Elevate Your Career: Industry, academia, and beyond
Are you a current Graduate Researcher in the School of Biomedical Sciences? Register now for our Career Forum, brought to you by the Dept of Biochemistry & Pharmacology
Join our Graduate Researcher Career Forum on Friday, 8th November 2024, where you’ll connect with leading experts from different sectors and receive personalised advice from a HR team to help shape your career in the direction you truly desire.
Morning session
Preparing for the Job Market
Learn from HR professionals about crafting standout CVs and cover letters, mastering interviews, optimizing your LinkedIn profile, effective job search strategies, and techniques to build resilience.
Afternoon session
Sector Spotlight Presentations & Career Pathways Panel Discussion
Exchange ideas and network with experts who have pursued diverse career paths beyond academia, including roles in large corporations, small enterprises, start-ups, government, clinical trials, patenting, and communication.
Presenters will include:
- TRAM Melbourne
- Yan Tu is a Clinical Trial Consultant, Acting Clinical Trials Manager at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She completed her PhD in Biomedical Sciences in 2019 at UniMelb
- Candace Wu is a Senior Associate and Patent Attorney at Allens, Biotech, Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences. Candace has a strong commercial focus in protecting and navigating IP with technical expertise in the biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and broader life sciences field. She completed a PhD in Pharmacology in 2014 at UniMelb
- Mandvi Bharadwaj heads the Gene Therapy and Novel Medicines Unit at the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and is an adjunct Associate Professor at UniMelb
- Ineke Muir is Associate Director, Vascular Biophysics, CSL Research and an Honorary in the Bio21 Institute
- Jerome Wielens is Director, Health and Life Sciences at Breakthrough Victoria. Experienced business development manager, investor and analyst in the health and life science sector
Whether you’re exploring new career directions or seeking to enhance your existing skills, this forum is an opportunity to discover career opportunities that may be available – and help find the path that’s right for you.
Food and refreshments will be provided.
Due to limited capacity, registrations are essential and close on 30th October 2024.
Event Details
Date: Friday 8th November 2024
Time & venues:
- 9.00-12.30pm: Building 183, Room G20, Old Howard Florey Laboratories Building
- 1:30-5:30pm: Building 147, Biosciences 4, Ground floor, Room G003, Agar Theatre
- 5:30-7:00pm: Naughtons (Networking)
Registration: via EventBrite
RSVP: 30th October 2024
Sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry & Pharmacology, the forum is open to all graduate researchers across the School of Biomedical Sciences.