Academic and Professional Skills

National reports have for decades called for change in graduate education, to better address the career preparation and professional development of graduate students to empower them for this reality. Dr. Cynthia Fuhrmann will describe NIH-funded...

Peer review is the cornerstone of scientific publishing, and all of us have gone through it. Some experiences were fantastic, some not too much. Join the panel of Cell Press editors to learn more about: - peer review process from their perspective, -...

2 nd Annual GradFUTURES Forum: April 26th-30th – via zoom and live streaming. The theme of the 2021 Forum is “Broadening the Impact of the Ph.D. Within and Beyond the Academy: The Imperative of Graduate Student Professional Development.” Sessions will...

Do you get nervous before giving a speech? Want to feel more confident while presenting? Or just want to make your presentations more interesting, rather than reading verbatim from slides? In this workshop, persuasion researcher Jay Olson will cover the...

Are you overwhelmed and don’t know what to do next to get it all done? Do you want to work more strategically? Attend this session to learn time management and strategic planning to prioritize your projects. You’ll also start to fill out your own planning...

One of the most challenging aspects of working as a scientist is communicating your work to those outside your specific discipline. By focusing primarily on writing for the widest audience possible, the general public, this workshop will help participants...

PART 1: R3 and Me: A Toolkit for Rigorous and Reproducible Research (Jelena Patrnogić, PhD, HMS Curriculum Fellows Program) 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM There is a reproducibility crisis in research. In 2016, Nature reported results from a survey demonstrating that...

This workshop examines the critical functions common to all companies and how those companies are organized to optimize the performance of these functions. We will cover the various positions and roles, specifically within R&D organizations, to illustrate...

Join Dr. Mallika Mundkur, FDA Medical Officer and Harvard Chan MPH-Clinical Effectiveness alumna '17, for an educational presentation on Pharmacovigilence & Drug Safety at the FDA. This 30 minute presentation will be followed by a Q&A with Dr. Mundkur and...

The Data Analytics, Science & Technology Fair will bring students and employers together for discussions on the varied organizations and opportunities available, including: data analytics, machine learning, deep learning, artificial intelligence, UX/UI...