ASHG Professional Development Program: Early Career Scientists Panel

Panelists will include:

• Moderator: Neil Hanchard, MBBS, PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
• Stephen Montgomery, PhD, Associate Professor, Stanford University
• Sarah South, PhD, FACMG, VP Laboratory Sciences, AncestryDNA
• Olivia Corradin, PhD, Scott Cook and Signe Ostby Fellow, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical

Learning Objectives:

• Prepare for a job in a tenure-track faculty position including: how to find an appropriate mentor, how to attract students or postdoctoral fellows to work in your lab, and how to set expectations for your employees
• Understand the pros and cons of being on the tenure track vs. a non-tenured or staff position in genetics or a related field
• Learn about career milestones in the academic field and how to achieve them
• Determine when to pursue careers outside of academia and how to make connections in industry