Designing Your Grad Experience to be Career-Ready University of Alberta

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1 Designing Your Grad Experience to be Career-Ready University of Alberta November 15, 2018 Nana Lee, PhD Director and Assistant Professor of Graduate Professional Development, GLSE Departments of Biochemistry and Immunology, University of Toronto

2 Who is in the room?

3 Education

4 Tracy Aidin Darrin

5 IMPACT on Trainees Career Transitions 1. Bioinformatics Scientist, Cyclica 2. Two Analytical Scientists, Sanofi Pasteur 3. Laboratory Technician, Greenfield Specialty Alcohols 4. Analyst at Bloom Burton and Co. 5. Business Development at MITACs 6. Research Analyst, Health Care Ontario 7. Senior Consultant, Global Data Healthcare 8. Assist Dir of Res Programs, Canadian Cancer Society 9. Research Scientist, Firefly Diagnostics, Ohio 10. Market Consultant, Toronto 11. Operations Manager, Next Interactions Inc. SFO 12. Industrial PDF, Vancouver, BC 13. HLA Search Coordinator, Sick Kids 14. Scientist at Therapure 15. Scientist at Fluidigm 16. Knowledge Translation Manager, Sick Kids 17. Application Scientist, Cyclica 18. Res Scientist, Trillium 19. Management Consulting, BCG 20. Scientific Affairs, Valeant Pharma 21. Scientific Consultant, BioCellection 22. Product Manager, Biolegend 23. Clinical Research Assistant, St. Mike s 24. Management Consulting, Deloitte 25. NMR Facility Manager, Memorial Univ. 26. PDF - Academia bound 27. PDF - Academia bound 28. PDF - Academia bound 29. Scientist, Ranomics 30. Scientist Lab Manager, Ranomics 31. Intern at 3D Visualization Company

6 What is the curriculum-embedded GPD course?

7 Goals of GPD To empower trainees with professional development skills to optimize their relationship-building skills, career development and research productivity.

8 The Heart of GPD: Empowering Trainees to be Market-Ready Reflection: IDP Meaningful Engagement Tools Life Meaning and Design Growth Mindset Theory The Golden Circle

9 Curiosity Awareness: it s a process Try stuff: Prototyping Three Odyssey Plans Reframing Radical collaboration

10 Imagine a student who Engages with higher education in a meaningful way Leads their own intentional goal setting Has more hope for the future with less anxiety Directs their own career agency

11 Design Thinking

12 Design Thinking Process EMPATHIZE IDEATE ACCEPT DEFINE PROTOTYPE TEST

13 Competency Ideation Exercise On top of blank sheet, write one core competency skill you want to develop this year. In Groups of 4 Peers. One minute brainstorming for each with post-its One minute: Vote on most delightful with checkmarks Two minutes each: Prototype chosen idea on the back of the blank sheet Stanford Design School

14 Rules for Brainstorming. Defer judgment Go for volume Generative (Yes, and..) Go for crazy, wild ideas Stanford Design School

15 Tools for Student Engagement

16 Strategic Marketing

17 Effective Resumes Tell Stories Challenge or Context, Action, Results Experience in PCR, high through-put assays, tissue culture, DNA prep. Publication List Public-speaking experience To map a disease susceptibility gene, led the genomic screening of a 3Kb candidate gene analysis with 100 primer designs and processing of 3000 PCR reactions per day resulting in the elucidation of the causative mutation and a publication To engage youth in their own advocacy, developed and presented TED U of Talk on developing federal policies utilizing a relatable personal story resulting in 5 student groups to be inspired to start own advocacy programs

18 Your Meaningful Purpose

19 Wayfinding: Purpose Compass What you love to do What makes you feel alive? What do you like to do in your free time? Your strengths and skills What are you good at or would like to become good at? What you care about What problems do you feel moved by? Think about your family, community, country, wider world. Stanford Design School

20 Transfer to sticky notes Make trios Stanford Design School

21 Brainstorm Ideas Need: Environment care Strength: I am social. Love: to eat! I could volunteer at a farm that provides for local markets and finds ways to minimize food waste Stanford Design School

22 Brainstorm Ideas Need: science Strength: I am outreach an organized leader I could start a blog with some science friends to write about science Love: to write for the general public Stanford Design School

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24 Resources MyIDP U of A or Science Careers Internship Funding: SWILP Your Career Centre Biotalent Petridish Innovative Medicines Canada Incubators

25 Action Plans During Grad School

26 Action Plans During Grad School

27 Success After Graduate School By Nana Lee and Reinhart Reithmeier, 2017 Bookpod, U of T Bookstore

28 Thank-you for your attention and feedback!

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30 The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters By Emily Esfahani Smith Belonging

31 Thank-you to all my students and you for attending!

32 Life Science Careers after Graduate School Communications Editing for Scientific Journals Healthcare Communications Grant Writing Services Science Consultant for Entertainment Industry Patent Agent/Patent Law Medical Affairs Science Translation Business Founder and CEO of own company Management Consulting Scientist-in-Residence Market Analyst Venture Capitalist

33 Life Science Careers after Graduate School Government Research and Development Grant and Research Administration Policy Forensics Biodefence Research Regulatory Affairs Biotech Industry R & D Scientist Biotech Application Scientist Pharma or Biotech Sales Forensics Industrial PDF

34 Life Science Careers after Graduate School Education High School Teacher / Head of Science Science Outreach Programs Graduate Professional Development Innovations, Grant, Student Offices Research or Teaching Stream Professor Non-profit Independent Science Research Foundations Think Tanks Public/Global Health Organizations Environmental Policy and Research Hospital Research Scientist (Clinical Trial Management) Food Science / Nutrition Programs in Hospitals Hospital Infection Control