from 0 to 100 in 8 seconds: how to successfully improve your career david groneberg institute of...
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From 0 to 100 in 8 seconds:
how to successfully improve your career
David GronebergInstitute of Occupational Medicine
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Freie Universität & Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Career: Is a term defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as an individual's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)". It usually is considered to pertain to remunerative work (and sometimes also formal education).
Career: What do we mean?
Career in which field:
Allergy and Clinical Immunology
An individual's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)"
Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Dermatology
Pediatrics
RespiratoryMedicine
OccupationalMedicine
ENT
Immunology
Rheumatology
An individual's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)"
An individual's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)"
Internal Pediatrics Dermatology ….
…..
Pneumology Rheumatology Immunology ….
…..
University Big Hospital Small Hospital Practice
…..
Director Head Physician Scientist
Male Female
Surgical Conservative
ENT
One Europe – but different national pathways …
An individual's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)"
Surgical Conservative
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100 careers
> 100 careers in allergy and clinical immunology
What kind of career?
Nobel PrizePeter C. Doherty
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
EAACI PresidentR. Gerth van Wijk
Ulrich Wahn
SeniorScientist
…
HeadPhysician
…
Career in Allergy and Immunology ?
Full Professor…
Nobel PrizePeter C. Doherty
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Tips: You want to win the Nobel Prize ?
• No advice from my side.
• It is not enough to publish in Nature, Science and Cell.
• I.e. ask Rolf Zinkernagel.
• Good luck.
• Again, no advice from my side.
• It is not enough to publish in the Lancet, JACI, Allergy …
• You need to be a good clinician, a good scientist, a good politician and a diplomate.
• Good luck.EAACI PresidentR. Gerth van Wijk
Ulrich Wahn
Tips: You want to become EAACI President ?
• There is no formula
• Field of allergology?
• Clinical professor ?
• Basic science professor ?
You need to be a good clinician, a good scientist,
> How to become a good clinician?
Tips: You want to become a Professor ?
Full Professor…
• Field of allergology?• Hospital size?• Who is the supervisor?• Additional research possible?• Training programs of EAACI
• Big hospital > clinical or basic research possible
• Smaller hospital > clinical research / reviews / case reports
Tips: You want to become a good clinician ?
HeadPhysician
…
You?
• Field of allergology?• Institution type?• University department size ?• Who is the supervisor?
• How are future prospects ?
1. High scientific quality > high risk of failure of experiments but …2. Lower scientific quality > Easier way to get to results but …
Tips: You want to become a good scientist ?
SeniorScientist
…
You?
The younger the better … but …
General tips: Age ?
Conclusion: You never get the Nobel Prize… but …
Imagine: • You want to win the Nobel Prize
for DNA research.
• But you are already 40 and you did Amino Acid research for all of your life.
Tip: The younger the better
Conclusion: It is never too late
Amino Acid research untilthe age of 40 years (1960)
Nobel Prize (Insulin structure)
DNA research untilthe age of 62 years (1980)
Nobel Prize for DNA research
He retired when he was 65.
Usefull citations from Frederick Sanger„Previously I had not had much interest in nucleic acids. I used to go to Gordon Conferences on Protein and Nucleic Acids when the two subjects were bracketed together, and would sit through the nucleic acid talks waiting to get back to proteins. However, with people like Francis Crick around, it was difficult to ignore nucleic acids or to fail to realize the importance of sequencing them.“
„Of the three main activities involved in scientific research, thinking, talking, and doing, I much prefer the last and am probably best at it. I am all right at the thinking, but not much good at the talking.“
* 13. August 1918 in Rendcombe, UK
Listen to other people
Thinking, talking, doing.
Thinking, talking, doing.
Without being a good “thinker“, > it is nearly impossible
planing, writing, (…)
Without being a good “talker“, > it is extremely difficult
Presentation of dataConvincing people(…)
Without being a good “doer“, > it is difficult in the beginning
Treating patientsDoing lab experiments(…)
Follow your interests
Epithelial
Lumen
Subepithelial
Goblet CellSerous Cell Clara-Cell Neuroendocrine Cell
Transitional CellCiliated Epithelium
FibroblastEndothelium Smooth Muscle CellAirway
Smooth Muscle CellVessel
Chondrocyte
GlandNeuron i.e. London
i.e. Ghent i.e. San Francisco
i.e. Davos
i.e. Gotenborgi.e. Leuveni.e. South Hampton
i.e. Viennai.e. Rotterdam
i.e. Berlin
> 40 centers in Europe
What country?
Database analysis of EAACI meetings
Database analysis of EAACI meetings
Three Meetings: 2001, 2006 & 2007
Database analysis of EAACI meetings
What country?
You can start a career from almost every European country