Contact: phoebe.lee@duke.edu
Sponsor: WiSE: women in science & engineering
Where: Teer 203
Why:
Are you looking for non-academia jobs that are outside of the box? Do you seek career choices that help to better the world by helping others? Come explore altruistic alternatives including non-profit research, teaching, and science policy as ways to achieve your goal of a meaningful career. Lunch provided upon RSVP. RSVP online. Panelists include:
Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom: K-12 education
Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom was trained as a neuropharmacologist and has devoted her basic science research to understanding the mechanisms of neuroprotection after neuronal injury. Additionally, she has had a long-standing interest in science education. She developed a research program at Duke University that applies science-based research to K-12 curriculum and professional development (RISE).
Bora Zivkovic: Science career online
Bora Zivkovic is the Online Community Coordinator at the Public Library of Science ONE (PLoS ONE). He got this job because someone posted it on the comment section of his blog. His job is to try to motivate you to comment on the papers at PLoS, and his scientific specialty is chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism).
Anne Casper: Liberal arts college science education Anne Casper is currently a post-doc in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Duke, and is a SPIRE program fellow at UNC Chapel Hill. The mission of SPIRE is to provide multi-dimensional professional development for science researchers and educators to succeed in academic careers, to bring engaging teaching methods into the classroom, and to increase diversity in science professions.
Nirupama Sista: Science career in public policy/nonprofits
Nirupama Sista is the Associate Director of Science Facilitation at Family Health International (FHI). FHI is among the largest and most established nonprofit organizations active in international public health with a mission to improve lives worldwide through research, education, and services in family health.
Subhashini Chandrasekharan: Career in science policy
Subhashini Chandrasekharan is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Center for Public Genomics within IGSP�s Center for Genome Ethics, Law, and Policy (GELP). GELP was created to foster ethically responsible and socially beneficial uses of genome science, while addressing the complex ethical, legal, social and policy impacts of the Genome Revolution.