Spring 2014 Class Schedule

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PIEP - the Berkeley Postdoc Industry Exploration Program
PubChase career advice forum
The Insight Data Science Fellows Program offers an intensive 6-week postdoc training fellowship to help you make the move into data science industry career positions.
The Management of Technology Program is affiliated with the Haas School of Business and offers the chance to take courses focusing on innovation, management and technology. Unfortunately, due to budget cuts, this program has been discontinued as of 2012, but you can still take classes for learning purposes.
Networking Groups and Events in the Bay: East Bay Association for Women in Science, Women in Bio, San Francisco Association for Women in Science, BioScience Forum.
Additionally, join alumni groups on LinkedIn and connect.
The Berkeley Career Center - Graduate Student & Ph.D. page has a wealth of information including statistics about graduates, job opportunities, and internships.
Biospace and BayBio are great resources to find out what jobs you can apply for right now.
This page from Science has several articles on alternative careers in science.
This article in U.S. News and World Reports describes "Ahead-of-the-Curve Careers."
Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower by Cynthia Robbins-Roth

Science Writing/Editing

This page on Science Writing at UC Santa Cruz has general information as well as specifics about their masters program.
American Medical Writers Association
American Journal Experts hires scientists to edit, translate and format papers for publications

The Science, Technology & Engineering Policy Group at Berkeley has many resources and hosts a number of events where you can learn about opportunities and network.

Science Outreach & Education

NorCal HERC - Higher Education Research Consortium
National Higher Education Research Consortium is similar to NorCal HERC but discusses opportunities in a variety of regions within the US.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Higher Education Jobs allows you to search by location (state, region, international) or type of institution (community college, 4-year university).
Nemnet focuses on minority recruitment of K-12 and college level teachers, administrators, and coaches, but listings are open for anyone to apply.
Cal Academy of Sciences
Bay Area Private Schools provides a list of schools, athough all the links may not be current.
UCSF Teaching Post-doc Program
This website provides information about 15 other universities around the country that have teaching post-doc programs similar to UCSF's.

SCIMALS is a student-run non-profit investment advising group that hires grad student analysts to provide due diligence for life sciences and healthcare investors. This is a great way to gain some experience in business analysis and entrepreneurship while still a student.
Ansley Scott, a summer intern turned Consultant at McKinsey, recommends taking a class like 290N, "Managing the New Product Development Process" at the Haas School of Business.
The Haas Consulting Club is open to graduate students and provides resources, training, and networking events for students interested in consulting.
The PhD Consulting Club (site1 site2) has recently been formed to provide resources to non-MBA students who are interested in a career in consulting.

For information on Post-doctoral positions and available funding, visit the UC Postdoctoral Research page.

Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science (9th edition) by Richard Saferstein
For more information, also see the California Association of Criminalists (CAC), the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), and the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD).

Former speaker Toby Beth Freedman is author of Career Opportunities in Biotechnology and Drug Development. You can read more about her book at her website careersbiotech.com.
Toby is also president of Synapsis Search, a recruiting company, that places qualified candidates in a variety of positions in Biotech.
Also check out The Billion Dollar Molecule by Barry Werth. This book describes the process of Drug development start to finish.

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