May 19th: myIDP: Career Planning Workshop for Grad Students & Postdocs, 10:30am-12:30pm, Rm 37-212

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*The Individual Development Plan (IDP): Strategically Navigate Your
Scientific Career *

*Career Planning Workshop for Graduate Students & Postdocs using myIDP
from /Science News/ *

*Monday, May 19, 2014, 10:30am-12:30pm, Rm 37-212*

*Taught by myIDP co‐author Cynthia Fuhrmann, PhD*

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*Register on CareerBridge: *https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student

*Prior to attending the workshop, take myIDP online here:*
http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/

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Navigating toward your future can be daunting. Whether pursuing the
tenure track or another career path, today’s scientist faces a
competitive job market that rewards productivity in the lab, stellar
communication skills, a strong professional network, and professional
confidence. Creating an Individual Development Plan (IDP) is one way to
help you strategically work toward these goals.

*AAAS’s /Science /Careers’ myIDP is an online tool for helping you
create an IDP*. In this workshop, you will use the results from your
myIDP self-assessments, to

(a) evaluate your career options

(b) customize your professional networking strategy to learn more about
your top choice careers, and

(c) engage your mentors in career-related discussions.

Learn practical strategies for how to set goals tailored to your own
skills development and career advancement needs. This interactive
workshop will propel you toward the next step along your career trajectory.

*/Biography: /Cynthia Fuhrmann*, Ph.D. is Assistant Dean, Career &
Professional Development in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), where she
leads the university’s NIH‐funded career development programs. Dr.
Fuhrmann transitioned to UMMS from University of California, San
Francisco, where she founded the Preparing Future Faculty program and
oversaw development of professional skills programs and resources for
biomedical scientists.

Dr. Fuhrmann received her Bachelors degree in Chemistry from University
of California, Davis and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
from UCSF. As a graduate student and during postdoctoral training, she
studied enzyme mechanisms using ultra‐high resolution x-ray
crystallography. Her scholarly interests now focus on the career
development of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in the
biomedical sciences. Her research has been highlighted in /Science,
Nature /Careers/, NIH Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report, Inside
Higher Ed, the Chronicle of Higher Education, /and /Tomorrow's
Professor. S/he co-authored and coordinated technical development of
/myIDP /(http://myIDP.sciencecareers.org), an interactive
career-planning website launched by /Science /Careers with funding from
AAAS and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

*Marilyn C. Wilson, PhD*

Associate Director, Career Counseling & Education | MIT Global Education
& Career Development

77 Massachusetts Avenue | Rm. 12-170 | Cambridge, MA 02139 |
617-258-9149 | mcwilson at mit.edu <mailto:mcwilson at mit.edu>__

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