Skill Development

Are you eager to revolutionize your problem-solving skills and drive better business outcomes? Do you want to get hands-on experience with Design Thinking practices and boost your professional toolkit? Apply to the Spring 2024 cohort of IBM Enterprise Design Thinking today! This 10-week program follows a hands-on learning approach with… Read More

Priority application deadline: Wednesday, January 3 at noon (Applications will be accepted through March 6) Back again for its 3rd year, this event will provide biomedical PhD students and postdocs the opportunity to practice their interview skills with employers and alumni, (including… Read More

The GLI is launching a new cohort-based leadership program, ELEVATE: Enhancing Leadership… Read More

Covering study stories is a common entry point into the field for many science journalists. Despite the limitations of the form — notably that study stories risk overhyping or elevating an individual result beyond the significance it deserves — understanding how to “report out” and write about an individual study… Read More

The English Language Center (ELC) will be offering Academic Communication for Postdocs during the fall semester. The course is offered as a service of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and the ELC. There is no additional charge to you for the class.  This course will offer… Read More

In the Spring 2023 term, in collaboration with The Writing Studio, Center for Student Wellbeing and University Libraries, Graduate & Postdoc Academic Success (GPAS) piloted a new program titled “Write On!” that provided 80 graduate students and postdocs with tools and resources to help support their writing… Read More

The Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (IPPCR) course trains registrants on how to effectively and safely conduct clinical research. The course focuses on the spectrum of clinical research and the research process by highlighting biostatistical and epidemiologic methods, study design, protocol preparation, patient monitoring,… Read More

Thursday, May 16, 2024 11:00am Light Hal 411   Ashley Brady, PhD Assistant Dean of Biomedical Career Engagement and Strategic Partnerships Associate Professor of Medical Education and Administration Have you ever heard of an informational interview? Come learn about one the most powerful, yet underutilized, networking… Read More

The Office of Education, Training, & International Services (OETIS) is excited to announce applications are being accepted for the Foundations of Leadership Program, a Torrey Pines Leadership Development Program at Sanford Burnham Prebys!  This year-long program, originally established in 2015, is designed specifically for postdocs and early career PhDs.  The… Read More

Thursday, April 4, 2023 11:00am Light Hall 411 Ashley Brady, Ph.D. Assistant Dean of Biomedical Career Engagement and Strategic Partnerships Associate Professor of Medical Education and Administration As a graduate student or postdoc you are by definition in a training role and thus will be moving… Read More