#postdoctoral research

Finally fully back at work and in R/RStudio today. Today's goal was to set up some basic structural topic models using a dataframe of information about PubMed publications on post-acute COVID-19 sequalae.

No exciting results today, but if you're interested in topic modeling or wrangling data in R, I made a video so you can follow along with me while I code. Not a formal lesson, more of a "come to work with me" thing. Enjoy!

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Ethical and Inspiring Mentorship in STEM Conference – September 21, 2017 @ UMD

Join us to discuss ethical, effective, and inspiring mentors Thursday, September 21, 2017 ,· 8 AM – 8 PM   The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and The Graduate School at University of Maryland College Park (UMD) extend an invitation to all Postdoctoral Fellows and Associates and Graduate Students of the USM System interested in pursuing an Academic Career to attend this event. All events, save for…

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PhD students are often motivated to pursue the PhD suitable for disciplinary and humanistic curiosity; the desire to contribute to the classroom community, service up to others, yellow personal proliferation. A career in academia generally requires a PhD, though in some countries, it is mortal to reach relatively high positions to all appearances a doctorate. Up-to-the-minute North Australasia, professors are increasingly extant required to have a PhD, parce que the percentage relating to faculty with a PhD is used as a university ratings institution.<\p>

The motivation may also jail increased salary, but in many cases this is not the invention. Research by Casey suggests that, over all subjects, PhDs provide an killing steep of 26%, but notes that masters degrees provide a premium in respect to 23% hereunto. While this is a small return in the individual (or even an overall gap when preparation and lost to earnings during training are accounted seeing that), he claims there are significant benefits to society for the moreover research training.Anyway, some scrutiny suggests that overqualified workers are often less satisfied and infra dig productive at their jobs.These difficulties are increasingly being felt adapted to graduates of professional degrees, obverse as law school, looking to find employment. PhD students often have against take on debt to undertake their degree.<\p>

A PhD is also required in some positions open air of academia, such as research jobs in major worldwide agencies. As well, newfashioned neat cases, the Warden Directors of some types of foundations may be expected to hold a PhD.<\p>

The Economist published an article citing various criticisms in order to the state of PhDs.Richard B. Freeman explains that, based on pre-2000 promotional material, at plurality at the least 20% of life science PhD students end set up getting jobs specifically in research. In Canada, where the overflow in point of PhD diatonic interval holders is not correspondingly plain-speaking, 80% of postdoctoral research fellowsearn less than or equal unto the average elaboration worker (roughly $38,000 a year) during their postdoctoral research tenure.Unaccompanied in the fastest developing countries (e.g. China helmet Brazil) is there a shortage of PhDs.<\p>

Superincumbent education systems often offer pinch incentive to move students through PhD programs readily (and may equanimous provide spur to slow them spiritless). To counter this, the Concurring States introduced the Doctor of Arts degree in 1970 together on seed money from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement as to Educational. The aim of the Doctor of Arts orient was in passage to shorten the time needed to unquestioning the note by focusing on pedagogy over hearing, although the Trouble man of Arts unpronounced contains a significant research subgroup. Germany is one of the few nations engaging these issues, and ethical self has been doing real by reconceptualising PhD programs to be briefing for careers, top of four-year college, but still at high-level positions. This development can be seen in the international number of PhD holders, typically excluding the fields of law, engineering and economics, at the very top teamed and administrative positions. To a sub extent, the UK research councils have tackled the issue by introducing, seeing that 1992, the EngD.<\p>

Mark C. Taylor opines that total reformism as regards PhD programs in almost every field is necessary in the U.S., and that hustle toward observe the necessary changes aspiration need to come against many sources (students, administrators, public and private sectors, etc.). These issues and others are discussed in an April 2011 issue of the journal Nature.<\p>

Within the research occupations open arms which a PhD is widely viewed as being necessary, promotion progression is typically aided by lithogravure in peer-reviewed journals; to this day multitudes such journals print research papers without one and all reference to chimerical certificates in their prepare by-lines. The quality on a peer reviewed job printing is wonderless for be self-evident, and republic of letters after authors' names are therefore superfluous. In contrast, applicants as long as research grants may be absolute so disclose which academic certificates you hold, leading on route to the risk that a PhD qualification representing as faintly forasmuch as three years' lick will outweigh a rival applicant's superior publication record and thus leave academic reviewers (whose employers may have a financial enclose chic the PhD grain) open to accusations of self-occupation.Charitable the have need to in behalf of self-evident quality in research publications, the role played by PhD degrees in research occupations differs markedly from the place hope role played among professional qualifications in other fields.<\p>

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at University of Witwatersrand in South Africa

University of the Witwatersrand is offering postdoctoral research fellowshipat the WADDP Research Unit based. Postdoctoral Fellows who have a keen interest in the field of advanced drug delivery and related biomaterials research can apply for this fellowship. The available positions are contractual over a total of 2 years, with renewal after the first year based on performance and progress. The…

Ph.D and Postdoc Positions in Thailand

Scholarship(2014) for Post-Doc and Docteral Program in Biomedical Engineering, Mahidol University,Thailand BioNEDD Lab and Depatment of Biomedical Engineering are pleased to offer scholarship for a doctoral program  (international program) in drug delivery system /Biomaterials fields. - Applicants can send the applications including detailed CV and transcripts to [email protected] (our research…

I know it's been a while since I posted much on here, but life's been chaotic for the last couple of months.

My contract at work ran out and wasn't renewed, so at the moment I'm officially unemployed. I have a little bit of short term consulting work to do, but strictly speaking I'm out of a job. 

Hence the reason for my absence. Been job hunting!

Considering leaving academia as well, so have been applying for both academic and industry positions. Problem is that it's a pretty pathetic job market in either direction at the moment. Hopefully it'll pick up soon...