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Professional Career Development as a Toxicologist—Informational Session
SOT Annual Meeting
Baltimore, Maryland
Wednesday, March 18
Chairperson(s): Vishal Vaidya, Brigham & Women, Boston, MA and
B. Bhaskar Gollapudi, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI.
Endorsed by:
Career Resource and Development Committee
Education Committee
Postdoctoral Assembly
Student Advisory Council
The overall objective of the symposium is to foster career development of a toxicologist by providing education and knowledge about different facets of a toxicology career. The goals of this session are: 1. To provide insights into various facets of a successful career in toxicology. 2. To highlight qualities necessary to develop these career characteristics. 3. To provide a path forward towards developing a career as an academic, industrial or entrepreneurial toxicologist. This session will have three parallel components. Firstly, it will be targeted towards the career development of early career toxicologists including graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and young investigators who are at the crossroads of deciding a suitable path forward in toxicological sciences. The presentation will give an in-depth perspective about career as an industrial toxicologist, toxicologist in drug development, academic toxicologist, clinical toxicologist, forensic toxicologist, ecotoxicologist, regulatory toxicologist, or occupational toxicologist. The second component is targeted towards educating the toxicologists about developing adequate skill set necessary to manage a laboratory in academics or in industry and secondly towards applying for potential funding opportunities to support the laboratory. The third component is geared towards an entrepreneurial toxicologist desiring to start a company at any stage of his/her career. This presentation will lay out different steps involved from having the initial idea to starting a company, including approaching the venture capitalist, strategy design, implementation and execution, etc.
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