[IEEE-bhpjobs] (Fwd) Archive msg Sept. 5, 2003

[Esther L.]

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IEEE Biotech/Health/Pharma JHC meeting summary from Aug. 25, 2003


On August 25th, David Montgomery gave a presentation about what 
worked
for him in his job search. He was unemployed for 6 months, and landed a
job as IT Director at Cato Research, a Contract Research Organization.
The resume-writing service that David Montgomery used is Karen 
McMahan
at  kemcmahan at aol.com and www.do-it-write.com. The phone number he 
has
for her is 919-806-4690.

The weekly guide to biotech-related events that David mentioned is in
the  attached file, aug25_bhp_rtptv.txt



News:
- the FDA released the final guidance on 21 CFR Part 11 on Sept. 3rd.
Available at http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/5667fnl.htm - FDA released
5 new draft guidances about current GMP under their "Pharmaceutical
cGMPs for the 21st Century: A Risk-Based Approach" initiative on Sept.
3rd. Documents available at http://www.fda.gov/cder/gmp/index.htm 

- The IEEE Career Navigator website is http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/.
There is also an Employment and Career Strategies Forum at
http://www.ieeecommunities.org/ 

- free online seminars about FDA regulatory topics at 
http://nugenesis.com/pages/events/online_events.html



Upcoming meetings:

Sept. 9, IEEE PDI resumes, "Mentoring 101". Open to all - 
http://www.southeastcon.com/pdi/

Sept. 10, NCPMI Pharma Local Interest Group, 5:30pm. Topic: 
Bioinformatics.  RSVP to bruce.falcon at dsm.com by noon Sept 9th in 
order
to attend.

Sept. 16 ASQ monthly meeting.  http://rtpnet.org/~asq/programs.html How
Organizational Culture Effects Project Management

Sept. 18, NCRAF monthly meeting, 5:30pm.  Topic:  MDUFMA (Medical 
Device User Fee and Modernization Act).    www.ncraf.org

Sept. 19, ISPE quarterly meeting, 9am - 4pm. Topic: Clinical Trials
Materials. http://www.ispe.org/carolina-southatlantic/

Sept. 22, Montly meeting of IEEE BHP JHC, 6:30pm. Speaker TBD.

Sept. 23, PDA southeast quarterly meeting @ NCSU McKimmon Center. 
Topics: CAPA and GMP. http://www.pdase.org/events.html

Sept. 24, free IBM seminar on their Clinical Development software,
8:30am. http://www.ibm.com/solutions/LSevents2

Sept. 25, NCPMI monthly meeting. Topic: Do you add value? 
http://www.ncpmi.org/meeting/sep.htm

Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, NC Quality Conference.  
http://continuingeducation.ncsu.edu/QualityConf2003.html

Oct. 3-4 Triangle Information Systems Quality Association weekend 
seminar, Software Testing Made Less Chaotic.  See http://www.tisqa.org/
for information.

Oct. 13, Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) meeting,
Topic: 21 CFR Part 11.  http://www.acrpnet.org/chapters/rtpk/index.html

Oct. 14, IEEE PDI, Management Skills for New Supervisors, 
http://www.southeastcon.com/pdi/

Oct. 16, NCRAF monthly meeting, 5:30pm.  Topic:  IRB Roles and 
Responsibilities   www.ncraf.org

Oct. 16, NCPMI Annual Event (all day)  http://www.thotwave.com/ncpmi/

Oct. 21 NCCSQA quarterly meeting.  Topic:  GCP, GLP, and GMP. 
http://www.nccsqa.org/

Oct. 25, ACRP Fall Conference, Topic: Risk Management and Resolve in
Clinical Research. 8am - 4:30pm. http://www.acrpnet.org/chapters/rtpk/

Oct. 27, Montly meeting of IEEE BHP JHC, 6:30pm. Expect to have 
someone
from Bayer speak about their Software Development Life Cycle, but not
confirmed yet.

Nov. 4, IEEE PDI, Risk Management, http://www.southeastcon.com/pdi/




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