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Career Development Sessions

Career Development Sessions

  • Saturday, April 2, 2022
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    3 - 2022 APS Medical Physiology Refresher Course: Water Homeostasis

    Session Chair: R.Brooks Robey – Dartmouth University

    Session Chair: Claudia Stanescu – University of Arizona College of Medicine

    PHYSIOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
    12 - Meet the Experts: Biotech and Pharma at ASPET

    Session Chair: R. Kyle Palmer – Opertech Bio, Inc.

    Session Chair: Ross Corriden – Neuron23

    PHARMACOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

    Translational and Clinical Pharmacology

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
    15 - The Invisibility Cloak: Navigating & Supporting Mid-career Academics

    Session Chair: Michelle Lazarus – Monash University

    ANATOMY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    36 - Women in Pathology Special Lecture: Imposter Syndrome

    Session Chair: Pilar Alcaide – Tufts University

    Session Chair: Jennifer Sanders – Brown University

    Session Chair: Francisco Carrillo-Salinas – Tufts University School of Medicine

    PATHOLOGY

  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
    38 - Creating a Tailored Mentoring Program for Retention and Career Advancement of Educational Scholars in Medicine

    Session Chair: Judith Litvin (Daniels) – Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

    Session Chair: Steven Popoff – Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

    ANATOMY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
    42 - Understanding the Threat of Foreign Influence on Research

    Session Chair: Bill Yates – University of Pittsburgh

    Session Chair: Eileen Chang – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    PHYSIOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

    Public Engagement / Science Policy

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
    47 - Student-Postdoc Colloquium: Elements of Feedback: Strategies to Nurture a Growth Mindset

    PHARMACOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

    Behavioral Pharmacology

    Cancer and Therapy

    Cardiovascular

    Drug Discovery and Development

    Cancer and Therapy

    Molecular Pharmacology

    Neuroscience

    Education

  • Sunday, April 3, 2022
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
    82 - Navigating Career Obstacles: Academic Ethics and Communication

    Session Chair: Sarah McLarnon – Augusta University

    Session Chair: John Harrell – Air Force Research Laboratory

    PHYSIOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
    83 - Overcoming Writer’s Block: How to Write, Review, and Promote your Manuscript, Session #1

    Session Chair: Victoria Wolf – Medical University of South Carolina

    Session Chair: Benard Ogola – Tulane University

    PHYSIOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
    89 - Diversity & Inclusion Session: Say What? Responding to Microaggressions as the Recipient, Source, or Bystander

    Speaker: Christine Piggee, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), NIH

    PHARMACOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

    Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
    99 - Publishing 101

    Session Chair: David Gutterman – Medical College of Wisconsin

    PHYSIOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
    95 - Finding Your Path: To Postdoc or Not?

    Session Chair: Jennifer Sanders – Brown University

    Session Chair: David Sullivan

    Session Chair: Marina Anastasiou

    PATHOLOGY

  • 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    118 - Inclusive and civil communication

    Session Chair: Erin Sayer – University of Nebraska - Lincoln

    BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

    Education

  • 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
    129 - ASBMB Meet the Experts

    BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    131 - Networking Lunch & Learn - Postbac Programs: One Size Does Not Fit All

    Moderator: Nicole DeVaul – George Washington University

    ANATOMY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
    130 - ASPET Undergraduate Networking and Career Development Lunch (RSVP required)

    Speaker: Julie A. Blendy, PhD - Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

    Speaker: Janet Clark – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), NIH

    Speaker: Walter K. Kraft, MD - Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University

    Speaker: Ana G. Vergara, PhD - Merck

    PHARMACOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    132 - Science Communication Workshop

    Session Chair: Patricia DAmore – Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School

    Session Chair: Dan Milner – The American Society for Clinical Pathology

    PATHOLOGY

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
    154 - Taking Care of Business: Funding Drug Discovery through the SBIR/STTR Programs

    Session Chair: Stephanie Davis – National Institutes of Health

    PHARMACOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

    Behavioral Pharmacology

    Cardiovascular

    Drug Discovery and Development

    Drug Metabolism and Disposition

    Cardiovascular

    Translational and Clinical Pharmacology

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
    156 - Envisioning the Scope of Pharmacology Education for the Next Decade

    Session Chair: Kelly Quesnelle – University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville

    Session Chair: Joe Blumer – Medical University of South Carolina

    PHARMACOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

    Education

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
    168 - All You Wanted to Know about Personal Statements

    Session Chair: Jonathan Wisco – Boston University School of Medicine

    ANATOMY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
    191 - The Art of Team Teaching

    Session Chair: Jessica Bradley – University of the Incarnate Word, School of Osteopathic Medicine

    Session Chair: Irina Nizamutdinova – University of the Incarnate Word

    PHYSIOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

    Education

  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    210 - Success in scientific publishing workshop

    BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    211 - ASBMB women scientists networking event — The evolution of work–life integration in the time of COVID-19

    Session Chair: Karen Allen – Boston University

    BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    214 - Increasing diversity through masters degree programs

    Session Chair: Bob Rose – North Carolina State University

    BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

  • Monday, April 4, 2022
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
    221 - Navigating Career Obstacles: Career Interruptions

    Session Chair: Sarah McLarnon – Augusta University

    Session Chair: John Harrell – Air Force Research Laboratory

    PHYSIOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
    222 - Overcoming Writer’s Block: How to Write, Review, and Promote your Manuscript, Session #2

    Session Chair: Victoria Wolf – Medical University of South Carolina

    Session Chair: Benard Ogola – Tulane University

    PHYSIOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
    226 - Are You Measuring What You Think You Are? Writing Board-Style Multiple Choice Questions

    Session Chair: Rupa Lalchandani Tuan – University of California, San Francisco

    Session Chair: Rob Augustyniak – Lincoln Memorial University- DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine

    Session Chair: Marieke Kruidering – University of California, San Francisco

    PHARMACOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

    Education

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
    238 - Lab Start Up and Beyond: Managing Money, People and Projects

    Session Chair: Aidan Ruth – Saint Louis University School of Medicine

    ANATOMY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM
    237 - Career Workshop: 365 Days As A First-Year Faculty Member: Making Every One Count

    Session Chair: Traci Parry – University of North Carolina at Greensboro

    Session Co-Chair: Christi Kolarcik

    PATHOLOGY

  • 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
    272 - ASBMB Meet the Experts

    BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    274 - Networking Lunch & Learn - How to Choose Service Opportunities

    Moderator: Darren Hoffmann – University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

    ANATOMY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
    336 - Journals Workshop: An Interactive Guide to Publishing, Reviewing, and Decision Making

    Session Chair: Maria Pasho – Publications Director, ASPET

    PHARMACOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

    Behavioral Pharmacology

    Cancer and Therapy

    Cardiovascular

    Drug Discovery and Development

    Cancer and Therapy

    Molecular Pharmacology

    Neuroscience

    Education

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    347 - ASPET Meet-the-Editors

    PHARMACOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 5:45 PM – 7:15 PM
    352 - Transforming scientific research into equitable outreach

    Session Chair: Chelsey Spriggs – University of Michigan

    BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

  • 5:45 PM – 7:15 PM
    355 - Becoming the boss of your career

    Session Chair: Erica Gobrogge – Van Andel Institute

    BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

  • Tuesday, April 5, 2022
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
    359 - Navigating Career Obstacles: Handling Rejection

    Session Chair: Sarah McLarnon – Augusta University

    Session Chair: John Harrell – Air Force Research Laboratory

    PHYSIOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
    360 - Overcoming Writer’s Block: How to Write, Review, and Promote your Manuscript, Session #3

    Session Chair: Victoria Wolf – Medical University of South Carolina

    Session Chair: Benard Ogola – Tulane University

    PHYSIOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
    403 - ASBMB Meet the Experts

    BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    404 - Networking Lunch & Learn - Town Hall: Future of the Annual Anatomy Meeting

    Moderator: Laura Johnson, PhD – University of Missouri - Columbia

    Moderator: Ralph Marcucio – UCSF

    ANATOMY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
    414 - Changing Research Practice: How Can I Make My Research More Reproducible?

    Session Chair: Tracey Weissgerber – Berlin Institute of Health at Charité

    PHYSIOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
    425 - ASPET "Guppy Tank" Translational Science Pitch Competition

    Session Chair: Khalid Garman – National Institutes of Health

    PHARMACOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

    Cardiovascular

    Drug Discovery and Development

    Drug Metabolism and Disposition

    Molecular Pharmacology

    Toxicology

    Translational and Clinical Pharmacology

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
    426 - Teaching Blitz

    Session Chair: Selvanayagam (Niru) Nirthanan – Griffith University

    Session Chair: Katharina Brandl – University of California, San Diego, School of Pharmacy

    Session Chair: Michelle Duffourc

    PHARMACOLOGY

    CAREER CENTRAL

    Education