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UC Irvine GPS-STEM

Graduate Professional Success for PhD students and Postdocs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

  • About
    • Leadership
    • NIH-BEST GPS-BIOMED
    • Progress Report
  • Member Info
    • Registration
    • Grad Student & Postdoc Council
  • FAQs
  • Program Elements
    • Explore
    • Train
    • Experience
    • Transition
  • Alumni
    • Alumni Spotlights
    • Employment Outcomes
  • Newsletter
  • Upcoming Events!!!
  • PD Activities
    • PD Credit Accrual
    • PD Certificate
  • GPS-STEM Radio
    • Health & Wellness Podcast
    • Science Policy Podcast
    • Career and Professional Development Podcast
  • Career Cohorts
    • UC Irvine Public Policy Prep
    • Science Café – Blog
  • Navigate Career Paths

Alumni Spotlights

Abed Alnaif, Ph.D., Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb


Charles Yi, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow at Ambry Genetics


Erica Smith, Ph.D., Genomic Scientist at Ambry Genetics


Jared Wiig, Ph.D., Scientist – Biologics Development at Allergan


Luz Meneghini, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute


Nayna Sanathara, Ph.D., Senior Medical Writer at Allergan


Sarah E. Lutz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology at the University of Illinois at Chicago


Scott Lee, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Cancer Therapeutics at the Genomics Institute of Novartis Research Foundation

Join GPS-STEM on social media!

  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Job Search Resources & Databases

  • BioPharmGuy
  • BioSpace
  • Naturejobs: Science Jobs of the Week
  • NIH OITE Career Blog
  • Science Careers
  • UCI Career Center Job & Internship Database

Spotlights

Graduate Professional Success (GPS) is a campus-wide effort to improve career development for PhD's. GPS-BIOMED is an NIH funded component for scientists in the biomedical fields.

DID YOU MISS THE ORIENTATION??
Contact Program Coordinator Emma Flores PhD, eflores@uci.edu, for more information

Completion of the program provides a professional development certificate that can be shared with employers.

New networking opportunities and one-on-one alumni mentorship are in the works!

External Partners

  • Allergan
  • Fish & Tsang LLP
  • LDOS Media Lab
  • OCTANe

UCI Partners

  • Antrepreneur Center
  • Applied Innovation
  • Career Center
  • Graduate Resource Center
  • Outreach & Minority Science Programs
  • The Graduate Division
  • UCI Division of Continuing Education
  • UCI Office of Postdoctoral Scholars
  • UCI Postdoctoral Association

External Partners

  • Allergan
  • Fish & Tsang LLP
  • LDOS Media Lab
  • OCTANe

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