<strong>Professional Development Symposium</strong>

Keynote Speaker: Melanie Sinche, NCC 
Melanie’s keynote address will share strategies for landing jobs for advanced degree candidates.

<strong>Workshop Leaders</strong>:

<em>Alyssa Rametta, M.A
Assistant Director, Career and Professional Development at Virginia Tech
CV and Resume Writing Workshop

<em>Mary G. Miller, Ph.D.
Director, Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program
Leadership Workshop

<em>Melanie V. Sinche, NCC 
Director of the Career Development Center and Executive Director of the Women’s Leadership Center at the University of Saint Joseph 
Communication, Leadership, and Team Management Workshop

<em>Michael A. Fox, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Director, Developmental and Translational Neurobiology Center at FBRI
Time Management for Scientists Workshop  

<strong>May 3rd, 2019; Time: 11:00am-5:00pm, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute @VTC, 2 Riverside Circle, Roanoke, VA </strong>

Become a stronger scientist and a stronger job candidate with these skills.
Leaders in career development and science will host workshops designed for scientists
to cultivate these skills and prepare trainees for diverse career paths
Advanced registration required. Open to all VT trainees and faculty

<a title="Register Here" href="http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/science-policy-mini-internship-sign-up-form-4-13-18/ ">Register Here</a>

Please consider attending!
 
SPEAKER BIO’S:
Dr. Greg Frank
Greg Frank has a research background in immunology, where he trained at the University of Pittsburgh studying viral infection of the eye.  In 2010 he went on to pursue his postdoctoral training at the National Institutes of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Laboratory of Viral Diseases (LVD), researching the immune response to influenza infection. 
Greg transitioned into science policy through a 2013 fellowship with the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), where he helped develop a best practice document on mitigating the risk to animal rights extremism.  In 2014 Greg then joined the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) to lead science and diagnostic policy.  At IDSA he worked on issues that included infectious disease physician scientist workforce issues, dual use research of concern, and policies to drive the development and clinical integration of rapid infectious disease diagnostics.   
In 2016, Greg joined the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), where he leads several infectious diseases policy issues, including antimicrobial resistance and vaccine policy.
 
Dr. Meredith Fox
Dr. Meredith Fox received her Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience/Psychology from American University, where she studied the rewarding and aversive motivational effects of drugs of abuse. Following her Ph.D., she was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at American University, where she directed a small research team investigating behavioral pharmacology. Dr. Fox then worked in the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Intramural Research Program (IRP) in the Laboratory of Clinical Science for nearly eight years, first as a Postdoctoral Fellow and later as a Senior Research Fellow, serving as the Deputy Laboratory Chief during her last two years. Her research focused on serotonin and its transporter, SERT. In 2012, Dr. Fox went on Detail in the NIMH Extramural Office of Science Policy, Planning, and Communications (OSPPC), and soon after joined the Science Policy and Evaluation (SPE) Branch in OSPPC as a Health Science Policy Analyst, and later as the Chief of the SPE Branch. Dr. Fox currently serves as the Director of OSPPC.
