Post PhD: What to Expect in Your First Year?

• Activity Number: 221
• Type: Invited
• Date/Time: Monday, August 5, 2013 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
• Sponsor: ENAR
• Author(s): Layla Parast*+ and Miguel Marino*+ and Jessica Minnier*+ and Gourab De*+ and Violeta Hennessey*+
• Companies: RAND Corporation and Oregon Health and Science University and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Analysis Group Inc. and Amgen Inc.
• Keywords: career development ; teaching ; professional growth ; professional success ; experiences ; insights and advice

Abstract

As a student or recent graduate, knowing what types of jobs to apply for and what to expect in your first year is difficult and for some, full of confusion. This session will describe some of the many varied career options available to recent graduates in statistics and biostatistics. The speakers will discuss their transition from student life into a work environment, aspects about their position they found difficult or surprising, aspects about their position they enjoy, how they feel their PhD experience did or did not prepare them for the work expected of them, what they see for themselves in the the future and advice for current students and/or jobseekers. The speakers include a postdoctoral researcher, an assistant professor, an associate at a consulting firm, a statistician at a nonprofit research institute, and a biostatistician at a pharmaceutical company.