M.D. Anderson tops 2007 list

M.D. Anderson tops 2007 list Courtesy of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center By Andrea Gawrylewski ARTICLE EXTRAS Feature: Best Places to Work 2007 Top 40 North American institutions Top 15 North American institutions Interactive map of results M.D. Anderson tops 2007 list UBC is Canada's front-runner Industry postdocs make the grade Assessing the postdoc experience Most important factors Least important factors After hopping ar

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By Andrea Gawrylewski

Feature: Best Places to Work 2007

Top 40 North American institutions

Top 15 North American institutions

Interactive map of results

M.D. Anderson tops 2007 list

UBC is Canada's front-runner

Industry postdocs make the grade

Assessing the postdoc experience

Most important factors

Least important factors

After hopping around the top 15 for the past several years, and even dropping to number 29 last year, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has worked itself to the top of this year's Best Places to Work for postdocs. It's the right combination of respect from the faculty, top-notch facilities, and good working benefits that keep postdocs happy. "I'm not treated as the most senior graduate student who's just doing grunt work," says postdoc Tracy Costello, a statistician working with geneticists and epidemiologists. "I'm treated more like junior faculty, someone who has a brain in their head and is headed to independent ...

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