Interdisciplinary Job Opportunities for Biomedical Scientists - iJOBS

 描述（由申请人提供）：生物医学科学和工程博士面临着教师空缺数量的减少，因此，越来越多的学员在私营部门和政府等非学术场所进行研究，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。博士前和博士后培训项目几乎没有为非学术性工作提供正式培训，教师培训人员对非学术性工作本身的理解也很差。因此，生物医学博士没有意识到学术界以外可能存在的机会，并且缺乏在就业市场这些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就业机会（iJOBs）计划，开放给所有生物医学科学和工程学科的博士前，博士后和最近的罗格斯校友。对于学员来说，iJOBS计划首先是对合作公司进行实地访问，并每月与工作专业人士进行交流活动，以了解各种专业选择。然后，参与者通过课程和核心专业技能（如沟通，绩效管理和团队建设）的影子经验以及他们选择的五个专业轨道之一接受正式培训：i）科学和卫生政策，ii）企业管理，iii）知识产权管理，iv）临床和监管科学，以及v）健康和科学数据分析。每个参与者都被分配了一个专业的导师“豆荚”，包括他们的研究教师顾问，iJOBS计划教师，以及来自行业的外部导师，他们通过个人的专业发展计划帮助受训者。在毕业前几个月，学员与iJOBS工作人员和罗格斯大学职业服务部门共同工作，以获得应用程序包开发和面试技能支持，参加招聘会和就业安置援助。最后，该计划的就业校友被邀请“回馈”，为目前的学员提供指导和跟踪机会。外部评估员将使用学员，教师和外部导师提供的数据持续评估该计划，以确定其优势和劣势。同时，评估员将监测博士毕业生的供需需求变化，以便计划活动和集中领域能够适应不断发展的就业市场。劳动力数据和iJOBS最佳实践将被传播，以教育我们的教师对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意见，与其他现有的最佳方案合作，并举行年度研讨会，以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计划将使学员能够灵活和翔实地探索学术界以外的职业，并努力加强学术界和工业界之间的合作，以便为生物医学学员提供新的劳动力模式。

 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.