Professional Resources

Administrative Coordination

• Postdoctoral Onboarding
• VU Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
• Vanderbilt Integrated Training Alliance

Career Development

• BRET Office of Career Development ASPIRE Program
  • ASPIRE Postdoctoral Café Professional Development Series
  • VU BRET ASPIRE twitter
  • VU BRET ASPIRE Job Feed
  • Vanderbilt Program in Molecular Medicine
• VU Individual Development Plan/IDP
• Funding
  • SPIN Database for Funding
  • Johns Hopkins Grant Database (for US citizens and international scholars)
  • VU Limited Submission Opportunities
  • VUMC Limited Submission Opportunities
• Center for Teaching
  • Certificate in College Teaching
• Writing Studio
• The Wond’ry: Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center
• Postdoc Academy

Other Professional Support

• BRET Responsible Conduct of Research/RCR
• Biomedical Seminar Series Calendar
• Poster Printing 
• The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries (including programming workshops)
• National Postdoctoral Association
• FAQs

Health & Wellness

Counseling

• Work-Life Connections: Postdoc Wellness Program
• Academic Life Coach

Wellness

• Vanderbilt Recreation & Wellness Center
• Athletics Tickets
• Child and Family Center
• Work-life Workshops
• Parenting Group
• Women in the Academy Seminar Series
• Lactation Room Locations (University Campus)
• Lactation Room Locations (Medical Center Campus)

Urgent Concerns

• Crisis Contacts
• SHARE (Sexual Harassment: Awareness, Response, and Education) Center
• Project Safe Center for Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response

Campus Services

Vanderbilt University Services

• Leave and Time Off Policies
• VU Human Resources
• International Postdoc Support
  • VU: International Student & Scholar Services (F and J visas)
  • VU: Office of Immigration Services (H1B visas)
  • VU: International Tax Office
• Equal Opportunity and Access
• Title IX office for sexual misconduct and discrimination

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Services

• Leave and Time Off Policies
• VUMC Human Resources
• International Postdoc Support
  • VUMC: Global Support Services (H1B visas)
  • VUMC: International Tax Office
• VUMC Employee and Labor Relations, Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, Disability (EAD)

Community Connections

Identity-focused Communities

• Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
• Inclusive Excellence Office of the Provost
• LGBTQI Office 
• Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center 
• Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center
• Vanderbilt University Women in Science & Engineering

Skill-Development-Focused Communities

• Vanderbilt Postdoc Association
• Collaborative for STEM Education and Outreach (formally Center for Science Outreach)
• Life Science Tennessee
• Consulting Club
• Vanderbilt Toastmasters

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