Oct 29 – 30, 2024
German Cancer Research Center / Communication Center
Europe/Berlin timezone

Career Talks

 

Career Talks

Please register at the conference desk. 

Tuesday, October 29 at 3:15 pm 

Meeting Point at the reception in the DKFZ Communication Center

 

Following the opportunity overseas

Career talk with Monika Janda

I worked as a clinical psychologist in Austria, and then moved to Australia working in University and NGO settings. What I have learned over my career is that taking opportunities as they present themselves is important. I often get asked whether having one or more key research interests is better (depths versus breadth). While there is no right answer, flexibility and agility is key to getting research funding, as the interest of funders waxes and wanes and it’s good to have more than one area of interest so that you can pivot towards the funding as it presents itself. 

 

Career success is not as important as personal success, but it is great to have both!

Career talk with David Weinberg

Balancing the demands of professional success with family is a huge challenge. I have been fortunate to be married to the same, very professionally successful person for more than 30 years. Both of us have made professional sacrifices, but would not have changed anything. I am happy to share some of the things we have learned along the way.

 

It’s important to plan but also be prepared for some randomness 

Career talk with Karen Steindorf

I have spent a considerable amount of my research life at the DKFZ, starting from being a PhD and (so far) ending up as Division Head. Nevertheless, there were times abroad, in pharmaceutical industry, with alternative job offers, with raising kids, and with double- and single-career challenges. I am happy to share with you any experience that might be of interest.
 

 

Wednesday, October 30 at 8:30 am 

Meeting Point at the reception in the DKFZ Communication Center

Your career might not be what you had expected, be prepared to be flexible

Career talk with Monique Roobol

My initial training was not in statistics, epidemiology, even more remarkable perhaps, it was not in medicine. Despite that I am now a Professor in Decision Making at Erasmus Medical Centre. I am happy to share my career pathway with ups and downs and hopefully convince you that in the end you will end up in a work environment which was meant to be!

Advancing cancer prevention in the clinic and community

Career talk with Ernest Hawk

As a physician and scientist, I have spent considerable efforts in in advancing cancer prevention in clinic and community in the US. I will be glad to share my experiences and discuss your ideas, reflecting also differences in cancer center structures, sociocultural environments, and health care systems

 

Always looking to adapt

 

Career talk with Rama Khokha

Scientific carriers become exciting, yet also more stressful, due to continuous evolution of where our scientific discoveries take us, combined with the expected demonstrations of our personal growth. My experiences early on laid key foundations where managing international training opportunities with life-work balance was extremely challenging yet provided long-term aspirations for scientific innovation and to ask bold questions unhindered. Interestingly, this learning experience was while I was in Heidelberg.