Professional Development

Tips from the Professionals
Here graduate students and post-docs can find career guidance from professionals on a wide range of topics including life/career balance, establishing mentorships, formulating research questions, interviewing skills, and tips to stay ahead in the field.

Employment Opportunities
Visit the TOS job postings page to learn about national opportunities in the obesity field. New investigators that are looking for employment, no matter what stage of their academic career, can find potential employment positions here.

ScienceCareers.org
Extensively redesigned and rebuilt in the fall of 2005, ScienceCareers.org now combines the best of Science's Next Wave, our pioneering career information site for young scientists; GrantsNet, our biomedical funding search network; and Science Careers, our long-standing job-hunting and networking headquarters with job listings, résumé postings, a searchable meetings-and-events database, and more.

Positions Wanted
Getting lost in the crowd? Post your resume, CV right on the TOS website for potential employers to view.

Upcoming Events

Summer Training in Statistics and Advanced Data Analysis

The University of Kansas is hosting an expanded set of 5-day workshops on quantitative methodology, to take place June 7 - 25, 2010 in Lawrence, Kansas. Workshop topics this year include: Structural Equation Modeling, Multilevel Modeling, Advanced Longitudinal Modeling, Meta-Analysis, Categorical Data Analysis, Item Response Theory, Statistical Analysis and Programming in R, and Social Network Dynamics.These courses are affordable, taught by award winning faculty, and provide participants with continued access to a wealth of support materials at www.Quant.KU.edu. Detailed information regarding course descriptions, registration and fees, location and lodging, travel information, and the like can be found at: www.Quant.KU.edu/StatsCamps/overview.html.