Plenary Session, Future of Bioscience Graduate and Postdoctoral Training (FOBGAPT) 2015
Channel: Rackham Graduate School - University of Michigan
Date: 2015-05-06

FOBGAPT is a national meeting that seeks to bring together a broad group of stakeholders, including representatives of academic institutions, funding agencies, trainees, scientific societies and other interested individuals, to discuss possible solutions to the career imbalances that have developed in the biomedical workforce.

http://www.rackham.umich.edu/fobgapt

During the opening plenary session, speakers outlined the perceived problems and some of the potential solutions already proposed.

Moderator: Janet A. Weiss, Dean, Rackham Graduate School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq1U1xK7Kpk

Welcome by Mark S. Schlissel, M.D., Ph.D., President, University of Michigan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq1U1xK7Kpk&t=5m0s

Gregory Petsko, D. Phil., Professor of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq1U1xK7Kpk&t=11m30s

Keith Yamamoto, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chancellor, Research Executive Dean, UCSF School of Medicine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq1U1xK7Kpk&t=39m30s

Question and Answer Session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq1U1xK7Kpk&t=1h20m0s