Interdisciplinary Job Opportunities for Biomedical Scientists (iJOBS) program, implemented through a $1,937,000 grant from the NIH. The program, which is open to all PhD and postdoctoral candidates in the life sciences at Rutgers, has been especially popular among women. Its three executive directors include Janet Alder, PhD, associate professor of neuroscience and cell biology and assistant dean for graduate academic and student affairs, Rutgers School of Graduate Studies. career in academia, says Dr. Millonig. iJOBS, however, pro- vides broad exposure to options in nonacademic fields, offer- ing a mix of formal academic instruction and workshops, shadowing opportunities, and mentoring by professionals from outside academia. in cellular and molecular phar- Bernard completed the Rutgers Mini- MBA: BioPharma Innovation program and interned in Rutgers' Office of ing, marketing, and entrepreneurship. universities, first at the Rockefeller University and then at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In her most recent reinvention, Dr. Bernard works for Elsevier, a health analytics company and publisher of science and health research. Initially in the United States, and now globally, her team meets with institutional leadership to develop strategies to "fill in their gaps," she says, citing as examples helping scientists early in their careers to collaborate better, reach solutions faster, and make their research more visible. girls from around the world who are interested in STEM with outstanding women scientists who serve as their mentors. ing, and women are very good at that," she says. Professionally and as a volunteer, she feels Dr. Walworth's influence more than any other. "She is compassionate, nurturing, and always available. This is how I operate with colleagues, and I learned it from her." doctoral work in Dr. yeast to explicate the role of chromatin in response to DNA damage to cells. As an American Cancer Society fel- low, she did postdoctoral work in the laboratory of James Broach, then professor of molecular biology at Princeton, and later joined the laboratory of Thomas Muir, PhD, Van Zandt Williams, Jr., Class of 1965, Professor and chair, Department of Chemistry, as a senior researcher. enjoying a flexible schedule that allows her to spend more time with her children. most difficult scientific topics as easily she talked about life outside the lab. She helped me see every aspect of a question, all the pros and cons, and let me decide what was best." addition, she changed the makeup of the lab team to include a balance of graduate students and undergraduates, senior scientist since 2012. encourages women's education by subsidizing fees for girls in all government-supported schools. She then spent six years at the NIH in the fast-paced lab of Gordon Hager, PhD, study- ing endocrine receptors. Dr. George enthuses over being a sci- entist in America. "It's the best!" she says, adding that she loves her work: "mentoring, and learning from the under- graduates--and keeping the yeast cells alive." T E V E H S T E I N T E S Y O C R I S E B E R N D P H T E S Y O B A B A A D , P H |