Campus News
March 9, 2011
Best place to work for postdocs
This year, the readers of The Scientist magazine have ranked Emory University as the 11th best place to work for postdocs in the United States. Among Emory's strengths, respondents cited training and mentoring, and career development.
Emory has previously ranked as high as No. 4, in 2006, in The Scientist's best places to work for postdocs survey.
The ranking was based on responses from 2,881 nontenured life scientists working in academia, industry or noncommercial research institutions. Seventy-six institutions in the United States and 17 international institutions were included.
Emory employs nearly 700 postdoctoral fellows in laboratories in the School of Medicine, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health and Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.
After receiving their PhD degrees, life sciences graduates launch their research careers by working for several years as postdoctoral fellows in the laboratories of established scientists. In addition to engaging in sometimes-grueling laboratory research, many postdocs teach, mentor graduate and undergraduate students and apply for their own funding on a limited basis.
Source: Emory Health Now blog
