Expand Your Network: How To Identify Advisors, Mentors, Sponsors, and Collaborators For a Successful Career

Friday, October 4, 2013: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
212 A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Chairs:
Mary Garcia-Cazarin, PhD, Health Scientist, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow. National Institutes of Health , Kermin Martínez-Hernández, PhD, Assistant Professor, St. John Fisher College , Yaihara Fortis-Santiago, PhD, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at National Science Foundation, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at National Science Foundation , Mónica Feliú-Mójer, PhD, Graduate Student, Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital and Nahyr Rovira-Figueroa, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, St. John Fisher College
Presenters:
Yaihara Fortis-Santiago, PhD, AAAS S&T Policy Fellow, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at National Science Foundation , Mónica Feliú-Mójer, PhD, Vice Director, Ciencia Puerto Rico , Nahyr Rovira-Figueroa, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, St. John Fisher College , Mary García-Cazarín, PhD, AAAS S&T Policy Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science/National Institutes of Health and Kermin Martínez-Hernández, PhD, Assistant Professor, St. John Fisher College

Description: This workshop will teach you how to cultivate your professional network. We will help you identify your current network, and what you are missing, to reach full potential. You will also learn how to introduce yourself in one minute.