Starting Off Right: Tips and Tricks for Your First Faculty Position

Thursday, October 12, 2023

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT

Location: 433 (Center, Level 4)

Moderator(s)

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Caymen Novak

Assistant Professor
University of Michigan Dearborn, United States

Speaker(s)

Chelsea M. Magin, PhD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Ellie Rahbar

Associate Professor
Wake Forest School of Medicine, United States
Taimoor H. Qazi

Assistant Professor
Purdue University, United States
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Shreya A. Raghavan

Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University Biomedical Engineering, United States
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Natalia Higuita-Castro, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor; Department of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery
The Ohio State University, United States

A panel discussion with newly tenured and experienced professors share their expertise on best approaches to achieving tenure success starting from day one. Discussion topics include: starting your new lab, teaching your first class, a research plan that is realistic and works, grants and publications – how much is enough, making time for life outside of the lab, friends, foes and gathering the support and mentorship you need.