Committee to Review the State of the Postdoctoral Experience in Scientists and Engineers
Meeting II

Presentations

Monday, December 12, 2011

International Perspectives on Postdoctoral Research and Training

• Max Vögler, Director, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft North America Office [presentation]
• Debapriya Dutta, Science and Technology Counselor, Embassy of India
• Takashi Inutsuka, Chief of the Science Section, Embassy of Japan [presentation]

Matching Postdoctoral Training and Labour Market Needs

• Michael Teitelbaum, Senior Adviser, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation [presentation]
• Cathee Phillips, Executive Director, National Postdoctoral Association [presentation]

Perspectives from International Postdoctoral Scholars

• Zoe Fonseca-Kelly, Senior Research Fellow, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
• Marcel Haas, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Space Telescope Science Institute
• Aurélie Névéol, Research Fellow, National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Satyaveda Bharath, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Update and Discussion: NIH Advisory Committee to the Director Working Group on the Future Biomedical Research Workforce

• Sally Rockey, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health

Postdoctoral Training and Career Outcomes in Biomedical Research

• Shulamit Kahn, Associate Professor of Finance and Economics, Boston University School of Management [presentation]

Resources

• Post-Docs in the life sciences by empirica, Gesellschaft für Kommunikations und Technologieforschung mbH
• Careers of Doctorate Holders: Employment and Mobility Patterns by Laudeline Auriol (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
• Labour Market Characteristics and International Mobility of Doctorate Holders: Results for Seven Countries by Laudeline Auriol (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
• Mapping the Future: Physics and Chemistry Postdoctoral Researchers’ Experiences and Career Intentions by the Institute of Physics and Royal Society of Chemistry
• Career paths and mobility of researchers in Europe edited by Toni Gabaldón, Hugo Horta, Dagmar M. Meyer, and José B. Pereira-Leal
• Careering Out of Control: A Crisis in the UK Science Profession? by Science is Vital
• Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers by Research Councils UK
• NIH Advisory Committee to the Director Biomedical Workforce Task Force Charge
  • Task Force Roster
  • Task Force Modeling Subcommittee Roster
  • Working Group Interim Report by Shirley Tilghman and Sally Rockey
  • Request for Information: Input into the Deliberations of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director Working Group on the Future Biomedical Research Workforce
  • NIH Request for Information: Future Biomedical Research Workforce Summary of Comments
• The European Charter for Researchers & the Code of Conduct for their Recruitment by the European Commission
• The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers by the European Commission
• Compact Between Postdoctoral Appointees and Their Mentors by the American Association of Medical Colleges Postdoctorate Committee and Group on Graduate Research, Education, and Training
• The White House and National Science Foundation Announce New Workplace Flexibility Policies to Support America’s Scientists and Their Families
• To: Professors; Re: Your Advisees by Karen Kelsky in The Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Biomedical Workforce in the US: an Example of Positive Feedbacks by Paula Stephan

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