SF-CaMM Careers Pathway Forum - Personal journeys of SF-CaMM clinician scientists

This interactive 1hr forum will provide a unique opportunity to hear the personal career journeys from a panel of Sub-Faculty of Clinical And Molecular Medicine (SF-CaMM) clinician-scientists from diverse career stages and clinical specialties. 

Each speaker will share their personal thoughts on navigating the challenging career path of a clinician-scientist, including strategies to deal with the challenges in transitioning from a clinician-student to an independent clinician-scientist.

• Date: Friday 26 July
• Time:12pm-1pm
• Registration link
• Delivery mode: Hybrid (In-person / Online) Event
• Venue: Block E, Monash Medical Centre, Surgery Seminar Room (5SS08)
  
• Zoom link
• Event flyer

Our speakers

Professor Eric Morand, Dean of the Sub-Faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine (SF-CaMM) and Head of Rheumatology at Monash Health. Eric is an established physician scientist whose research focusses on clinical outcome measurement and biological profiling in systemic lupus erythematosus and the actions of glucocorticoid induced proteins on the immune system. 

Associate Professor Kirsten Palmer, Head of the Maternal Fetal Medicine unit at Monash Health and a NHMRC emerging leader (EL2) who leads the Maternal and Perinatal Medicine Translational Research group at SCS. Kirsten is an emerging clinician scientist whose research focuses on translating promising new therapeutics for disorders of placentation including pre-eclampsia. and fetal growth restriction 

Dr Rimma Goldberg, a Gastroenterologist at Monash Health, and a Research Fellow at School of Clinical Sciences. Rimma is an up-and-coming clinician scientist whose research focuses on adaptive and innate immunity in inflammatory bowel disease and developing novel cell-based therapies for disorders such as Crohn’s Disease.

Program Outline

Each presentation will be limited to 10 mins, addressing aspects of the following points or questions.

• Outline your professional career training trajectory as a clinician-scientist.
• How did you set up your research team/research lab?
• What were the key challenges you have faced?
• What were the key opportunities that have helped your career?
• How do you manage your time between the clinic and the lab?
• How did you plan your research goals to support their career progression in both clinical and academic spheres.

The presentations will be followed by a lengthy 30 min Q&A session to maximize discussion between the speakers and the audience. Audience members can also submit questions via the chat function on Zoom during the presentations.  

Contact

Dr Joohyung Lee | E: sf-camm.gradresearch@monash.edu or joohyung.lee1@monash.edu | T: +61 431 749 005