Applying experiential learning to career development training for biomedical graduate students and postdocs: Perspectives on program development and design

A Van Wart, TC O'brien, S Varvayanis… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2020 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Experiential learning is an effective educational tool across many academic disciplines,
including career development. Nine different institutions bridged by the National Institutes of …

A cross-institutional analysis of the effects of broadening trainee professional development on research productivity

PD Brandt, S Sturzenegger Varvayanis, T Baas… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
PhD-trained scientists are essential contributors to the workforce in diverse employment
sectors that include academia, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations. Hence …

Career self-efficacy disparities in underrepresented biomedical scientist trainees

D Chatterjee, GA Jacob, SS Varvayanis, I Wefes… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The present study examines racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in career self-efficacy
amongst 6077 US citizens and US naturalized graduate and postdoctoral trainees …

Ph. D. Pathways to the Professoriate: Affordances and Constraints of Institutional Structures, Individual Agency, and Social Systems

DF Feldon, AM Wofford, JM Blaney - … of Theory and Research: Volume 38, 2022 - Springer
The mechanisms for preparing future faculty are of vital importance for the future of
postsecondary education. Not only do the policies, practices, and procedures of doctoral …

Preparing PhD graduates in Australia for the world of work

N Akkoumeh, D Jackson, F Macau - Handbook of research on …, 2023 - igi-global.com
As the labor market for PhD graduates shifts to non-academic employment, PhD students
increasingly need to be prepared for work in a more diverse range of industries. Higher …

Developing evidence-based resources for evaluating postgraduate trainees in the biomedical sciences

JE McLaughlin, RL Layton, PB Watkins, RA Nicholas… - Plos One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Postgraduate trainees elevate the academic strength of institutions by conducting research,
promoting innovation, securing grant funding, training undergraduate students, and building …

Factors that influence career choice among different populations of neuroscience trainees

LE Ullrich, JR Ogawa, MD Jones-London - Eneuro, 2021 - eneuro.org
Specific groups have historically been, and continue to be, underrepresented in the
biomedical research workforce, especially academia. Career choice is a multifactorial …

The ASPET mentoring network: enhancing diversity and inclusion through career coaching groups within a scientific society

VY Womack, BK Thakore, CV Wood… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2020 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Over the past decades, two persisting priorities in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) training have been: 1) increasing the knowledge of and access to …

[HTML][HTML] Career planning courses increase career readiness of graduate and postdoctoral trainees

RL Layton, VSH Solberg, AE Jahangir, JD Hall… - …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Given national calls for intentional career development during graduate and
post-graduate scientific training, this study assessed career readiness development within …

Integrating anthropology and social work education to address contemporary social issues

AP Sankar, FP Hopp, T Perry, CM Cassady… - Human …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Doctoral students studying anthropology are increasingly interested in developing skills in
quantitative methods, policy analysis and development, community organizing, and team …