“FROM POSTDOC TO FACULTY: SURVIVING IN ACADEMIA”

Start-up funds and foundation applications. Academic requirements for achieving tenure.
Writing successful research grants. Getting and maintaining grant support.
Effective networking. Collaboration issues. Committee responsibilities.
Teaching commitments. Publish or Perish. Research mentoring.

Dr. Cheryl Craft
Professor, Ophthalmology and Cell and Neurobiology, Mary D. Allen Chair in Vision Research, Doheny Eye Institute
Dr. Gerry Coetzee
Professor, Urology and Preventive Medicine, Norris Cancer Center
Dr. Hooman Allayee
Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine, Institute for Genetic Medicine

When and where:
Wednesday, 1:00-2:30 PM
Mck 249
Health Sciences Campus

Presenting; Storytelling, Know your audience, How to use humor, Controlling the viewer, The importance of color, or lack thereof, Humanizing, or personifying ideas, How to present ground breaking ideas, Dealing with highly technical science, Why Scientists need to think like Artists, Connecting to a viewer’s subconscious and emotions, Creating interest, Stimulating a viewer’s imagination, Why you should always avoid the default settings.

When and where:
Friday, February 17th
Afternoon: 3:00-4:00 PM
Aresty Auditorium, Norris Cancer Center
Health Sciences Campus

Presenting; Know your audience
Getting noticed
Personalize the message
What details matter
Why images, not words
Creating interest, stimulating a viewer’s imagination
Storytelling - story boarding
Proper use of slides and slide formats
Practicing but not memorizing - using notes
Delivery - body language - pointers - podiums
Using nervousness to your advantage
Taking questions

When and where:
Friday, February 17th
Morning: 10-11:00 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering, OHE 120
University Park Campus

The Faculty Job Application: What are professors on the other side of the table looking for in a junior faculty colleague?

Panelists include:
Dr. Michael Stallcup, Dr. Jae Jung, and Dr. Ruchi Bajpai