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Preparing future professionals by enhancing workforce readiness

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A new course aims to help combat the absence of sufficient workforce preparedness for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

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N.L.V. created the course described and acts as its director/instructor.

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  1. Heather L. Norman-Burgdolf is in the Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA,

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  2. Nathan L. Vanderford is at the Markey Cancer Center and Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.,

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