SITC Early Career Scientists Professional Development Session
October 24, 2012
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
North Bethesda, MD
Program Purpose
This half day event was intended to educate early career attendees in a large group didactic setting about relevant career development topics that lead to successful scientific careers in cancer immunotherapy, it also provided an opportunity to network with leaders in the field.
Intended Audience
The audience for this educational program included graduate, medical, and postbaccalaureate students; clinical fellows; postdoctoral fellows; assistant professors; and other early career professionals.
Topics
- Getting a Grant: Career Development Awards
- Managing The Lab/Preparing For Tenure
- Career Panel: Academia, Industry, Government
Program Goals
- Enhance approaches to obtaining external funding including grant types, grant writing and preparation, with a focus on preparing National Institutes of Health K series of grants.
- Understand how to develop and manage a productive laboratory, including recruiting strong graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and preparing for the tenure review process.
- Explore career options in academia, industry, and government available to scientists interested in cancer immunotherapy.
Expected Learner Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, early career scientists were able to:
- Discuss approaches to prepare for their first K award.
- List strategies to find strong graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
- Define how to organize a research portfolio to prepare for the tenure process.
- Describe career opportunities available specifically in cancer immunotherapy in academia, industry, and government.
Organizers
Christian Capitini, MD – University of Wisconsin
William Redmond, PhD – Earle A. Chiles Research Institute
Presentations are posted online based upon presenter approval.
Program Schedule
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm | Welcome and Introductions |
Session 150: Getting a Grant | |
1:35 pm - 1:55 pm | Getting a K99/R00 Award from the National Institutes of Health ![]() Shari Pilon-Thomas, PhD - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute |
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm | Questions and Answers |
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Getting a K Award from the National Institutes of Health ![]() Christopher Gamper, MD, PhD - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
2:20 pm - 2:25 pm | Questions and Answers |
2:25 pm - 2:40 pm | Refreshments and Networking |
Session 151: Managing the Lab/Preparing for Tenure | |
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm | New Primary Investigators: Attracting Students and Post-Docs, Preparing for Tenure Weiping Zou, MD, PhD - University of Michigan |
3:00 pm - 3:05 pm | Questions and Answers |
3:05 pm - 3:25 pm | The Business of Research ![]() Lisa Butterfield, PhD - University of Pittsburgh |
3:25 pm - 3:30 pm | Questions and Answers |
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Refreshments and Networking |
Session 152: Career Panel | |
3:45 pm - 4:05 pm | Academia ![]() Ana Anderson, PhD - Harvard Medical School |
4:05 pm - 4:25 pm | Industry Amy Wesa, PhD, Celsense, Inc. |
4:25 pm - 4:45 pm | Government ![]() Raj K. Puri, MD, PhD - US Food and Drug Administration, CBER |
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm | Questions and Answers |
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Networking Event |
All presentations are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Faculty
Ana Anderson, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Lisa H. Butterfield, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Christopher Gamper, MD, PhD -
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Shari Pilon-Thomas, PhD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research
Raj K. Puri, MD, PhD
US Food and Drug Administration, CBER
Amy Wesa, PhD
Celsense, Inc.
Weiping Zou, MD, PhD
University of Michigan
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