Thanks to everyone who attended this year's event! We will update this
site with information regarding next year's event when it is available.
November 1, 2007 - Career Day – Seminars Donald W. Reynolds
Institute on Aging - Jo Ellen Ford Auditorium
7:30
AMRegistration andContinental
Breakfast
8:30 AMWelcome to the Event Bobby McGehee, Ph.D.,
Dean of the Graduate School, UAMS
8:40
AMIntroduction to the UAMS Graduate School
Kristen Sterba, Ph.D., Assistant Dean,
Office of Graduate Student Recruiting and Retention, Graduate School, UAMS
9:00 AMResearch in Industry Scott Struthers,
Ph.D., Director,
Neurocrine Biosciences, San Diego, CA
9:30 AM
Research in Government
Jeff Moran, Ph.D., Section Director, Environmental Chemistry,
Arkansas Public Health Laboratory, Little Rock, AR
10:00
AM Coffee/refreshment break
10:30 AM Academia Thomas J.
Lynch, Ph.D., Professor,
Department of Biology, Associate Dean of Math and Sciences, University of Arkansas at
Little Rock
11:00 AMHealth Systems Research Debra
A. Draper, Ph.D.,
Associate Director, Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington
D.C.
11:30
AM Intellectual Property, Research and Development Law Christine
Daugherty, Ph.D., J.D.,
Senior Counsel, Tyson Foods, Inc.
12:00 PM Medical Science Liaison James Simples,
Ph.D.,
Cardiovascular Medical Information Scientist, CV Therapeutics, Palo Alto, CA
12:30
PM Luncheon and panel discussion/Q & A with speakers
1:30
PM Breakout groups: 1.
Graduate students and Post-Doctoral fellows (G180/190): Informal
discussions, individual advising with Career Day speakers
2. Undergraduate students: Tour of UAMS
2:00
PM Career Development Workshop for Graduate Students and Fellows-
Building Networking Skills (JEF Auditorium) Dana Gaddy,
Ph.D., Associate
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UAMS
UAMS Graduate School Office
4301 West Markham St., #601
Little Rock, AR 72205
501-686-5454
phone
501-686-5661 fax
graduateschoolUAMS@uams.edu