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To teach well while minimizing pain, take a scholarly approach, make your expectations clear, and focus on measures with a high rate of return.

Institutional service may be an annoyance and a distraction, but not doing your share can hurt your career.

Year-out programs and research time within the medical school curriculum offer students a taste of research.

Small chunks of dedicated time can help relieve the stress endemic in scientific lives.

Crossing the bridge between clinical training and a research career requires careful, early, strategic thinking.

Some of the things you hear during the job search are about as silly as a bad pickup line.

A collection of career resources for clinical
and translational scientists and trainees.

There are restrictions and limitations on doing for-profit science, but there are also many advantages to joining industry.

The defense industry offers opportunities for scientists and engineers that go beyond designing weapons and aircraft.

Scientists working in pharma say the industry is among the most direct ways to improve human health.

Ruth Ley and Lars Angenent found that two-scientist couples don't have to compromise on independent research careers--but the path isn't always easy.

When dressing for a job interview, it pays to cultivate conformity--and attention to detail--instead of individuality.

If you're not a natural-born communicator, you can still communicate effectively by learning a few key points.

Some senior faculty members continue to be productive, whereas others become deadwood or just meander along.

Staying engaged, motivated, and productive for the decades that stretch beyond tenure can be challenging.

Tenured scientists tell stories about how they managed to restart their research careers.

As NSF prepares to help Professional Science Master's programs multiply, employment prospects for graduates of these programs look strong, even in a weak economy.

Biotech and pharma companies are stepping up their product-manufacturing facilities--and looking for excellent problem solvers to run them.

A successful start to your new laboratory requires careful planning, firm but fair negotiating, and wise spending decisions.

To get tenure, you need to show that you, not a group that frequently includes you, deserve promotion.