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Post-doc Appreciation Day 2020 goes Virtual
The George Washington University Annual Post Doc Appreciation Day went virtual this year on Sept 25th 2020. Although connecting with others has been difficult, this hugely successful event brought together speakers and post-docs for a one-day event in celebration, appreciation, and education. Post-docs from every George Washington School attended the event from their homes, work offices, and labs throughout the day to share tips to navigate post-doc life and to hear about emerging research topics presented by their expert colleagues.
Deans Paul Wahlbeck from CCAS and John Lach from SEAS welcomed and encouraged the Post-Doc community. Invited speakers included Dr. Joshua Weiss (The Global Negotiation Initiative, Harvard University) “The art of negotiation,” Dr. Colin Young (GW Pharmacology/Physiology) on “How to successfully transition from postdoc to PI,” and Dr. Lauren Ullrich (NINDS, NIH) on “Careers in government and the non-profit sector.” The morning session concluded with a presentation from James Chang (GW Innovation and Entrepreneurship). The highlight of the afternoon session was research talks from 9 post-docs, who spoke on topics ranging from nanoparticle drug delivery to cancer signaling to environmental air pollution inequalities.
Prizes were awarded for the best research talks of the day, and for mentor of the year. Sharon George won first place for her talk “Sexual dimorphism in the roles of p38 MAPK isoforms in Doxorubicin.” Second place went to Gaige Kerr presenting “Impact of coronavirus lockdowns on air pollution: Successes and challenges for environmental inequality in the US,” and third was awarded to Preethi Bala Balakrishanan for her talk “Nanoparticle-based photothermal therapy combined with agonistic immunotherapy: a novel treatment strategy for aPD-1 non-responder in late-stage melanoma.” Finally, Dr. Erik Rodriguez (GW Chemistry) was presented the mentor of the year award, and provided closing remarks, concluding a very successful Post Doc Appreciation Day.
Guest author: Derek Jones, GW Post-Doctoral Scientist
Research Progress in Isolation
As with other trainees around the nation, our Institute for Biomedical Science (IBS) PhD students and postdocs have seen their research progress “paused” in light of the pandemic, but they’ve still been very busy. Our senior students have continued their research remotely, pursuing data analysis, figures and manuscripts, mini-reviews, journal clubs, lab and special interest group meetings, and maybe an added virtual happy hour or two. We have also encouraged our second-year students, once their classes are done, to prepare and defend their grant-style qualifier exams so they are prepared for their dissertation work once we return.
You’re looking for funding!
We are delighted to share that, over the last six months (September 2019 to March 2020) subscribers to GW Research Matters funding alerts have increased by 6% (from 2,467 to 2,631). We continue to provide regular email updates to over 600 investigators on funding opportunities in 25 research areas. ...continue reading "You’re looking for funding!"
New Patient-Centered Research Funding
We are excited to let you know that a new theme -- Patient Centered Research -- has joined the other 24 themes in our Research Matters "push" funding opportunities. You may access the new Patient Centered Research list from here.
We encourage you to go to the Research Matters website to take another look. Go to the Funding Announcements page, and click on any research theme primary list to explore opportunities. ...continue reading "New Patient-Centered Research Funding"
NIH requires all visitors to disclose citizenship
As noted in a Washington Post article today, the NIH is clamping down on security, calling for visitors to disclose their citizenship in order to be issued a visitor badge. Foreign nationals from Iran, Syria, North Korea or Sudan ...continue reading "NIH requires all visitors to disclose citizenship"
Are you getting the research funding information you need?
The research interests of over 560 investigators are shared in the searchable Faculty Research Database, and every one of those investigators is automatically subscribed to get funding alerts in their research areas. ...continue reading "Are you getting the research funding information you need?"
Communicating Your Research Advances
By Anne Banner
It’s an honor to be able to post on this forum about the importance of promoting your work and the resources we offer at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences to do so! ...continue reading "Communicating Your Research Advances"
Learn the Basics of Clinical Research
For those investigators interested in developing expertise in clinical research, the NIH Clinical Center's Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (IPPCR) course trains registrants on how to effectively and safely conduct clinical research. Registration opens October 1, 2018.
...continue reading "Learn the Basics of Clinical Research"
New funding opportunities
New lists were just created to include funding opportunities in each research area. You should have received this by email, and we encourage you to go to the Research Matters website to take another look. Go to the Funding Announcements page, click on a research theme, and click the “Primary Funding List 2018-2019”. ...continue reading "New funding opportunities"
