{"id":10,"date":"2015-02-24T09:56:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T14:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2020-05-29T20:25:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T00:25:18","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics --><span>BU\u2019s BEST began in 2014, view the summary of BU\u2019s BEST at:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2019\/06\/The-BEST-Five-Years_Summary.pdf\">The BEST Five Years<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=UA-117784070-2\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\r\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\r\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\r\n  gtag('js', new Date());\r\n\r\n  gtag('config', 'UA-117784070-2');\r\n<\/script><br \/>\nAs one of only 17 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nihbest.org\/\">Broadening Experience in Scientific Training (BEST)<\/a> <\/span>schools chosen by the National Institutes of Health, Boston University is enhancing biomedical career development curricula for Ph.D. and postdoctoral trainees in a way that explores careers both inside and outside standard academic research. We do things a bit outside the box here.<\/p>\n<p>At Boston University, our curriculum is informed by market needs. We work closely with industry partners to align our course of study with actual industry demands, ensuring you\u2019re trained for both jobs that are open now and future careers that might not even exist today.<\/p>\n<p>BU\u2019s BEST program is open to all biomedical graduate and postdoctoral trainees at Boston University and we invite you to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/start-finding-your-perfect-path\/\">start finding your perfect path<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in BU\u2019s BEST program.<\/p>\n<p>We want to know what you know now and what you wished you had learned as a student. Already in your career?\u00a0<span>Contact <a href=\"mailto:gmssa@bu.edu\">gmssa@bu.edu<\/a><\/span>,<span>\u00a0if you\u2019re interested in serving on an<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/about\/partners\/\">Advisory committee<\/a>,\u00a0<span>connecting with current trainees, or sharing industry experiences, stories, or tips for success with tomorrow\u2019s leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">What is BU&#8217;s BEST like for current trainees at BU? \u00a0Check out <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nihbest.org\/for-faculty-administrators\/best-leads-phd-postdoc-success\/erin-bove-fenderson\/\">Erin Bove-Fenderson&#8217;s essay on NIHBEST.org<\/a>!<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BU\u2019s BEST began in 2014, view the summary of BU\u2019s BEST at:\u00a0The BEST Five Years As one of only 17 Broadening Experience in Scientific Training (BEST) schools chosen by the National Institutes of Health, Boston University is enhancing biomedical career development curricula for Ph.D. and postdoctoral trainees in a way that explores careers both inside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9998,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9998"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4646,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/4646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}