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Educational and professional development of the journal readers and members of the research community in the field of doping R&D is an essential part of The Doping Journal scope. This page therefore is dedicated to alert interested readers about the opportunities on professional/career development and educational programs.

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Doping Journal is seeking an Assistant Editor to join its Editorial Board. The minimum qualification for this no-monies educational part-time remote position is an enrollment in a PhD Program (2+ year) in a relevant area of biomedical research. This is a great opportunity for a talented student to expand his/her interest and play a critical role in the research community away from the bench/class.

As an assistant editor, you would be responsible for the selection of the noteworthy articles published in other journals, oversee editing of accepted manuscripts,  preparing news stories and/or lay summaries, and the subject news mining. The key qualities should be wide scientific interest and the ability to think independently/critically about current biomedical science. The successful candidate should be able to work independently as well as in a team.

The entire editoral communication will be electronic. The amount of work will be flexible arranged to avoid interference with your enrollment in a Graduate Program at your University.

Applications will be held confidentially and will be considered on an ongoing basis. To apply, please email a letter describing your background, interests, and your thoughts (both good and bad) of the Doping Journal and Open Access movement, along with your C.V., to Alexei Koudinov, Editor, at postmaster@dopingjournal.org. Please, no phone/air mail inquiries.

Posted:  January 18, 2005

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Research Assistant Editor 

The Doping Journal is seeking Research Assistant Editors to join its Editorial Board. The minimum qualification for this no-monies educational part-time remote position is an enrollment in a PhD Program (2+ year; or a MS Program enrollment for software development project) in a relevant area of biomedical research, computer/library science and/or publishing/Internet technology. This is a great opportunity for a talented student to expand his/her interest and play a critical role in the research community away from the bench/class.

As a research assistant editor, you would be responsible for the development of the assigned project. The key qualities should be a persuasion in the future of a not-for-profit scientific publishing, and the ability to think independently/critically about current science/theories and publishing system. The successful candidate should be able to work independently as well as in a team.

The entire editoral communication will be electronic. The amount of work and project duration will be flexibly arranged to avoid interference with your enrollment in a Graduate Program at your University. The currently available projects are:

Project 1: Research of Word-to-XML (free or low cost for non-profit use) conversion software, and its development/customization to meet PubMedCentral Journal Publishing DTD. Development of the Microsoft Word Template to integrate/automate the manuscript preparation, submission, publishing, and the article XML conversion.

Project 2: Research of Content Management Software (free or low cost for non-profit use), and its development/customization to meet the needs of a scientific journal publishing.

Project 3: Research of National/International Patents on the subject of the journal scope, and development of the journal page on patents.

Applications will be held confidentially and will be considered on an ongoing basis. To apply, please email a letter describing your background, interests, and your thoughts (both good and bad) of the Doping Journal and Open Access movement, along with your C.V., to Alexei Koudinov, Editor, at postmaster@dopingjournal.org. Please, no phone/air mail inquiries.

Posted:  January 18, 2005

Background reading: [About NoL] [NoL Editorial Board] [Open Access Intro and Links] [PubMedCentral Journal Publishing DTD]

Individual Development Plan for Postdoctoral Fellows
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Leading text: "Individual Development Plans (IDPs) provide a planning process that identifies both professional development needs and career objectives.  Furthermore, IDPs serve as a communication tool between individuals and their mentors.  While IDPs have been incorporated into performance review processes in many organizations, they have been used much less frequently in the mentoring of postdoctoral fellows.  An IDP can be considered one component of a broader mentoring program that needs to be instituted by all types of research institutions..."