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Catchup – Salon – Options for after your PhD
03/07/2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
A weekly gathering to discuss careers and research topics, inspired by 17th and 18th century salons from Paris, with a modern twist. These sessions combine livestreams, guest speakers and group chat to exchange ideas, challenge, influence, inspire and educate.
In this session we talk about Options for after your PhD.
After completing a PhD in a dementia-related field, the days of a ‘standard’ next setep are long gone, and new doctors have a range of career paths to consider. Options include pursuing postdoctoral research to further specialise, entering the biotech or pharmaceutical industry to work on new treatments, or non-profits, or perhaps engaging in policy-making to shape public health strategies. How do you decide? What should you consider? In this Salon we hear stories from our guest speakers, take your questions, and gather the experience of others in the post-livestream group chat.
Speakers
Dr Pawlak – is a neurologist with postdoctoral training in quantitative neuroimaging at the Department of Radiology of the University of Pennsylvania, now based at Pozan University in Poland. He has experience in image acquisition and processing, and his clinical interests and experience is in ischemic stroke and multiple sclerosis. He also is interested in cognitive impairment that results from those diseases.
Dr Cassandra Dinius – she completed her PhD at Southern Illinois University and then moved from Ireland to the USA and back again. She was previously an Adjunct Faculty, Adulthood & Aging at University of Southern Indiana and is now Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Liaison Officer for the Rare Disease Clinical Trial Network based in Dublin. Cassandra’s background is in non-pharmacological and lifestyle interventions for older adults to enhance brain health and overall well-being. She is especially curious about societal perceptions of health and aging.
