Career Day for Biomedical Sciences

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 AM     Registration and Continental Breakfast
 
 8:30 AM     Welcome to the Event
                        Bobby McGehee, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate School, UAMS

 8:40 AM     Introduction to the UAMS Graduate School
                        Kristen Sterba, Ph.D., Assistant Dean, Office of Graduate Student Recruiting and Retention, Graduate School, UAMS

9:00 AM     Research 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 AM     Health 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