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Advancement Programs
Nurturing research leaders across the disciplines in health and medical science is a strategic priority for the academy.
Whether you’re an early or mid-career researcher, the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences provides a number of health and medical researcher programs that could help you move forward in your career.
Life as a Clinician-Scientist events
Our Life as a Clinician-Scientist (LACS) events provide unique opportunities for medical and clinical students as well as junior doctors, trainees and early career researchers to connect, network and become inspired. These events encourage and foster the pursuit of research and clinical careers in combination with practical, helpful workshops to help you develop the right skills to succeed.
Inclusive Leadership Mentoring Program
The Inclusive Leadership Mentoring Program is a cross-organisational program that connects mentees with mentors from different workplaces across the health and medical research ecosystem. The program supports the career progression of mid-career women in health and medical research while developing the inclusive leadership capabilities of senior sector leaders.
Mentorship for Advancing Research Leaders
If you’re looking to advance your career in medical or health research, our mentorship program may be right for you. Our experienced Fellows are paired with rising stars in scientific research as mentors. Part of the mentorship relationship is to provide independent advice and experienced guidance to help support the development of your career as well as leadership advancement opportunities and succession planning.
Career advancement
How can our programs help you?
Our programs offer outstanding researchers from all relevant disciplines the opportunity to network, learn and develop their careers.
Designed to support and attract diverse candidates throughout Australia and across a range of disciplines and at varying stages of their career, participants need not be Fellows of the Academy.
All of our programs offer researchers the opportunity to benefit from high-quality mentorship and networking with Academy Fellows.
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