CID ECR Career Development Workshop: Exploring Career Pathways

Cambridge Infectious Diseases is organising a career development workshop for Early Career Researchers. The workshop 'Exploring Career Pathways' aims to showcase career paths that a researcher with a PhD can take that are different from the traditional academic route. It will include talks by speakers working on industry, funding bodies, scientific communications, and academic research-related roles, followed by active discussions with the audience. There will be time for networking during the lunch and breaks, and a drinks reception at the end.

All of our speakers started their careers in research, doing a PhD, and then found their way into other roles. Although the event is directed to life-sciences backgrounds, everyone is welcome to join!

The event will take place on Friday 18th of October, from 11.00h to 17.30h, at the PostDoc Centre at Eddington (105 Eddington Pl, Cambridge CB3 1AS).

Confirmed speakers are:

- Deborah King, Vaccine Research Lead @ Wellcome Trust

- Megan Carey, Associate Director - Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy @ IAVI

- Fernando Gomollón-Bel, Co-Founder and Director @ Agata Communications

- Roli Roberts, Senior Editor & Section Manager @ PLOS Biology

- Ana Filipa Moutinho, Associate @ Faculty AI

- Hector Newman, Senior Scientist @ Bicycle Therapeutics

- Margarida Rodrigues, Research Strategy Facilitator @ Dept Vet Med, U. Cambridge

- Yudan Ren, Returning Researcher, Daphne Jackson Fellow @ PDN, U. Cambridge

- Ellen Higginson, Samples Lead @ Wellcome Sanger Institute

- Ashraf Zarkan, Research Fellow @ U. Cambridge | Founder & CEO @ BioTryp Therapeutics

- Phil Elstob, Commercialisation Director, Deputy Head of Life Sciences @ Cambridge Enterprise 

- Luca Mannocchi, Senior Portfolio Manager @ BBSRC, UKRI

- Marta Wojnowska, Broodbank Research Fellow @ Dept Biochemistry, U. Cambridge

- Constanza Toro Valdivieso, Senior Scientific Officer @ DEFRA

In order to register for this event, please complete the following sign-up form (before 11th October):

https://forms.gle/vcvQjfsisM8THjAo9

Update: Deadline for registration has passed, but please register your interest if you would like to join.

You can download the day programme using this link.