH, but you must submit a course request form through the BEST website before we can register you for the course. Postdocs will be permitted to audit the course if they will commit to attending all sessions. Trainees will construct and/or develop their Individual Career Development Plans, build communication and writing skills, and learn how academic researchers interface with other professionals in the biomedical workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/professional-development/\" title=\"Click here for the link\"></a>\r\n\r\nVT Graduate Courses\r\n\r\nBIOL5174: Work/ Life Balance in Academia \r\nThis discussion-based graduate seminar will address some of the challenges facing academics as we try to balance our academic positions with other important life responsibilities.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BIOL5174-Work-Life-Balance-in-Academia.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nEntrepreneurship\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Readiness Workshop\r\nThis session is FREE to all Virginia Tech graduate/undergraduate students, staff, and faculty who are interested in learning what it takes to start a new technology-based business. Also, get the details on how your innovation might win you $25,000!  Lunch is included.\r\nNoon - 4:00 p.m., February 6, 2015\r\nICTAS, Kelly Hall, Suite 310, Virginia Tech\r\n325 Stanger Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061\r\n(There will be another workshop on May 14, 2015 - 1 to 5 p.m. in Roanoke)\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Readiness-Workshop.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Tech Transfer Challenge\r\nThe Tech Transfer Challenge awards $100,000 worth of mentorship and business support services to a winning team of Virginia Tech faculty, staff, students and/or alumni proposing to establish a new venture in Blacksburg, based on Virginia Tech-owned technology.\r\n9:00 a.m. - Noon, March 19, 2015\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks I building, Lakeview Conference Room\r\n2200 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Tech-Transfer-Challenge.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Chatup @ CoffeeWorks\r\nDiscuss your business ideas with Jim Flowers at CoffeeWorks in the VTCRC.\r\nMost Fridays from 9:30-11:00 a.m.\r\n1901 Innovation Drive, Suite 1100, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Chatup-@-CoffeeWorks.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nLicensed Executives Society Foundation 2015 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition\r\nWe invite students — MS/MBA/MD/JD/PhD and postdoctoral scholars — from around the world to participate in this global competition. We focus on how these IP assets will be utilized to achieve business objectives. Business Plans are accepted until the First Round deadline, March 1, 2015. \r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Licensed-Executives-Society-Foundation-2015-Graduate-Student-Business-Plan-Competition.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Nature </em>Editorial on the Scientific Workforce\r\nScientists must push to preserve a small part of a large US survey that provides essential information on the ever-changing scientific workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-01-26 13:43:54','2015-01-26 13:43:54','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(499,8,'2015-01-26 13:44:54','2015-01-26 13:44:54','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\nBEST Program Activities\r\n\r\nTBMH5106: Professional Development & Ethics \r\nThe BEST Program, in conjunction with the PhD program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH), is offering a 2 credit course in professional development for biomedical and health science trainees (TBMH5106) in Spring 2015. The course is open to PhD students and postdocs outside of TBMH, but you must submit a course request form through the BEST website before we can register you for the course. Postdocs will be permitted to audit the course if they will commit to attending all sessions. Trainees will construct and/or develop their Individual Career Development Plans, build communication and writing skills, and learn how academic researchers interface with other professionals in the biomedical workforce.\r\n\r\nVT Graduate Courses\r\n\r\nBIOL5174: Work/ Life Balance in Academia \r\nThis discussion-based graduate seminar will address some of the challenges facing academics as we try to balance our academic positions with other important life responsibilities.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BIOL5174-Work-Life-Balance-in-Academia.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nEntrepreneurship\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Readiness Workshop\r\nThis session is FREE to all Virginia Tech graduate/undergraduate students, staff, and faculty who are interested in learning what it takes to start a new technology-based business. Also, get the details on how your innovation might win you $25,000!  Lunch is included.\r\nNoon - 4:00 p.m., February 6, 2015\r\nICTAS, Kelly Hall, Suite 310, Virginia Tech\r\n325 Stanger Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061\r\n(There will be another workshop on May 14, 2015 - 1 to 5 p.m. in Roanoke)\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Readiness-Workshop.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Tech Transfer Challenge\r\nThe Tech Transfer Challenge awards $100,000 worth of mentorship and business support services to a winning team of Virginia Tech faculty, staff, students and/or alumni proposing to establish a new venture in Blacksburg, based on Virginia Tech-owned technology.\r\n9:00 a.m. - Noon, March 19, 2015\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks I building, Lakeview Conference Room\r\n2200 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Tech-Transfer-Challenge.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Chatup @ CoffeeWorks\r\nDiscuss your business ideas with Jim Flowers at CoffeeWorks in the VTCRC.\r\nMost Fridays from 9:30-11:00 a.m.\r\n1901 Innovation Drive, Suite 1100, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Chatup-@-CoffeeWorks.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nLicensed Executives Society Foundation 2015 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition\r\nWe invite students — MS/MBA/MD/JD/PhD and postdoctoral scholars — from around the world to participate in this global competition. We focus on how these IP assets will be utilized to achieve business objectives. Business Plans are accepted until the First Round deadline, March 1, 2015. \r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Licensed-Executives-Society-Foundation-2015-Graduate-Student-Business-Plan-Competition.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Nature </em>Editorial on the Scientific Workforce\r\nScientists must push to preserve a small part of a large US survey that provides essential information on the ever-changing scientific workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-01-26 13:44:54','2015-01-26 13:44:54','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(500,8,'2015-01-26 13:46:42','2015-01-26 13:46:42','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\nBEST Program Activities\r\n\r\nTBMH5106: Professional Development & Ethics \r\nThe BEST Program, in conjunction with the PhD program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH), is offering a 2 credit course in professional development for biomedical and health science trainees (TBMH5106) in Spring 2015. The course is open to PhD students and postdocs outside of TBMH, but you must submit a course request form through the BEST website before we can register you for the course. Postdocs will be permitted to audit the course if they will commit to attending all sessions. Trainees will construct and/or develop their Individual Career Development Plans, build communication and writing skills, and learn how academic researchers interface with other professionals in the biomedical workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/professional-development/\" title=\"Click here\" target=\"_blank\">http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/professional-development/</a>\r\n\r\nVT Graduate Courses\r\n\r\nBIOL5174: Work/ Life Balance in Academia \r\nThis discussion-based graduate seminar will address some of the challenges facing academics as we try to balance our academic positions with other important life responsibilities.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BIOL5174-Work-Life-Balance-in-Academia.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nEntrepreneurship\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Readiness Workshop\r\nThis session is FREE to all Virginia Tech graduate/undergraduate students, staff, and faculty who are interested in learning what it takes to start a new technology-based business. Also, get the details on how your innovation might win you $25,000!  Lunch is included.\r\nNoon - 4:00 p.m., February 6, 2015\r\nICTAS, Kelly Hall, Suite 310, Virginia Tech\r\n325 Stanger Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061\r\n(There will be another workshop on May 14, 2015 - 1 to 5 p.m. in Roanoke)\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Readiness-Workshop.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Tech Transfer Challenge\r\nThe Tech Transfer Challenge awards $100,000 worth of mentorship and business support services to a winning team of Virginia Tech faculty, staff, students and/or alumni proposing to establish a new venture in Blacksburg, based on Virginia Tech-owned technology.\r\n9:00 a.m. - Noon, March 19, 2015\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks I building, Lakeview Conference Room\r\n2200 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Tech-Transfer-Challenge.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Chatup @ CoffeeWorks\r\nDiscuss your business ideas with Jim Flowers at CoffeeWorks in the VTCRC.\r\nMost Fridays from 9:30-11:00 a.m.\r\n1901 Innovation Drive, Suite 1100, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Chatup-@-CoffeeWorks.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nLicensed Executives Society Foundation 2015 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition\r\nWe invite students — MS/MBA/MD/JD/PhD and postdoctoral scholars — from around the world to participate in this global competition. We focus on how these IP assets will be utilized to achieve business objectives. Business Plans are accepted until the First Round deadline, March 1, 2015. \r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Licensed-Executives-Society-Foundation-2015-Graduate-Student-Business-Plan-Competition.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Nature </em>Editorial on the Scientific Workforce\r\nScientists must push to preserve a small part of a large US survey that provides essential information on the ever-changing scientific workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-01-26 13:46:42','2015-01-26 13:46:42','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(501,8,'2015-01-26 13:47:11','2015-01-26 13:47:11','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\nBEST Program Activities\r\n\r\nTBMH5106: Professional Development & Ethics \r\nThe BEST Program, in conjunction with the PhD program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH), is offering a 2 credit course in professional development for biomedical and health science trainees (TBMH5106) in Spring 2015. The course is open to PhD students and postdocs outside of TBMH, but you must submit a course request form through the BEST website before we can register you for the course. Postdocs will be permitted to audit the course if they will commit to attending all sessions. Trainees will construct and/or develop their Individual Career Development Plans, build communication and writing skills, and learn how academic researchers interface with other professionals in the biomedical workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/professional-development/\" title=\"Click here\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for the link</a>\r\n\r\nVT Graduate Courses\r\n\r\nBIOL5174: Work/ Life Balance in Academia \r\nThis discussion-based graduate seminar will address some of the challenges facing academics as we try to balance our academic positions with other important life responsibilities.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BIOL5174-Work-Life-Balance-in-Academia.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nEntrepreneurship\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Readiness Workshop\r\nThis session is FREE to all Virginia Tech graduate/undergraduate students, staff, and faculty who are interested in learning what it takes to start a new technology-based business. Also, get the details on how your innovation might win you $25,000!  Lunch is included.\r\nNoon - 4:00 p.m., February 6, 2015\r\nICTAS, Kelly Hall, Suite 310, Virginia Tech\r\n325 Stanger Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061\r\n(There will be another workshop on May 14, 2015 - 1 to 5 p.m. in Roanoke)\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Readiness-Workshop.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Tech Transfer Challenge\r\nThe Tech Transfer Challenge awards $100,000 worth of mentorship and business support services to a winning team of Virginia Tech faculty, staff, students and/or alumni proposing to establish a new venture in Blacksburg, based on Virginia Tech-owned technology.\r\n9:00 a.m. - Noon, March 19, 2015\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks I building, Lakeview Conference Room\r\n2200 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Tech-Transfer-Challenge.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Chatup @ CoffeeWorks\r\nDiscuss your business ideas with Jim Flowers at CoffeeWorks in the VTCRC.\r\nMost Fridays from 9:30-11:00 a.m.\r\n1901 Innovation Drive, Suite 1100, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Chatup-@-CoffeeWorks.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\nLicensed Executives Society Foundation 2015 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition\r\nWe invite students — MS/MBA/MD/JD/PhD and postdoctoral scholars — from around the world to participate in this global competition. We focus on how these IP assets will be utilized to achieve business objectives. Business Plans are accepted until the First Round deadline, March 1, 2015. \r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Licensed-Executives-Society-Foundation-2015-Graduate-Student-Business-Plan-Competition.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Nature </em>Editorial on the Scientific Workforce\r\nScientists must push to preserve a small part of a large US survey that provides essential information on the ever-changing scientific workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\">Click here for PDF</a>\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-01-26 13:47:11','2015-01-26 13:47:11','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(502,8,'2015-01-26 13:47:57','2015-01-26 13:47:57','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\nBEST Program Activities\r\n\r\nTBMH5106: Professional Development & Ethics \r\nThe BEST Program, in conjunction with the PhD program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH), is offering a 2 credit course in professional development for biomedical and health science trainees (TBMH5106) in Spring 2015. The course is open to PhD students and postdocs outside of TBMH, but you must submit a course request form through the BEST website before we can register you for the course. Postdocs will be permitted to audit the course if they will commit to attending all sessions. Trainees will construct and/or develop their Individual Career Development Plans, build communication and writing skills, and learn how academic researchers interface with other professionals in the biomedical workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/professional-development/\" title=\"Click here\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for the link</a>\r\n\r\nVT Graduate Courses\r\n\r\nBIOL5174: Work/ Life Balance in Academia \r\nThis discussion-based graduate seminar will address some of the challenges facing academics as we try to balance our academic positions with other important life responsibilities.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BIOL5174-Work-Life-Balance-in-Academia.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\nEntrepreneurship\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Readiness Workshop\r\nThis session is FREE to all Virginia Tech graduate/undergraduate students, staff, and faculty who are interested in learning what it takes to start a new technology-based business. Also, get the details on how your innovation might win you $25,000!  Lunch is included.\r\nNoon - 4:00 p.m., February 6, 2015\r\nICTAS, Kelly Hall, Suite 310, Virginia Tech\r\n325 Stanger Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061\r\n(There will be another workshop on May 14, 2015 - 1 to 5 p.m. in Roanoke)\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Readiness-Workshop.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Tech Transfer Challenge\r\nThe Tech Transfer Challenge awards $100,000 worth of mentorship and business support services to a winning team of Virginia Tech faculty, staff, students and/or alumni proposing to establish a new venture in Blacksburg, based on Virginia Tech-owned technology.\r\n9:00 a.m. - Noon, March 19, 2015\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks I building, Lakeview Conference Room\r\n2200 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Tech-Transfer-Challenge.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Chatup @ CoffeeWorks\r\nDiscuss your business ideas with Jim Flowers at CoffeeWorks in the VTCRC.\r\nMost Fridays from 9:30-11:00 a.m.\r\n1901 Innovation Drive, Suite 1100, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Chatup-@-CoffeeWorks.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\nLicensed Executives Society Foundation 2015 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition\r\nWe invite students — MS/MBA/MD/JD/PhD and postdoctoral scholars — from around the world to participate in this global competition. We focus on how these IP assets will be utilized to achieve business objectives. Business Plans are accepted until the First Round deadline, March 1, 2015. \r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Licensed-Executives-Society-Foundation-2015-Graduate-Student-Business-Plan-Competition.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Nature </em>Editorial on the Scientific Workforce\r\nScientists must push to preserve a small part of a large US survey that provides essential information on the ever-changing scientific workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-01-26 13:47:57','2015-01-26 13:47:57','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(504,8,'2015-01-26 14:04:37','2015-01-26 14:04:37','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\nBEST Program Activities\r\n\r\n\r\nTBMH5106: Professional Development & Ethics\r\nThe BEST Program, in conjunction with the PhD program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH), is offering a 2 credit course in professional development for biomedical and health science trainees (TBMH5106) in Spring 2015. The course is open to PhD students and postdocs outside of TBMH, but you must submit a course request form through the BEST website before we can register you for the course. Postdocs will be permitted to audit the course if they will commit to attending all sessions. Trainees will construct and/or develop their Individual Career Development Plans, build communication and writing skills, and learn how academic researchers interface with other professionals in the biomedical workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/professional-development/\" title=\"Click here\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for the link</a>\r\n\r\nVT Graduate Courses\r\n\r\nBIOL5174: Work/ Life Balance in Academia \r\nThis discussion-based graduate seminar will address some of the challenges facing academics as we try to balance our academic positions with other important life responsibilities.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BIOL5174-Work-Life-Balance-in-Academia.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\nEntrepreneurship\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Readiness Workshop\r\nThis session is FREE to all Virginia Tech graduate/undergraduate students, staff, and faculty who are interested in learning what it takes to start a new technology-based business. Also, get the details on how your innovation might win you $25,000!  Lunch is included.\r\nNoon - 4:00 p.m., February 6, 2015\r\nICTAS, Kelly Hall, Suite 310, Virginia Tech\r\n325 Stanger Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061\r\n(There will be another workshop on May 14, 2015 - 1 to 5 p.m. in Roanoke)\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Readiness-Workshop.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Tech Transfer Challenge\r\nThe Tech Transfer Challenge awards $100,000 worth of mentorship and business support services to a winning team of Virginia Tech faculty, staff, students and/or alumni proposing to establish a new venture in Blacksburg, based on Virginia Tech-owned technology.\r\n9:00 a.m. - Noon, March 19, 2015\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks I building, Lakeview Conference Room\r\n2200 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Tech-Transfer-Challenge.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks Startup Chatup @ CoffeeWorks\r\nDiscuss your business ideas with Jim Flowers at CoffeeWorks in the VTCRC.\r\nMost Fridays from 9:30-11:00 a.m.\r\n1901 Innovation Drive, Suite 1100, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Chatup-@-CoffeeWorks.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\nLicensed Executives Society Foundation 2015 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition\r\nWe invite students — MS/MBA/MD/JD/PhD and postdoctoral scholars — from around the world to participate in this global competition. We focus on how these IP assets will be utilized to achieve business objectives. Business Plans are accepted until the First Round deadline, March 1, 2015. \r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Licensed-Executives-Society-Foundation-2015-Graduate-Student-Business-Plan-Competition.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Nature </em>Editorial on the Scientific Workforce\r\nScientists must push to preserve a small part of a large US survey that provides essential information on the ever-changing scientific workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-01-26 14:04:37','2015-01-26 14:04:37','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(505,8,'2015-01-26 14:07:07','2015-01-26 14:07:07','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\nBEST Program Activities\r\n\r\n<u>TBMH5106: Professional Development & Ethics</u>\r\nThe BEST Program, in conjunction with the PhD program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH), is offering a 2 credit course in professional development for biomedical and health science trainees (TBMH5106) in Spring 2015. The course is open to PhD students and postdocs outside of TBMH, but you must submit a course request form through the BEST website before we can register you for the course. Postdocs will be permitted to audit the course if they will commit to attending all sessions. Trainees will construct and/or develop their Individual Career Development Plans, build communication and writing skills, and learn how academic researchers interface with other professionals in the biomedical workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/professional-development/\" title=\"Click here\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for the link</a>\r\n\r\nVT Graduate Courses\r\n\r\n<u>BIOL5174: Work/ Life Balance in Academia</u>\r\nThis discussion-based graduate seminar will address some of the challenges facing academics as we try to balance our academic positions with other important life responsibilities.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BIOL5174-Work-Life-Balance-in-Academia.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\nEntrepreneurship\r\n\r\n<u>VT KnowledgeWorks Startup Readiness Workshop</u>\r\nThis session is FREE to all Virginia Tech graduate/undergraduate students, staff, and faculty who are interested in learning what it takes to start a new technology-based business. Also, get the details on how your innovation might win you $25,000!  Lunch is included.\r\nNoon - 4:00 p.m., February 6, 2015\r\nICTAS, Kelly Hall, Suite 310, Virginia Tech\r\n325 Stanger Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061\r\n(There will be another workshop on May 14, 2015 - 1 to 5 p.m. in Roanoke)\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Readiness-Workshop.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u>VT KnowledgeWorks Tech Transfer Challenge</u>\r\nThe Tech Transfer Challenge awards $100,000 worth of mentorship and business support services to a winning team of Virginia Tech faculty, staff, students and/or alumni proposing to establish a new venture in Blacksburg, based on Virginia Tech-owned technology.\r\n9:00 a.m. - Noon, March 19, 2015\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks I building, Lakeview Conference Room\r\n2200 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Tech-Transfer-Challenge.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u>VT KnowledgeWorks Startup Chatup @ CoffeeWorks</u>\r\nDiscuss your business ideas with Jim Flowers at CoffeeWorks in the VTCRC.\r\nMost Fridays from 9:30-11:00 a.m.\r\n1901 Innovation Drive, Suite 1100, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Chatup-@-CoffeeWorks.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u>Licensed Executives Society Foundation 2015 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition</u>\r\nWe invite students — MS/MBA/MD/JD/PhD and postdoctoral scholars — from around the world to participate in this global competition. We focus on how these IP assets will be utilized to achieve business objectives. Business Plans are accepted until the First Round deadline, March 1, 2015. \r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Licensed-Executives-Society-Foundation-2015-Graduate-Student-Business-Plan-Competition.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u><em>Nature </em>Editorial on the Scientific Workforce</u>\r\nScientists must push to preserve a small part of a large US survey that provides essential information on the ever-changing scientific workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u><em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers</u>\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-01-26 14:07:07','2015-01-26 14:07:07','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(506,8,'2015-01-26 14:11:12','2015-01-26 14:11:12','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\nBEST Program Activity\r\n\r\n<u>TBMH5106: Professional Development & Ethics</u>\r\nThe BEST Program, in conjunction with the PhD program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH), is offering a 2 credit course in professional development for biomedical and health science trainees (TBMH5106) in Spring 2015. The course is open to PhD students and postdocs outside of TBMH, but you must submit a course request form through the BEST website before we can register you for the course. Postdocs will be permitted to audit the course if they will commit to attending all sessions. Trainees will construct and/or develop their Individual Career Development Plans, build communication and writing skills, and learn how academic researchers interface with other professionals in the biomedical workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/professional-development/\" title=\"Click here\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for the link</a>\r\n\r\nVT Graduate Course\r\n\r\n<u>BIOL5174: Work/ Life Balance in Academia</u>\r\nThis discussion-based graduate seminar will address some of the challenges facing academics as we try to balance our academic positions with other important life responsibilities.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BIOL5174-Work-Life-Balance-in-Academia.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\nEntrepreneurship\r\n\r\n<u>VT KnowledgeWorks Startup Readiness Workshop</u>\r\nThis session is FREE to all Virginia Tech graduate/undergraduate students, staff, and faculty who are interested in learning what it takes to start a new technology-based business. Also, get the details on how your innovation might win you $25,000!  Lunch is included.\r\nNoon - 4:00 p.m., February 6, 2015\r\nICTAS, Kelly Hall, Suite 310, Virginia Tech\r\n325 Stanger Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061\r\n(There will be another workshop on May 14, 2015 - 1 to 5 p.m. in Roanoke)\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Readiness-Workshop.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u>VT KnowledgeWorks Tech Transfer Challenge</u>\r\nThe Tech Transfer Challenge awards $100,000 worth of mentorship and business support services to a winning team of Virginia Tech faculty, staff, students and/or alumni proposing to establish a new venture in Blacksburg, based on Virginia Tech-owned technology.\r\n9:00 a.m. - Noon, March 19, 2015\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks I building, Lakeview Conference Room\r\n2200 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Tech-Transfer-Challenge.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u>VT KnowledgeWorks Startup Chatup @ CoffeeWorks</u>\r\nDiscuss your business ideas with Jim Flowers at CoffeeWorks in the VTCRC.\r\nMost Fridays from 9:30-11:00 a.m.\r\n1901 Innovation Drive, Suite 1100, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Chatup-@-CoffeeWorks.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u>Licensed Executives Society Foundation 2015 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition</u>\r\nWe invite students — MS/MBA/MD/JD/PhD and postdoctoral scholars — from around the world to participate in this global competition. We focus on how these IP assets will be utilized to achieve business objectives. Business Plans are accepted until the First Round deadline, March 1, 2015. \r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Licensed-Executives-Society-Foundation-2015-Graduate-Student-Business-Plan-Competition.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u><em>Nature </em>Editorial on the Scientific Workforce</u>\r\nScientists must push to preserve a small part of a large US survey that provides essential information on the ever-changing scientific workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u><em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers</u>\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-01-26 14:11:12','2015-01-26 14:11:12','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(507,8,'2015-01-26 14:12:07','2015-01-26 14:12:07','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\nVT BEST Program Activity\r\n\r\n<u>TBMH5106: Professional Development & Ethics</u>\r\nThe BEST Program, in conjunction with the PhD program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH), is offering a 2 credit course in professional development for biomedical and health science trainees (TBMH5106) in Spring 2015. The course is open to PhD students and postdocs outside of TBMH, but you must submit a course request form through the BEST website before we can register you for the course. Postdocs will be permitted to audit the course if they will commit to attending all sessions. Trainees will construct and/or develop their Individual Career Development Plans, build communication and writing skills, and learn how academic researchers interface with other professionals in the biomedical workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/professional-development/\" title=\"Click here\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for the link</a>\r\n\r\nVT Graduate Course\r\n\r\n<u>BIOL5174: Work/ Life Balance in Academia</u>\r\nThis discussion-based graduate seminar will address some of the challenges facing academics as we try to balance our academic positions with other important life responsibilities.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BIOL5174-Work-Life-Balance-in-Academia.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\nEntrepreneurship\r\n\r\n<u>VT KnowledgeWorks Startup Readiness Workshop</u>\r\nThis session is FREE to all Virginia Tech graduate/undergraduate students, staff, and faculty who are interested in learning what it takes to start a new technology-based business. Also, get the details on how your innovation might win you $25,000!  Lunch is included.\r\nNoon - 4:00 p.m., February 6, 2015\r\nICTAS, Kelly Hall, Suite 310, Virginia Tech\r\n325 Stanger Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061\r\n(There will be another workshop on May 14, 2015 - 1 to 5 p.m. in Roanoke)\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Readiness-Workshop.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u>VT KnowledgeWorks Tech Transfer Challenge</u>\r\nThe Tech Transfer Challenge awards $100,000 worth of mentorship and business support services to a winning team of Virginia Tech faculty, staff, students and/or alumni proposing to establish a new venture in Blacksburg, based on Virginia Tech-owned technology.\r\n9:00 a.m. - Noon, March 19, 2015\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks I building, Lakeview Conference Room\r\n2200 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Tech-Transfer-Challenge.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u>VT KnowledgeWorks Startup Chatup @ CoffeeWorks</u>\r\nDiscuss your business ideas with Jim Flowers at CoffeeWorks in the VTCRC.\r\nMost Fridays from 9:30-11:00 a.m.\r\n1901 Innovation Drive, Suite 1100, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Chatup-@-CoffeeWorks.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u>Licensed Executives Society Foundation 2015 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition</u>\r\nWe invite students — MS/MBA/MD/JD/PhD and postdoctoral scholars — from around the world to participate in this global competition. We focus on how these IP assets will be utilized to achieve business objectives. Business Plans are accepted until the First Round deadline, March 1, 2015. \r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Licensed-Executives-Society-Foundation-2015-Graduate-Student-Business-Plan-Competition.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u><em>Nature </em>Editorial on the Scientific Workforce</u>\r\nScientists must push to preserve a small part of a large US survey that provides essential information on the ever-changing scientific workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u><em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers</u>\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-01-26 14:12:07','2015-01-26 14:12:07','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(508,8,'2015-01-26 14:13:50','2015-01-26 14:13:50','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\nVT BEST Program Activity\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/professional-development/\" title=\"Click here\" target=\"_blank\"><u>TBMH5106: Professional Development & Ethics</u></a>\r\nThe BEST Program, in conjunction with the PhD program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH), is offering a 2 credit course in professional development for biomedical and health science trainees (TBMH5106) in Spring 2015. The course is open to PhD students and postdocs outside of TBMH, but you must submit a course request form through the BEST website before we can register you for the course. Postdocs will be permitted to audit the course if they will commit to attending all sessions. Trainees will construct and/or develop their Individual Career Development Plans, build communication and writing skills, and learn how academic researchers interface with other professionals in the biomedical workforce.\r\n\r\n\r\nVT Graduate Course\r\n\r\n<u>BIOL5174: Work/ Life Balance in Academia</u>\r\nThis discussion-based graduate seminar will address some of the challenges facing academics as we try to balance our academic positions with other important life responsibilities.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BIOL5174-Work-Life-Balance-in-Academia.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\nEntrepreneurship\r\n\r\n<u>VT KnowledgeWorks Startup Readiness Workshop</u>\r\nThis session is FREE to all Virginia Tech graduate/undergraduate students, staff, and faculty who are interested in learning what it takes to start a new technology-based business. Also, get the details on how your innovation might win you $25,000!  Lunch is included.\r\nNoon - 4:00 p.m., February 6, 2015\r\nICTAS, Kelly Hall, Suite 310, Virginia Tech\r\n325 Stanger Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061\r\n(There will be another workshop on May 14, 2015 - 1 to 5 p.m. in Roanoke)\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Readiness-Workshop.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u>VT KnowledgeWorks Tech Transfer Challenge</u>\r\nThe Tech Transfer Challenge awards $100,000 worth of mentorship and business support services to a winning team of Virginia Tech faculty, staff, students and/or alumni proposing to establish a new venture in Blacksburg, based on Virginia Tech-owned technology.\r\n9:00 a.m. - Noon, March 19, 2015\r\nVT KnowledgeWorks I building, Lakeview Conference Room\r\n2200 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Tech-Transfer-Challenge.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u>VT KnowledgeWorks Startup Chatup @ CoffeeWorks</u>\r\nDiscuss your business ideas with Jim Flowers at CoffeeWorks in the VTCRC.\r\nMost Fridays from 9:30-11:00 a.m.\r\n1901 Innovation Drive, Suite 1100, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VT-KnowledgWorks-Startup-Chatup-@-CoffeeWorks.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u>Licensed Executives Society Foundation 2015 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition</u>\r\nWe invite students — MS/MBA/MD/JD/PhD and postdoctoral scholars — from around the world to participate in this global competition. We focus on how these IP assets will be utilized to achieve business objectives. Business Plans are accepted until the First Round deadline, March 1, 2015. \r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Licensed-Executives-Society-Foundation-2015-Graduate-Student-Business-Plan-Competition.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u><em>Nature </em>Editorial on the Scientific Workforce</u>\r\nScientists must push to preserve a small part of a large US survey that provides essential information on the ever-changing scientific workforce.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Click here for the PDF</a>\r\n\r\n<u><em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers</u>\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. 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A sign-up sheet will be posted once these internship activities are available.  Individuals and organizations interested in hosting internships may sign up <a title=\"Partner Sign Up\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/partner/\">here</a>.</em>','INTERNSHIPS','','inherit','closed','open','','34-revision-v1','','','2015-02-11 17:18:17','2015-02-11 17:18:17','',34,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/34-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(586,8,'2015-02-11 17:20:09','2015-02-11 17:20:09',' ','','','publish','closed','closed','','586','','','2020-02-25 19:22:32','2020-02-25 19:22:32','',0,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/?p=586',11,'nav_menu_item','',0),(587,8,'2015-02-12 15:51:59','2015-02-12 15:51:59','<div id=\"intro\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n<h1>The BEST Program supports two types of internship opportunities: \"Mini-internships\" and \"Internships\"</h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><strong>\"Mini-internships\"</strong></h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iStock_000006387364Small1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-101\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iStock_000006387364Small1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Bureau\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>Mini-internships are a time-efficient way to experience and learn about careers beyond academic research, such as science policy, biotechnology, intellectual property, science communications, and health care. These often involve a visit to the “mini-internship” host site, and activities, tours, or projects designed to inform trainees on the nature of the profession, important challenges in the field, and required skills. Trainees may participate in one or more mini-internships, the majority of which will require a commitment of between 1 and 7 days.\r\n\r\n<em>Upcoming mini-internships (sign up opens shortly):</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>“Communicating Science: Newspapers, News Blogs, and Public Radio\"</strong>\r\n<strong>April 23rd, 2015; 1 PM – 4 PM, Roanoke</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>“Scientific Editing and Academic Publishing\"</strong>\r\n<strong>April 30th, 2015; 1 PM - 4 PM, Roanoke </strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><strong>“Internships”</strong></h1>\r\n<span class=\"double-line\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iStock_15923980Medium.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iStock_15923980Medium-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"iStock_15923980Medium\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>The BEST program will also facilitate matching students to internships of longer durations as they come available, and will provide a limited number of travel stipends to attend internships outside the Roanoke-Blacksburg region. If you have already identified an internship and would like to apply for a travel stipend, please fill out our <a title=\"BEST Travel Awards\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/best-travel-awards/\">BEST Travel Award application</a>. A programming committee will determine if the internship meets the program goals.\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\">Program Details</h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><span class=\"double-line\"> </span></h1>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Location:</span> Mini-internships and internships will be offered at companies or organizations with a biomedical or health focus. Some of these internships will be located at Virginia Tech facilities in Blacksburg and Roanoke, VA, the Corporate Research Center in Blacksburg, VA, or Virginia Tech facilities in the National Capital Region in Washington, D.C.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trainee Commitment</span>:  Upon completion of the mini-internship or internship, trainees will complete a short questionnaire to evaluate the quality and appropriateness of the particular experience; this survey should take 10 minutes to complete. Trainees will also take the annual BEST Survey at the end of their experiences that should take less than 30 minutes to complete. This BEST survey will be issued annually for 10 years.\r\n\r\n<strong><a class=\"button\" style=\"background-color: b07e19;\">SIGN UP</a></strong>\r\n\r\n<em>We are currently building our internship database. A sign-up sheet will be posted once these internship activities are available.  Individuals and organizations interested in hosting internships may sign up <a title=\"Partner Sign Up\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/partner/\">here</a>.</em>','INTERNSHIPS','','inherit','closed','open','','34-revision-v1','','','2015-02-12 15:51:59','2015-02-12 15:51:59','',34,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/34-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(595,8,'2015-02-18 21:26:58','2015-02-18 21:26:58','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\"><u><em>Nature </em>Editorial on the Scientific Workforce</u></a>\r\nScientists must push to preserve a small part of a large US survey that provides essential information on the ever-changing scientific workforce.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\"><u><em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers</u></a>\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-02-18 21:26:58','2015-02-18 21:26:58','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(599,8,'2015-02-24 20:56:16','2015-02-24 20:56:16','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\nKeep Asking the Question. Nature. December 18, 2014. Volume 516.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\"><u><em>Nature </em>Editorial on the Scientific Workforce</u></a>\r\nScientists must push to preserve a small part of a large US survey that provides essential information on the ever-changing scientific workforce.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\"><u><em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers</u></a>\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-02-24 20:56:16','2015-02-24 20:56:16','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(600,8,'2015-02-24 20:57:06','2015-02-24 20:57:06','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\nKeep Asking the Question. <em>Nature </em>. December 18, 2014. Volume 516.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\"><u>Editorial on the Scientific Workforce</u></a>\r\nScientists must push to preserve a small part of a large US survey that provides essential information on the ever-changing scientific workforce.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\"><u><em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers</u></a>\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-02-24 20:57:06','2015-02-24 20:57:06','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(601,8,'2015-02-24 20:57:46','2015-02-24 20:57:46','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\"><u>Keep Asking the Question. <em>Nature </em>. December 18, 2014. Volume 516.</u></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\"><u>Editorial on the Scientific Workforce</u></a>\r\nScientists must push to preserve a small part of a large US survey that provides essential information on the ever-changing scientific workforce.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\"><u><em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers</u></a>\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-02-24 20:57:46','2015-02-24 20:57:46','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(602,8,'2015-02-24 20:59:56','2015-02-24 20:59:56','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\"><u>Keep Asking the Question. <em>Nature </em>. December 18, 2014. Volume 516.</u></a>\r\nThis article discusses how a key part of a large US survey may be removed. \r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\"><u><em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers</u></a>\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-02-24 20:59:56','2015-02-24 20:59:56','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(603,8,'2015-02-24 21:00:27','2015-02-24 21:00:27','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\"><u>Keep Asking the Question. <em>Nature </em>. December 18, 2014. Volume 516.</u></a>\r\nThis article discusses how a key part of a large US survey may be removed as well as such a removal\'s implications for the scientific community. \r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\"><u><em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers</u></a>\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-02-24 21:00:27','2015-02-24 21:00:27','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(604,8,'2015-02-24 21:01:09','2015-02-24 21:01:09','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\"><u>Keep Asking the Question. <em>Nature </em>. December 18, 2014. Volume 516.</u></a>\r\nThis article discusses the potential removal of a key part of a large US survey as well as what the implications would be for the scientific community. \r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\"><u><em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers</u></a>\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-02-24 21:01:09','2015-02-24 21:01:09','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(605,8,'2015-02-24 21:03:14','2015-02-24 21:03:14','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\"><u>Keep Asking the Question. <em>Nature </em>. December 18, 2014. Volume 516.</u></a>\r\nThis article discusses the potential removal of a key part of a large US survey as well as what the implications would be for the scientific community. \r\n\r\nStudy: Women and Minorities Less Interested in Academic Research Careers. <em>Science Careers</em>. \r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\"><u><em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers</u></a>\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-02-24 21:03:14','2015-02-24 21:03:14','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(606,8,'2015-02-24 21:04:28','2015-02-24 21:04:28','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\"><u>Keep Asking the Question. <em>Nature </em>. December 18, 2014. Volume 516.</u></a>\r\nThis article discusses the potential removal of a key part of a large US survey as well as what the implications would be for the scientific community. \r\n\r\nBenderly, Beryl Lieff. Study: Women and Minorities Less Interested in Academic Research Careers. <em>Science Careers</em>. \r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\"><u><em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers</u></a>\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-02-24 21:04:28','2015-02-24 21:04:28','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(607,8,'2015-02-24 21:04:57','2015-02-24 21:04:57','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\"><u>Keep Asking the Question. <em>Nature </em>. December 18, 2014. Volume 516.</u></a>\r\nThis article discusses the potential removal of a key part of a large US survey as well as what the implications would be for the scientific community. \r\n\r\nBenderly, Beryl Lieff. Study: Women and Minorities Less Interested in Academic Research Careers. <em>Science Careers</em>. December 16, 2014.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\"><u><em>Science Careers</em> Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers</u></a>\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-02-24 21:04:57','2015-02-24 21:04:57','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(608,8,'2015-02-24 21:06:10','2015-02-24 21:06:10','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Keep Asking the Question. <em>Nature </em>. December 18, 2014. Volume 516.</a>\r\nThis article discusses the potential removal of a key part of a large US survey as well as what the implications would be for the scientific community. \r\n\r\nBenderly, Beryl Lieff. Study: Women and Minorities Less Interested in Academic Research Careers. <em>Science Careers</em>. December 16, 2014.\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\"><u>Science Careers Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers</u></a>\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-02-24 21:06:10','2015-02-24 21:06:10','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(609,8,'2015-02-24 21:06:42','2015-02-24 21:06:42','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Keep Asking the Question. <em>Nature </em>. December 18, 2014. Volume 516.</a>\r\nThis article discusses the potential removal of a key part of a large US survey as well as what the implications would be for the scientific community. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\">Benderly, Beryl Lieff. Study: Women and Minorities Less Interested in Academic Research Careers. <em>Science Careers</em>. December 16, 2014.</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\"><u>Science Careers Story on Recent Findings That Women and Minorities Are Less Interested in Academic Research Careers</u></a>\r\nRecently, we reported on research showing that gender discrimination does not explain the low percentage of women in math-based fields. The data show that women applicants are at least as likely as men to be hired for those jobs, but women are less likely to apply. Why?\r\n\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-02-24 21:06:42','2015-02-24 21:06:42','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(610,8,'2015-02-24 21:07:10','2015-02-24 21:07:10','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Keep Asking the Question. <em>Nature </em>. December 18, 2014. Volume 516.</a>\r\nThis article discusses the potential removal of a key part of a large US survey as well as what the implications would be for the scientific community. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\">Benderly, Beryl Lieff. Study: Women and Minorities Less Interested in Academic Research Careers. <em>Science Careers</em>. December 16, 2014.</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-02-24 21:07:10','2015-02-24 21:07:10','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(611,8,'2015-02-24 21:10:40','2015-02-24 21:10:40','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Keep Asking the Question. <em>Nature </em>. December 18, 2014. Volume 516.</a>\r\nThis article discusses the potential removal of a key part of a large US survey as well as what the implications would be for the scientific community. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\">Benderly, Beryl Lieff. Study: Women and Minorities Less Interested in Academic Research Careers. <em>Science Careers</em>. December 16, 2014.</a>\r\nHere is an article that discusses a recent study claiming that under-represented groups tend to steer away from academic research careers. \r\n\r\n\r\n','Recent News','','inherit','closed','open','','480-revision-v1','','','2015-02-24 21:10:40','2015-02-24 21:10:40','',480,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(612,8,'2015-02-24 21:11:01','2015-02-24 21:11:01','<strong>December 2014 News</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature-Editorial-on-the-Scienctific-Workforce.pdf\">Keep Asking the Question. <em>Nature </em>. December 18, 2014. Volume 516.</a>\r\nThis article discusses the potential removal of a key part of a large US survey as well as what the implications would be for the scientific community. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Science-Careers-Story-on-Recent-Findings.pdf\">Benderly, Beryl Lieff. 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Session also covers issues that need to be addressed both as the proposal is being developed and after it is awarded looking specifically from the university\'s perspective. We explore budgets, participation by researchers, conflict of interest, post-award reporting requirements, letters of support, personnel and percent effort, the differences between SBIR and STTR, and SBIR/STTR requirements vs. what is flexible. We\'ll also present updated information on SBIR/STTR policies since the 2012 reauthorization. Only Virginia based universities are invited to attend.\r\n<strong>Location</strong>: Virginia Tech, ICTAS 310 (Kelly Hall), Room 310, Blacksburg, VA\r\n<strong>Date</strong>: March 3\r\n<strong>Time</strong>: 9AM-11:30AM\r\n<strong>Instructor</strong>: Lisa Kurek, BBC Entrepreneurial Training &amp; Consulting\r\n<strong>Cost</strong>: FREE. 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Attend all or part of this low cost, two and a half day session. The first two days are presented in morning and afternoon sessions - attend the morning or afternoon session that fits your schedule best. The third day presents a half day commercialization planning workshop (morning session only).\r\n<strong>April 14</strong>: <strong>SBIR/STTR Program Details</strong> -- This session will be delivered as a morning session and afternoon session - attend the session that fits your schedule. Topics covered include: A basic intro to SBIR/STTR; compare/contrast various agencies, including NSF, DOD and NIH; A look at what is new in SBIR/STTR; tips to compete more effectively; resources available to Virginia based firms to support your SBIR and STTR submissions.\r\n<strong>April 15</strong>: <strong>NSF Proposal Preparation</strong> -- This session will be delivered as a morning session and afternoon session - attend the session that fits your schedule. 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SBIR grants (Small Business Innovation Research) and STTR grant program (Small Business Technology Transfer) provide $150K - $1.5M in early stage R&amp;D funding for high risk, new technology development. 11 participating federal agencies use this program to fund early stage technology development that will help them meet their missions. Over $2.3 Billion is available each year in this program. Each session will discuss the purpose of the programs, basic qualifications, participating agencies, funding amounts, and how to start to plan your approach to writing a winning proposal. We\'ll also provide a brief discussion on how university PosDocs and Graduate students can participate in these programs. Lunch will be provided. Details on how CIT supports Virginia based applicants will also be discussed.\r\n<strong>Location</strong>: Virginia Tech, ICTAS 310 (Kelly Hall), Room 310, Blacksburg, VA\r\n<strong>Date</strong>: March 3\r\n<strong>Time</strong>: Noon-1:30PM\r\n<strong>Instructor</strong>: Lisa Kurek, BBC Entrepreneurial Training &amp; Consulting\r\n<strong>Cost</strong>: Virginia based University Researchers/PostDocs/Grad Students FREE: Virginia based small tech firms $15 per person; All others $50 per person. Advance registration requested. 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At this mini-internship, let <em>Nature Neuroscience</em> Chief Editor Dr. Meredith LeMasurier guide you through a series of exercises that will convey the joys, challenges, and required skills for evaluating cutting edge research at a major academic publishing house.</h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"></h1>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-heading\"><em>Space is limited! Participants must </em><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"register\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/dr-lemassurier-mini-internship-sign-up-form/\">regist</a>er</strong></span></span></em><em> in advance and sign a BEST participant consent form.</em></h1>\r\n<strong>Meredith LeMasurier, Ph.D.</strong>\r\n<strong>Chief Editor, <em>Nature Neuroscience<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/lemasuier.png\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-708\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/lemasuier-150x150.png\" alt=\"lemasuier\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a></em></strong>\r\n\r\nDuring her doctoral work in the laboratory of Chris Miller at Brandeis University, Dr. Meredith LeMasurier studied the intrinsic properties of potassium channels. She then moved to Oregon Health and Science University for her postdoctoral training with Peter Gillespie, focusing on sensory transduction in the auditory and vestibular systems. Before joining <em>Nature Neuroscience</em> in 2014, Dr. LeMasurier was the Deputy Editor of <em>Neuron</em>, where she had been a member of the editorial team since 2007.','*BEST Event: Succeeding as a Scientific Editor for a Major Biomedical Research Journal Mini-Internship','','publish','closed','open','','dr-meredith-lemassurier-mini-internship','','','2015-03-23 20:49:52','2015-03-23 20:49:52','',0,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=639',0,'tribe_events','',0),(641,8,'2015-02-25 15:51:02','2015-02-25 15:51:02','','Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute','','publish','closed','open','','virginia-tech-carilion-research-institute-2','','','2015-02-25 15:51:02','2015-02-25 15:51:02','',0,'http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/venue/virginia-tech-carilion-research-institute-2/',0,'tribe_venue','',0),(642,8,'2015-02-25 15:51:43','2015-02-25 15:51:43','<div>Sick of lab work but love to read and write about science? Ever thought you might want to be a science reporter but not sure if you have what it takes or whether this is a career for you? This mini-internship will put you in the shoes of a scientific reporter, leading you through exercises that will give you a true feel for a “day on the job” in the fast paced world of science journalism, and help you to uncover tricks and tactics for communicating complex research to the general public. <em>Space is limited! Participants must <a title=\"Dr. Doucleff Mini-Internship Sign-Up Form\" href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/dr-doucleff-mini-internship-sign-up-form/\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\">register</span></strong> </a>in advance and sign a BEST consent form.</em><span class=\"double-line\"> </span></div>\r\n<strong>Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD<a href=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/doucleff.png\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-701\" src=\"http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/doucleff-150x150.png\" alt=\"doucleff\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\nEditor and Scientific Reporter, National Public Radio (NPR)</strong>\r\n\r\nDr. Michaeleen Doucleff is an editor and reporter for National Public Radio’s Science Desk, where she writes and reports on the Web and radio. 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