Embassy of the United States Ottawa, Canada

Ambassador Jacobson with Princeton University President Dr. Shirley Tilghman.

Princeton University President Dr. Shirley Tilghman engaged Canadian university, government, and non-profit sector leaders in discussions on "Graduate Research for the Workforce of Tomorrow" on October 5th. Dr. Tilghman held a roundtable discussion on the topic followed by a lecture and question and answer session with a larger audience. She co-chairs a National Institutes of Health working group on graduate education and the biomedical workforce and shared many of the findings of the working group's recent report, which fostered a lengthy discussion on how best to meet the research needs of tomorrow while creating a productive career trajectory for recently graduated scientists, a challenge for both Canada and the United States. Dr. Tilghman also met with members of the Canadian Excellence in Research Chairs selection board, which she co-chairs, during her time in Ottawa.