Category: PhDs in Public Institutions
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Career Development Strategies E054 From PhD in STEM Towards Clinical Practice in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Dr. Ruud Berkers is currently working as an early-career psychologist at HSK, a mental health care institution with locations across the Netherlands. He uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to treat a wide variety of complaints, including depression, anxiety, ptsd, and burnout. In a previous stage of his career, he was a cognitive neuroscientist studying human memory, sleep…
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Career Development Strategies E035 From PhD in Biotechnology to European Commission & European Food Safety Authority
Aleksandra Lewandowska moved from a PhD in plant genetics to traineeships at the European Commission and the European Food Safety Authority. She discusses science-based policymaking, remote work preferences, and the trade-offs of a public sector career.
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Career Development Strategies E032 Science Writing PhD in the National Cancer Research Center
Dr. Nadia Holden is a cell biologist by training. In 2015, she earned her PhD from Stony Brook University, New York. She studied the role of lipid kinases in endocytosis and autophagy. During graduate school, Nadia had a “mid-PhD crisis” when she realized she wanted to leave academia but didn’t want to leave science. Finding…
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Career Development Strategies E030 Grant Advisory for PhDs – Is Grant Advisory at Universities a Career Path You Should Consider?
Dr. Irina Sheftel moved from cognitive neuroscience research into grant advisory work at Dutch universities. She explains what grant advisors do, why letting go of project ownership is hard, and how she balances research administration with teaching yoga.
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Career Development Strategies E027 A PhD as a Politician? Carmen Rietdijk on Politics, Coaching for PhDs, and Work-life Balance
Dr. Carmen Rietdijk obtained her PhD in Neuroscience from Utrecht University in 2016. In her PhD, she investigated the expression and function of Toll-like receptors on enteric neurons, which is one of the mechanisms involved in Parkinson’s Disease. Today, she is actively involved in politics and a representative of the Dutch Liberal Democrats party (D66)…
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Career Development Strategies E020 What Do PhD Careers in Institutions Building Infrastructure for Open Science Look Like?
Ricarda Braukmann on PhD careers in open science infrastructure: her path from neuroscience to program leader at DANS, what influence-driven institutional work looks like, and how it compares with academia.
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Career Development Strategies E016 How To Hop From the Bench to Science Policy as a PhD? Adriana Bankston on Science Legislation
Adriana Bankston explains how to hop from the bench to science policy as a PhD: fellowships that bridge academia and advocacy, working with Congress and federal agencies, and building a policy network.
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Career Development Strategies E005 How Do Jobs in Public-Private Space Look? PhDs in Business Development: Do You Need MBA Title?
Dr. Ian Cameron works at the exciting interface between academia, entrepreneurship, industry, and society. Ian holds an impressive combination of positions: at the same time, he works as a coordinator at NeuroTech-NL, as a Domain Expert, Mental/Cognitive Health & Well-being, Precision Health & Nutrition, OnePlanet at OnePlanet Research Centre, a Senior Researcher at the Donders…