{"id":20787,"date":"2012-08-21T11:27:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T15:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?page_id=20787"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:44:38","slug":"alumni-mentors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/students\/advising-mentoring\/alumni-mentors\/","title":{"rendered":"GMS Alumni Mentoring Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/gms\/files\/2020\/08\/My-Post-2-636x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"357\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74572 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2020\/08\/My-Post-2-636x357.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2020\/08\/My-Post-2-710x400.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2020\/08\/My-Post-2.jpg 712w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The world of science is vast and our trainees can look forward to careers in a variety of sectors.\u00a0 As career choices are formulated, it is important to have networking opportunities, to be able to connect with those actually working in potential fields of interest.\u00a0 Having a variety of career experiences in academia, industry, teaching, policy, law, writing\/editing and administration, our GMS alumni can provide valuable advice and connections to inform career opportunities for our students and post-doctoral fellows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>If you are an alum interested in participating, <span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/faculty\/mentoring-resources\/become-an-alumni-mentor\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #0066cc;\" rel=\"noopener\">please complete the form here.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">For graduate students, trainees, and postdocs: please visit our <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/job-search\/alumni-mentors\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Networking site<\/a> to view alumnus who have agreed to serve as a mentor to our trainees as they consider future career moves.\u00a0 Trainees should feel free to contact anyone on the list to get additional information or advice.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0We look forward to connecting with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world of science is vast and our trainees can look forward to careers in a variety of sectors.\u00a0 As career choices are formulated, it is important to have networking opportunities, to be able to connect with those actually working in potential fields of interest.\u00a0 Having a variety of career experiences in academia, industry, teaching, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3436,"featured_media":0,"parent":30436,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3436"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20787"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106347,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20787\/revisions\/106347"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}