Networking for Early Career Investigators: Tips from a Recovering Neuro-physiologist

22 Mar Networking for Early Career Investigators: Tips from a Recovering Neuro-physiologist

Making professional connections is a crucial part of growing your research career. Networking can open doors, expand your horizons, and lead to rewarding and productive relationships, but it can also be an intimidating and confusing process. While it may seem like it takes a charming personality and unlimited confidence to make career-boosting connections, becoming better and more comfortable with networking is really all about one thing: practice.

Offered in partnership through ITHS and the Seattle Children’s Research Institute, this networking event combines helpful instruction with an opportunity to practice making connections. Following a presentation on practical networking advice from Judy Lytle, PhD (“Networking Tips from a Recovering Neuro-physiologist”), you will use your newly acquired skills to network with peers and faculty members through a combination of structured exercises and relaxed mingling. This interactive event will help you gain confidence in your networking abilities as you make real-world connections in a comfortable and friendly setting.

By the end of this event, you will:

• Gain practical and helpful networking tips
• Make connections with peers and senior faculty
• Have the confidence you need to approach any networking opportunity
• Have new connections that may boost your career in research and translational science

About the Speaker

Judy Lytle received her PhD in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience from Georgetown University Medical Center. She has managed a $25M translational research portfolio in Warfighter Health, and a $28M basic and applied research portfolio that included programs in global health, concussion, and neuro-degeneration with the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. In her current role as the Director of Business Development for the Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Judy is responsible for identifying new opportunities for PNRI scientific staff, pursuing translational science and technology transition activities, developing strategic partnerships, and managing intellectual property.

Event Materials