The EMTRAIN PhD Workshops
Introduction:
In total 135 students from 17 companies, 56 universities and 22 different countries have attended the five EMTRAIN Public-Private Partner (PPP) PhD workshops and most are members of the social network. The feedback from the participants has proven that the workshops were extremely successful in producing a cohort of industry-aware PhD students. The background has been published: It pays to promote joint PhD programmes between academia and the private sector. Journal of Medicines Development Sciences, vol.1 (2): 37–40. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294109604_It_pays_to_promote_joint_PhD_programmes_between_academia_and_the_private_sector
The workshop objectives were:
1.To create a forum for PPP PhD-students where they meet, share experience and connect as a step towards growing into their role as industry-aware scientists.
2.To create a network of PPP PhD students.
3.To enhance the connection between industry and academia.
4.To increase drug industry awareness in PhD students.
The following is a repository of the workshop programmes and we hope that others will “steal with pride” when they are designing workshops.
2016 PhD Workshop: Innovative approaches to address unmet needs in common and rare diseases
Host/ Location: 24-27 April 2016, Bayer, Berlin, Germany
2015 PhD Workshop: Translational medicine
Host/Location: 26-29 April 2015, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Beerse, Belgium
2014 PhD Workshop: The role of discovery in the field of drug development
Host/Location: 11-14 May, UCB, Brussels, Belgium
2013 PhD Workshop: Interaction with academia, SME, and activities in emerging countries
Host/Location: 14-17 April 2013, Glaxo SmithKline, Stevenage, UK
2012 PhD Workshop: Importance of multidisciplinary research for drug discovery and development
Host/Location: 23-26 February 2012, AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, Manchester, UK
Milestone No. |
Milestone name |
WPs involved |
Expected delivery date 1.10.2009 |
Means of verification |
1 |
Development of mapping and gap analysis methodology |
WP3 | M12 | report |
2 |
Initial survey on existing training programme and tools |
WP 5-6-7-8 | M12 | report |
3 |
Communication platform for T14, among the other IMI topics |
WP9 | M12 | homepage |
4 |
Action plan for common training methodologies and tools |
WP8 | M18 | report |
5 |
Action plan for common training methodologies and tools |
WP4 | M24 | report |
6 |
Criteria for harmonisation of developed E&T programmes in IMI |
WP4 | M36 | report |
7 | Strategic report | WP2 | M12 (yearly strategic reports) | report |
8 |
Online catalogue providing a syllabus for pan-European educational programmes in drug development |
WP9 (in collaboration with WP5-7) |
M36 | homepage |
9 |
National implementation and extension of programmes where feasible |
WP2/WP4 | M84 |
report |
- The Steering Committee presides over the Strategic Coordination Board, decides on and implements recommendations made by the Strategic Coordination Board. The Strategic Coordination Board will provide mutual interactions with the other educational topics of the IMI JU.
- The Managing Coordination Board will liaise via the Project Office with the Steering Committee.
- Operational management of the Steering Committee shall be provided via the Project Office, which is located at the Medizinische Universitaet Wien.
- The Project Office will coordinate the activities of work packages through direct interaction with WP Leaders, oversee progress and track timely release of deliverables in work packages.
- The External Advisory Board will serve as advisor to the Steering Committee. Representatives will be invited by the Coordinator. Meetings shall be held at least annually.
- The Network Committee will serve as advisor to the Steering Committee. Representatives will be invited by the Coordinator. Meetings shall be held at least annually.
- The Project Office will serve as interface for national liaison offices.
- The Managing Coordination Board will oversee progress and provide interaction between work packages.
- Interface on Work Package level (WP2-5 and 7-9) between WP Leaders of all E&T IMI Topics.
New on-course® article published
New EMTRAIN article has been published
Article about Continuing Professional Development published
The article "Teaching in a Continual Professionally Developing World", written by Shirley Price and Wolf See, who represents Bayer in the EMTRAIN consortium, is published in the recent edition of the nexus Newsletter 3/2012 of the German Rectors' Conference.
Course quality criteria published
Most recent publication on PhD programmes
The article "Introduction to the Danish Industrial PhD Programme - structure, implementation and effects" has been published recently.
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Call for application
Course on Translational Research and Medicine Development: The C-COMEND Course is a course consisting of an introductory e-learning (~24 hours student investment time) followed by a 5-day face-to-face workshop. The course is intended for PhD students in the second half of their PhD and early postdocs who are involved in translational research. The course will empower participants to make a difference in translational medicine through inspiration and awareness.
Dates
E-learning course July – September 2017 (total 24 hours)
Face-to-face course 9th- 13th October 2017
Location
The course will be hosted in Berlin, by the Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapy (BCRT), an alliance between the Charité and the Helmholtz Association.
Registration (now open)
Apply today to participate (deadline June 1st, 2017): https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/c_comend/overview/
EMTRAIN - official project end September 30
The EMTRAIN project has ended on September 30 2016.
We would like to thank you all for the great collaboration during the past seven years.
EMBL agreed to support a second Lifelong learning workshop 2017
Save the date for the second Lifelong learning Workshop 05.-07. December 2017. More information will follow!
Publication of all EMBL Lifelong Learning Conference contributions out now
30.08.2016 - Speaker and poster abstracts published in the journal Intrinsic Activity
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