Career Series

Mary Bradley, the director of Career & Professional Development at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health San Antonio, shares 20 tips about how to create your CV and resume. This is based on the October 3 workshop. Tip 1: Know The Difference Between A CV And... Read More →

Graduate students and postdoctoral scientists in the biomedical sciences often contemplate the next steps in their career. I graduated with a Ph.D. in Cellular and Structural Biology from UT Health San Antonio in 2013 and completed five years as a postdoctoral scientist at Texas... Read More →

“So, what do you do?” It’s one of the first questions people ask when they meet you. For many, a simple response suffices: “I’m a market researcher”, or “I work at Company X,” or “I do corporate accounting” and the conversation moves forward. But for those of us in technical... Read More →

Self-care in graduate school? If you have brushed your teeth and are wearing kind-of clean clothes, you are taking care of yourself, no? Let's not talk about the nights when you stay working until 4 am, or the dinners that consist of chips from the vending machinea€¦. Well, maybe... Read More →

Find yourself hiding in a corner during a networking event? These tips are for you. Read More →

A few tips to communicate self confidence and build your network. Read More →

You're expecting a baby during your PhD or during your academic career - congratulations! As parent-to-be, you will go through cycles of delight (OMG! I am going to be a mom! I'm so excited to meet this new human!) and cycles of worry (Am I suitable for this? How am I going to do... Read More →

Writing a journal article with a colleague, or working in a research team with people from other organisations, can be life-enhancing. Ideas build on ideas; tasks are allocated according to people's strengths and abilities; the results are loads better than anything you could... Read More →