Genetics Society of America
Early Career Scientist Career Development Subcommittee
The Career Development Subcommittee supports early career scientists as they navigate their career paths, learn about career options, and curate resume-enhancing skills and experiences. Members work together to develop resources that highlight the myriad career trajectories that are possible with a genetics education and research training.
Learn more about the Early Career Leadership Program.
Advisors:
- Alexa Burger, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
- Ben Vincent, California State University Los Angeles
Goals:
- Build relationships with professionals and companies in the larger scientific community to create deeper connections with the Society and its members.
- Highlight the versatility of model organism geneticists to enter a variety of career pathways.
Initial Projects:
- Organize the Career Development Workshop Series, a series of virtual workshops designed to help early career scientists connect and plan their future careers.
- Compile the Career Dev Toolkit to provide early career scientists in life sciences with a centralized repository of professional development tools in a mixed media format.
- Develop the “Decoding Life” interview series as blog and social media posts to demonstrate the diversity of career options for PhD scientists.
Current Members:
Madhulika Rai
Co-chair
Pablo Augusto de Souza Fonseca
Co-Chair
Anindya Ganguly
Member
Member
Caroline West
Member
Member
Member
Member
Sara McPherson
Member
Leila Abtahi
Member
Featured Project
“Decoding Life”
“Decoding Life” is a series featured on the GSA blog Genes to Genomes. Members of the Career Development Subcommittee interview geneticists with diverse career paths, tracing the many directions possible after research training. The series is a valuable resource for early career scientists who want to explore the vast career possibilities that an education in genetics offers.
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Learn more about Early Career Leadership at GSA
Early Career Scientist Leadership Program
Students, postdocs, and other early career scientists (ECS) are the future of the GSA community. To strengthen their voice in the Society, GSA developed the Early Career Scientist leadership and professional development program. This program provides rich opportunities for early career scientists to develop skills, gain leadership experience, network, and produce concrete deliverables that demonstrate their abilities.
GENETICS Peer Review Training Program
Peer-reviewers are vital to science, yet early career scientists in our field rarely receive formal training in how to be a good reviewer. GSA and GENETICS are addressing this gap with a program that gives early career members real-world peer review experience. Participants will receive online training, advice from GENETICS editors, and will become reviewers for manuscripts submitted to the journal.
Read the latest "Decoding Life" on Genes to Genomes.
A minority scientist inspiring the next generation of researchers through dedicated mentorship
In the Decoding Life series, we talk to geneticists with diverse career paths, tracing the many directions possible after research training. This series is brought to you by the GSA Early Career Scientist Career Development Subcommittee.
Tara Baris: Starting a career in data science
In the Decoding Life series, we talk to geneticists with diverse career paths, tracing the many directions possible after research training. This series is brought to you by the GSA Early Career Scientist Career Development Subcommittee. Although training in genetics is highly transferable, transitioning out of academia can present a lot of challenges. We interviewed…
Stephen Klusza: building an inclusive and accessible work environment
In the Decoding Life series, we talk to geneticists with diverse career paths, tracing the many directions possible after research training. This series is brought to you by the GSA Early Career Scientist Career Development...