Professional and Career Development Seminars and Workshops

The Office of Academic Training and Outreach Programs organizes a number of seminars, workshops and other events for non-faculty researchers-in-training.

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Research Productivity and Academic Success Skills - These events aim to support the development of scientists' academic success skills, creating productive and impactful Children's Hospital of Philadelphia researchers. 

• Preparation for careers in academia
• Grant proposal development
• Communicating your science
• Mentorship training

Career Exploration - These events assist our best and brightest scientists that will move on to successful careers away from bench science and/or academia. 

• Preparing for careers in a wide variety of career paths, including industry
• Career Exploration Panels
• CHOP/Penn Internship Programs

Presentation, Collaboration and Networking Opportunities - These events help to create a cohesive and collaborative CHOP researcher-in-training community.

• Emerging Innovators in Pediatric Science 
• Faculty Luncheon
• CHOP Research Institute Scientific Symposium and Poster Day