Join us for a discussion on recent data of the biomedical research job market and an overview of PhD career preferences for a broad range of careers.

3:00-4:00 Presentation of new, just-released data on the current workforce situation and PhD trainee perspectives led by expert researchers in PhD Career and Workforce Data.

• Paula Stephan, PhD: Professor of Economics, GSU; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Author “How Economics Shapes Science” http://sites.gsu.edu/pstephan/
• Henry Sauermann, PhD: Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Georgia Tech; Research Associate, NBER http://scheller.gatech.edu/sauermann

4:00-5:00 Faculty panel from Emory and Georgia Tech sharing insights ideas about career development for PhD trainees in the biomedical sciences and changing faculty roles in this process.  Successes, challenges, and “failures” will be discussed

• Dennis C. Liotta, PhD: Department of Chemistry, Emory University
• Gary W. Miller, PhD:  Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
• Malú G. Tansey, PhD: Department of Physiology School of Medicine, Emory University
• Loren Williams, PhD: School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology