BEST

Dr. Lorena Infante Lara, Ph.D., is the Communications and Social Media Manager for the Division of Basic Sciences at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. In early 2019, she completed her Ph.D. in Biochemistry in the lab of Neil Osheroff at Vanderbilt University. While working on her doctorate, she was selected to participate in the 2017 AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows Program as a Spanish language fellow, and spent the summer writing science articles for lay audiences at Univisión Noticias in Miami. As a science communicator, she has experience writing about science for both scientists and general audiences, presenting to scientific audiences, and editing. Dr. Laura Daniel, PhD, was the Associate Director and Program Manager of the NIH BEST Consortium. She facilitied the interactions between all 17 BEST sites by leading monthly teleconferences, organizing annual meetings, and maintaining the website and blog. Dr. Daniel is now a Staff Scientist in the Department of Rheumatology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she is a productive member of Cecilia Chung's lab. Her research focus is in the area of pharmacoepidemiology. U1224 MRBIII Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

• 1. BU’s BEST: using biomedical workforce data to inform curriculum and influencecareer exploration2. Cornell BEST-keys to successful institutionalization of career and professional development programming3. The Atlanta BEST program: a partnership to enhance professional development and career planning across two dissimilar institutions4. Michigan State University BEST: lessons learned5. New York University Science Training Enhancement Program6. Leadership and management for scientists7. Rutgers University’s interdisciplinary Job Opportunities for Biomedical Scientists (iJOBSs) program: inquire, initiate, implement, instruct 8. The FUTURE partner network: linking graduate students and postdoctoral scholarsto PhD professionals to inform career decisions9. Keys to successful implementation of a professional development program10. The motivating informed decisions (MINDs) program - The University ofCalifornia San Francisco BEST program for career exploration11. MyCHOICE: Chicago Options in Career Empowerment12. Better through BESST!Inge Wefes13. Creating the “new normal”: career development embedded into the Ph.D.curriculum for all trainees14. The career cohort model: benefits to students, programs, and institutions15. Vanderbilt’s ASPIRE program: building on a strong career development foundationto change the Ph.D.-training culture16. VT-BEST: shaping biomedical professional development programming across colleges and campuses17. Across disciplines: multi-phase career preparation for doctoral students