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Postgraduate Careers Seminar
(RCSI Postgraduate Students Union Event)

Thursday 22 May 2008
Venue: Houston Lecture Theatre, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2 (location)

Course Organisers: RCSI Postgraduate Students Union


We have places available through Molecular Medicine Ireland to attend a Postgraduate Careers Seminar taking place Thursday 22 May 2008 in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
.

The RCSI Postgraduate Students Union is organising this careers afternoon. The event, which will involve talks from leading professionals, is designed to provide insight into various employment opportunities following masters or PhD degrees.
The speakers will be experts from a broad spectrum of professions including: Recruitment, Clinical Bioscience, Academia, Industry, Academic-industrial partnerships, Technology Transfer, Media, and governmental bodies.
Postgraduates students will be better equipped to make career choices having had an insight into the chosen careers of their peers.

The event will be concluded with a wine reception, allowing for dialogue on a social and personal level.

How to apply

If you wish to apply, please email names here (this link will generate the following subject heading in your email: 'Careers Seminar-Expression of Interest') by Monday 19 May 2008.

In order to take your expression of interest into account, your email must contain the following information:

Your name
University/Hospital/other organisation affiliation
School/Department/Institute
Email address
Contact telephone number

Please indicate in your E-mail that you are applying via Molecular Medicine Ireland.

Places are limited, so early registration is advised to secure a place.

Programme

Thu 22 May; 1315-1750
1315

Opening Address
Liam Tuffy, RCSI Postgraduate Student Union President

1330

Science Recruitment
Dr. Joanne McDonald, Senior Recruitment Consultant, Science Recruitment Ireland

1400

Clinical Bioscience
Dr. Aiden Corvin, Consultant Psychiatrist, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James’s Hospital

1430 Academia
Dr. David Henshall, Principle Investigator, Epilepsy Research Group, RCSI
1500 Biopharmaceutical Research
Dr. Simon Hufton, Associate Director, Wyeth Research Ireland
1530 Coffee/Tea
1545 New Drug Investigation (Clinical trials)
Dr. Crona O'Conallain, Associate Director, Global Data Management, Quintiles Ireland
1615 Technology Transfer
Michael Treacy, Business Development, Commercialisation and Industrial Technologies, IRC, Enterprise Ireland.
1645

Health Research agency
Dr. Brendan Curran, Evaluation manager, Health Research Board

1715

Science Journalism
Dr. Claire O’Connell, Freelance Science Journalist

1750 Drinks/finger food reception

The Seminar flyer is available here (75KB PDF)