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Committee for Career Development

Components:

Irene Mattiola (contact), Eleonora Timperi, Anna Kabanova, Alessio Grimaldi

Objective:

  • Provide an instrument for the support and the professional growth of young immunologists (PhD student, junior and senior post-doc)

Activities:

  • Interactive webinars and face-to-face seminars (associated with the School of Immunology, SIICA congress, PhD retreat) on the following topics:
    a. Setting priorities and time management
    b. Career planning
    c. Scientific writing and communication
    d. Early Career development
  • Annual Mentoring Program (12 post-docs)
    a. Mentor-Mentee Tandem: personalized support based on the problems of the mentee (one virtual meeting per month)
    b. Peer-coaching: Discussions in small groups of 4-6 people, “as an equal” with the members of the working group, to solve specific problems posed by the mentees (a virtual meeting every two months)