Career Development

General tips:

  • Make a Google Scholar and ORCID profile – ORCID conveniently allows you to sign in to many journal submission sites and also is a more accurate curation of your papers and a NIH NLM MyBibliography
  • Format your Biosketch early – there are specific formatting rules here: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms/biosketch.htm – a mix of a biography/CV/goals – also keep an updated CV – set aside some time every quarter to make sure it’s up to date

Grants and timelines 

  • T32 – Divisional Grant for Training Program in Lung Science – more details at the website here
    • Emails usually go out when there is space, but you can also email your CV, cover letter, and recommendation letter to pulmonary@northwestern.edu – usually people go on as a second or third year, can help pay for a Masters degree
  • F32 – an individual training grant from the NIH – apply for this in your second year so you can resubmit third year if necessary – feel free to email Cathy for more information – recent F32 recipients include Gabby Liu, Tony Joudi
    • Deadlines are in April, August, and December; takes several months to put together and another several months before you get feedback from the Scientific Committee
  • LRP – Loan Repayment Program – NIH funding that can help pay $50,000/year of your loans – can be renewed as well – deadline November, takes several months to put together

How to make the most of ATS

  • Sign up for an assembly and mentorship program beforehand – Critical Care Mentorship Program has matched fellows with fantastic mentors – deadline usually in March or April
  • Submit your abstract – deadline is usually October/November the year prior to the conference
  • Attend Fellows Track Symposium or New Faculty Boot Camp – I learned so much at these and also met people at similar career stages – deadlines usually in February
  • Make arrangements beforehand to meet up with people whose work you admire from different institutions – people are always happy to chat with trainees about their work!
  • Download the app and highlight the sessions you’re interested in ahead of time, there are a lot!
  • Network! There are some big parties hosted by some institutions that are great to attend to catch up with residency friends and meet other new people! In previous years, the Chicago programs have gotten together to host one.
  • Assembly Meetings: usually on Sunday and Monday, these are large business meetings that highlight each Assembly’s important people and there’s some time to network as well, this is where you can get emails for important people to reach out to in order to get more involved
  • Use social media such as Twitter to promote your peers! Take a photo of them at their poster, tweet about it, and tag the conference and assemblies of interest!
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  • Industry Hall: fun to browse, lots of treats, try new ultrasounds and bronchs
  • Different sessions:
    • Thematic Poster Session: giant hall with lots of posters, moderators will sometimes go around and discuss each poster
    • Poster Discussion: smaller rooms with similarly-themed posters, the first part has you stand by your poster while people come around, the second part has everyone sit down and discuss together
    • RAPIDs: fast presentations
    • Scientific Symposiums: large sessions with usually a panel of about five speakers on a topic of interest
    • Continuing education: huge didactic sessions of year in review

Other presentation opportunities/deadlines

How to secure a job after fellowship 

  • coming soon