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Career Opportunities in Physiology Committee
(Established April 1979)
The Career Opportunities in Physiology
Committee is advisory to Council and serves as a resource for current
information regarding availability and need for appropriately trained
physiological manpower. The Committee shall be composed of at least eight
members with at least half being early career physiologists. A member of the
Porter Physiology Development Committee,
a member of the Women in Physiology Committee, a member of the Liaison with
Industry Committee, and the Society’s Director of Education Programs shall
serve as ex officio members without vote. The Committee shall also include
one student and one post-doctoral trainee as voting
members.
Duties of the Career
Opportunities in Physiology Committee are to:
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Develop and update outreach
material related to career opportunities in the physiological sciences
including the APS Career Brochure, the APS Career Poster, the APS Career
Web site, and presentation resources for APS members, and other
materials as needed.
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Organize workshops, symposia,
and training courses for graduate students and postdoctoral trainees,
specifically including students and trainees from underrepresented
minority groups, to further their physiology career development.
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Organize activities (such as
PhUn Week activities, EB orientation sessions) to encourage precollege
and undergraduate students, specifically including students from
underrepresented minority groups, to choose a career in physiology.
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Work with the Association of
Chairs of Departments of Physiology and appropriate APS Committees
(e.g., the Education, Liaison with Industry, Women in Physiology, and
Porter Physiology Development Committees) to gather information about
the current demand for and the suitability of the training of
physiologists and to collaborate on career development activities for
physiologists at all levels.
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Oversee the Undergraduate
Summer Research Fellowship (UGSRF) program, including the definition of
its objectives and selection criteria, assessment of its effectiveness,
and selection of awardees.
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Oversee the APS Local Science
Fair award program, including the definition of its
objectives and assessment of its effectiveness.
Career PowerPoints
for
Careers Symposium (EB2007 Audio and PPT
files now available)
Lower Level Undergraduate Students
Upper Level Undergraduate Students
Downloadable PowerPoint presentations and notes for outreach talks on
physiology and career opportunities. Includes sections on "What is
Physiology," "Meet a Physiologist," and "Would You Like to Be a
Physiologist."
- Current Members
- 2009 Committee Report
2008 Committee Report
- 2007 Committee Report
- 2006 Committee Report
- 2005
Committee Report
- 2004 Committee Report
- 2003 Committee Report
- 2002 Committee Report
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