Interdisciplinary Job Opportunities for Biomedical Scientists - iJOBS

 描述(申请人提供)：生物医学科学和工程学博士面临着越来越少的教员空缺，因此，越来越多的受训学生在非学术场所进行研究，如私营部门和政府，还有相当多的人在广泛的健康和生命科学行业从事非研究职业。博士后和博士后培训计划为非学术工作提供的正式培训很少，教员培训人员本身对非学术道路知之甚少。因此，生物医学博士没有意识到学术之外可能存在的机会，也缺乏在这些就业市场领域寻求的许多专业技能。为了解决这些差距，我们将建立罗格斯大学生物医学科学家跨学科工作机会(IJOBS)计划，面向所有生物医学科学和工程学科的罗格斯大学博士后、博士后和最近毕业的毕业生。对于实习生，iJobs项目的开始是实地访问合作公司，并每月与在职专业人士举行网络活动，以了解各种专业选择。然后，参与者通过课程和跟踪经验接受核心专业技能(如沟通、绩效管理和团队建设)以及他们选择的五个专业领域之一的正式培训：i)科学和健康政策，ii)商业管理，iii)知识产权管理，iv)临床和监管科学，v)健康和科学数据分析。每个参与者都被分配了一个由他们的研究教师顾问、iJobs计划教员和一名来自行业的外部导师组成的专业导师“豆荚”，这些导师通过他们的个人专业发展计划帮助学员。在毕业前几个月，实习生与iJobs员工和罗格斯职业服务公司合作，开发应用程序包和面试技能支持，参加招聘会，并帮助安排工作。最后，该项目的受聘校友被邀请通过为当前的实习生提供指导和跟踪机会来“回馈”。外部评估员将使用学员、教师和外部导师提供的数据对该计划进行持续评估，以确定其优势和劣势。同时，评估员将监测博士毕业生供需需求的变化，以便项目活动和重点领域能够适应不断变化的就业市场。将传播劳动力数据和iJOBS最佳实践，以教育我们的教职员工了解我们的学生和博士后研究员不断变化的需求。我们还将通过发表研究文章和评论文章，与其他现有的最佳项目合作，以及举办年度研讨会，鼓励其他大学和生物产业之间的对话，在全国范围内传播这一信息。IJobs计划将使受训人员能够灵活和信息丰富地探索学术界以外的职业，并努力加强学术界和产业界之间的合作，以便出现一种新的生物医学受训人员劳动力模式。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Biomedical Science and Engineering PhDs are faced with a dwindling number of faculty openings, and therefore, an increasing proportion of trainees conduct research in non-academic venues such as the private sector and the government, and yet another substantial number pursue non-research careers in the broad health and life sciences industry. Predoctoral and postdoctoral training programs provide little formal training for nonacademic jobs, and faculty trainers poorly understand the non-academic paths themselves. Biomedical PhDs are therefore unaware of the opportunities that may exist outside of academia, and lack many professional skills that sought after in these sectors of the job market. To address these gaps, we will establish the Rutgers Interdisciplinary Job Opportunities for Biomedical Scientists (iJOBs) program, open to predoctoral, postdoctoral, and recent Rutgers alumni in all biomedical sciences and engineering disciplines. For trainees, the iJOBS program begins with site visits to partnering companies and monthly networking events with working professionals to learn about various professional options. Participants then receive formal training via courses and shadowing experiences in core professional skills (such as communications, performance management, and team building) and in one of five professional tracks of their choice: i) science and health policy, ii) business management, iii) intellectual property management, iv) clinical and regulatory sciences, and v) health and science data analysis. Each participant is assigned a professional mentorship "pod" consisting of their research faculty advisor, iJOBS program faculty member, and an external mentor from industry, who assist the trainee through their individual Professional Development Plan. Several months prior to graduation, trainees work jointly with iJOBS staff and Rutgers Career Services for application package development and interview skill support, participation in career fairs and assistance with job placement. Finally, employed alumni of the program are invited to "give back" by providing mentoring and shadowing opportunities to current trainees. An external assessor will evaluate the program on an ongoing basis using data provided by trainees, faculty, and external mentors to determine its strengths and weaknesses. Simultaneously, the assessor will monitor changes in the supply and demand needs for PhD graduates, so that the program activities and areas of concentration can be adapted to the constantly evolving job market. Workforce data and iJOBS best practices will be disseminated to educate our faculty about the changing needs of our students and postdoctoral fellows. We will also disseminate this information nationally by publishing research articles and opinion pieces, collaborating with other existing BEST programs, and holding annual symposia to encourage dialogue among other universities and the bio-industry. The iJOBs program will enable flexible and informative exploration of careers outside of academia by trainees, and strive to increase cooperation between academia and industry so that a new workforce model for biomedical trainees can emerge.