February 17, 2020

ASPIRE EVENTS OF THE FORTNIGHT

CV/Resume Drop-In Clinic Wednesdays • 12:30-1:30pm (drop in anytime within the hour!) • Light Hall 340

ASPIRE Job Search Series for PhD Students and Postdoctoral Fellows: Behavioral Interviewing

Wednesday, February 19 • 2:00pm • Light Hall 419Featuring Kim Petrie, PhD, Assistant Dean for Biomedical Career Development, ASPIRE Program

PhD & Master's Virtual Career ExpoFebruary 26

ASPIRE Cafe for Postdoctoral Fellows: A Fair Look: How to Review a PaperWednesday, February 26 • 2:00pm • Light Hall 419

Featuring Kathy Gould, PhD, Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The ASPIRE Program has a current internshipoffering available with the Health ResearchAlliance. See Internship Corner below for moredetails.

Interested in clinical research and/or regulatoryaffairs or medical writing? A clinical researchorganization called Medpace in Cincinnati, OH willbe in Nashville, hosting a recruiting nextWednesday, February 19.

On February 26, the Graduate Career Consortium-sponsored Virtual Career Expo is anopportunity for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to interact with employers online vialive-chat sessions. Learn more here.

The Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC) at UT Southwestern is pleased to inviteoutstanding senior graduate students or early-stage postdocs to apply for the Cancer ResearchPostdoctoral Recruitment Event taking place on May 6–8, 2020. 

INTERNSHIP CORNER

The ASPIRE Program provides unique opportunitiesdesigned for Vanderbilt PhD graduate students andpostdoctoral fellows through the ASPIRE InternshipProgram.

Currently open:

ASPIRE Internship: Health ResearchAlliance (HRA) – Coordinator forBiomedical Nonprofits’ ProfessionalMeetingDeadline: Thursday, February 27, 2020

Want to learn more about this internship? AlumnaHeather McCartney details her experience in aprevious Results & Discussion newsletter.

Learn more about eligibility and requirements -- which include a mandatory meeting with Ashley Brady -- on ourinternship page.

UPCOMING ASPIRE EVENTS

CV/Resume Drop-In Clinic Wednesdays12:30-1:30pm (drop in anytime within the hour!)Light Hall 340

ASPIRE Job Search Series for PhD Studentsand Postdoctoral Fellows: BehavioralInterviewingWednesday, February 192:00pmLight Hall 419Featuring Kim Petrie, PhD, Assistant Dean forBiomedical Career Development, ASPIRE Program

PhD & Master's Virtual Career ExpoFebruary 26

ASPIRE Cafe for Postdoctoral Fellows: AFair Look: How to Review a PaperWednesday, February 262:00pmLight Hall 419Featuring Kathy Gould, PhD, Associate Dean forBiomedical Sciences

PhD Career Stories: Rachel SkeltonDirector, Business Development, PharmaPartnerships, Leica BiosystemsWednesday, March 411:00amLight Hall 214Registration requested.

ASPIRE Bistro for Grad Students: Building Your BiosketchWednesday, March 42:00pmLight Hall 419Featuring Ashley Brady, Assistant Dean of Biomedical Career Engagement and StrategicPartnerships

ASPIRE Cafe for Postdoctoral Fellows: Developing Your Mentoring StyleWednesday, March 112:00pmLight Hall 419Featuring Kathy Gould, PhD, Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences 

McKinsey Employer Info SessionSponsored by the Office of Career Development ASPIRE ProgramThursday, March 1210:30-11:30amLight Hall 208Registration requested.

ASPIRE Bistro for Grad Students: The Next Step: Applying for a Postdoc or Your Post-Grad JobWednesday, April 12:00pm

Light Hall 419Featuring Kathy Gould, PhD, Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences 

ASPIRE Cafe for Postdoctoral Fellows: Exploring and Preparing for Faculty CareersWednesday, April 82:00pmLight Hall 419Featuring Kathy Gould, PhD, Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences

ASPIRE Job Search Series: Writing a Better Cover LetterWednesday, April 152:00pmLight Hall 419 Featuring Kate Stuart, Assistant Director, ASPIRE Program

Workshops for Postdocs with Carl Cohen"Difficult Conversations and Interactions in the Research Workplace: Fundamentals ofNegotiation" + "Leading Scientific Team and Project Meetings"Wednesday, April 29More details to come. To be the first to hear about this event, complete the registration notificationfound on this page.

OTHER EVENTS

Writers' Accountability GroupSponsored by Center for Student WellbeingFeb 18, March 10, April 7Learn more here.

Exploring Career Diversity: Finding Satisfying Work Outside theAcademySponsored by the Women in the Academy SeriesTuesday, February 18

Lunch & Learn: Making Data Science ReproducibleSponsored by the Data Science Institute Spring Workshop SeriesTuesday, February 18

Medpace Recruiting EventWednesday, February 19

The Language of Effective Data CommentariesELC Academic Writing WorkshopFriday, February 21

These workshops cover writing topics especially relevant to internationalstudents and scholars. Reserve your space through the above link.

Developing a Written Diversity StatementSponsored by the Vanderbilt Center for TeachingFriday, February 21Open to Graduate Students and Postdocs

Editing and Responding to Feedback on Your WritingELC Academic Writing WorkshopFriday, February 28These workshops cover writing topics especially relevant to internationalstudents and scholars. Reserve your space through the above link.

Implementing an Authorship AgreementSponsored by Edge for ScholarsThursday, March 5Learn more and reserve your space.

Data Science in Practice: Exploratory Software Development:Creating Real Software in JupyterSponsored by the Data Science Institute Spring Workshop SeriesMarch 24

Exploring Career Diversity: Finding Satisfying Work Outside theAcademySponsored by the Women in the Academy SeriesFebruary 18

14th Annual Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association SymposiumApril 23

DEADLINES

Neuroscience Scholars ProgramApplicationThe Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP) isan extensive two-year training program opento underrepresented neuroscience graduatestudents and postdoctoral fellows.Deadline: February 19

CASE InternshipThe CASE Advancement Internship Program is an eight-week summer internship designed withthe goal to increase the number of diverse professionals in educational advancement.Deadline: February 21

California Science + Technology + Policy FellowshipsThe CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellows program is seeking PhD scientists and engineersfor a year of public service and government leadership training in the California StateLegislature and California State Agencies.Deadline: March 1

Rita Allen Foundation LOIRAF is requested letters of inquiry proposing highly innovative work related to the field of civicscience, which seeks to promote broad engagement with science and evidence to help informsolutions to society’s most pressing problems. Deadline: March 6

SEE-Diversity Success WorkshopAnnouncing a new mentoring and career-enhancement program, SEE-Diversity (Scholarshipsto Enhance and Empower Diversity) to Success, for diverse early-career neuroscientists. Theprogram begins with an intensive workshop to be held at the Marine Biological Laboratories(MBL) on June 11-17, 2020, to be followed with 4-8 months of individual career-developmentcoaching.Deadline: March 6

Biogen Postdoctoral Fellowship in Medical AffairsApplications due: March 31

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

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If you would like to advertise an open job or postdoc position in the BRET Office of Career Developmentnewsletter, please post the opportunity through our webform or contact Kate Stuart. We welcomesubmissions from faculty, alumni, postdocs, students, and the community.

Local Opportunities

Incyte Research Scholars Program, Oncology,Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville,TN

Postdoctoral Fellow, Zinkel Lab, Department ofMedicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center,Nashville, TN Research Professor, Personalized StructuralBiology, Center for Structural Biology,Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Director, Data Content, BioCentury, remote/US(Nashville-based contacts) Senior Analyst, Data Content, BioCentury,remote/US (Nashville-based contacts) Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Cardiovascularand Renal Research, University of TennesseeHealth Science Center, Memphis, TN

Other Opportunities

Postdoctoral Training, Structural Biology andBiochemistry of Gene Regulation, UTSouthwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiovascular and KidneyDiseases, University of Iowa, IA 

Assistant or Associate Professor PancreaticCancer Research, Department of CancerBiology, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

Tenure Track Neuroscientist, Department ofPathology and Laboratory Medicine, TempleUniversity, Philadelphia, PA Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, The Centerfor Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience(CMBN), Rutgers University, Newark, NJ Director for Experiential ProfessionalDevelopment, University of North Carolina atChapel Hill, NC Mychoice Program Manager Position,University of Chicago Biological SciencesDivision, Chicago, IL Executive Director, Innovative GenomicsInstitute, University of California Berkeley, CA Communications Officer, The Heising-SimonsFoundation, Los Altos, CA Science Writer, Hudson Alpha Institute forBiotechnology, Birmingham, AL Associate Program Officer, Lab X, The NationalAcademies of Sciences, Engineering, andMedicine, Washington, DC

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