Personalized Mentorship
Personalized mentorship with our faculty is a cornerstone of all of our programs, which ensures that students are supported every step of the way through their programs and after graduation. This is true whether in a doctoral program or one of our clinical, research, community engagement or forensics masters programs.
Master's Programs
Our master’s programs have strong faculty mentoring in place as well as peer-peer and near-peer mentoring. Additionally, our professional preparation masters programs such as Medical and Oral Health Sciences provide strong support during the medical and dental school admissions process. We strive to train professionals in a diverse number of career pathways as they move towards their personal career goals. Check out your individual program link below or your Program website in addition to what we offer here centrally through GMS.
Doctoral Candidates
Doctoral candidates have opportunities to train in both theoretical and practical training for future careers in various scientific sectors. The activities include seminars, panels and workshops. The programming continues to develop and change over time as we learn of trainees’ interests and needs.
We strive to meet the diverse needs of our trainees by enhancing their skills in:
- critical thinking
- communication
- leadership/ management
- bioethics/intellectual property/research compliance
to assure that our PhDs, MD/PhDs, and post-doctoral fellows are prepared for successful careers in academia, industry, local or federal government or where ever they may choose to work after BU.
Most PhD programs have integrated professional development courses / curriculum woven into their programs.
Additionally, the Charles River Campus PDPA provides professional development skills, through their Core Capacities programming, These are learned through their PhD Progression online micro-credentialing platform that allows students to explore, build the recommended PhD Core Capacities. Although GMS does not require PhD students to take part in thjis curriculum, we do encourage you to join in on any workshops, activities, and events that you feel will support your professional development.
Career Coaching
Lauren Celano, Propel Careers, offers personalized one-on-one virtual career advising. You can sit down with Lauren and go over your CV/resume, cover letter preparation, interview preparation, social media tools for job searching, highlighting your transferable skills, how to network, and more. If you would like to reserve a free 30-minute session with Lauren, please sign up for personalized one-on-one coaching via Calendly.
Propel Careers is a Boston-based life sciences search and career development firm with the unique distinction of being dedicated to networking, mentoring, and career development. Propel Careers was founded in 2009 to foster career development, entrepreneurship, and to cultivate leaders with an initial focus on the life sciences industry. Lauren Celano, co-founder and CEO, is a BU alumna and has dedicated time and effort to serve the trainees of her alma mater. Ms. Celano meets trainees two days per week to help identify and prepare them for job searches.
Lauren Celano is the Co-founder and CEO of Propel Careers, a life science search and career development firm in Boston, founded in 2009. Lauren has worked with thousands of students, postdocs, medical residents and professionals to advance their careers and with > 50 companies to help them hire talent. Before Propel, she spent about 10 years in life sciences advancing drug molecules through SNBL USA, Aptuit, Quintiles, and Absorption Systems. She has a B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Gettysburg College and an MBA with a focus in the health sector and entrepreneurship from Boston University. Lauren is the Vice-Chair on the Board of MassBioEd, is on the board of the National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association, and is on the Advisory Boards of the Boston University School of Public Health Pharmaceuticals Program, the Professional Science Masters Program at Framingham State University and NE GWISE. She also serves on the selection committee for the Life Sciences Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year Award since 2014 with the Immigrant Learning Center.
Looking for an alumni mentor or interested in becoming an alumni mentor?
Whether you’re looking for an alumni mentor or interested in becoming an alumni mentor, we want to hear from you! Check out the links below for more information:
*For GMS alumni interested in updating GMS with your current information, please click here!