Daring to Lead: Women’s Pathways in Higher Education
Mar. 13, 2025—The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s monthly Women in the Academy series announces: Daring to Lead: Women’s Pathways in Higher Education Melissa Gresalfi, Ph.D., Dean of Residential Colleges and Residential Education and Dean of the Martha Rivers Ingram Commons Jeremi London, Ph.D., Associate Provost for Academic Opportunity Jill Stratton, Ph.D., Assistant Provost for Academic Support and Community Engagement...
Poster Submissions Now Open for VICTR Research and Resource Fair! April 17th (Virtual presentation April 8)
Mar. 6, 2025—The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) is excited to host our first-ever Research and Resource Fair on Thursday, April 17. If you would like to participate in the poster session, please submit your topic by March 21: HERE. Please see the flyer attached for additional details. We look forward to seeing you...
Vandy GPS hosts: VU alumni in biotech, manufacturing, R&D and STEM, March 13, 10:00am, via zoom
Mar. 6, 2025—Attend via zoom here: https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/j/92825102919?pwd=RE6G7Megz6vq4W9aBSXGWrWvAwUor4.1
PhD Career Stories: Careers in Nonprofit Organizations
Mar. 6, 2025—PhD Career Stories: Careers in Nonprofit organizations with Rachel Fischer and Roslin Thoppil Rachel Fischer, PhD, Project Manager, Foundation for the NIH Roslin Thoppil, PhD, Senior Scientific Program Officer, AACR Friday, April 11 10:00am Light Hall 214 Registration kindly requested. Rachel Fischer received a B.S. in Neuroscience from the University of St. Thomas and...
Opportunities with Consulting Firm McKinsey
Feb. 28, 2025—Greetings from McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm where every day we work with clients and colleagues to build capabilities, leadership skills, and better outcomes. As an advanced professional degree candidate, we are keen on getting to know you and sharing more about careers at McKinsey. Advanced Professional Degree (APD) candidates are those...
Postdoctoral funding opportunity – NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (K99/R00)
Feb. 28, 2025—Note: this is a limited submission opportunity that requires nomination through VU or VUMC. See the Infoready for details. Internal deadline is March 25, 2025. Summer 2025 NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (K99/R00) To help postdoctoral researchers complete needed, mentored development and transition in a timely manner to independent tenure-track (or...
Understanding the media: A starter guide for scientists
Feb. 28, 2025—Understanding the media: A starter guide for scientists A free training opportunity from SciLine, based at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 3-4 P.M. ET SciLine has facilitated thousands of interactions between scientists and journalists, always with the goal of adding research-backed evidence and context to news stories. We...
Weill Institute Emerging Scholars Symposium
Feb. 26, 2025—The Weill Institute Emerging Scholars Symposium on Monday, October 13, is open to senior Ph.D. students and postdocs in cell and molecular biology and related disciplines. Apply by April 14, 2025 for a chance to: Network with students, postdocs, and faculty, and learn about career opportunities at Cornell University Attend the Weill Institute Symposium on...
PhD Career Stories panel – Regulatory Affairs
Feb. 25, 2025—Join us Wednesday, March 5, 10am in Light Hall 208 to hear about the career journey of Dr. Kelly Gordon and Dr. John Brogan. PhD Career Stories: Regulatory Affairs Wednesday, March 5 10:00am Light Hall 208 Registration requested. J.T. Brogan Ph.D., R.A.C., is a regulatory affairs and biopharmaceutical professional with a background spanning scientific research,...
2025-2026 Young Researcher Innovation Grants (YRIG)
Feb. 24, 2025—Deadline: February 28, 2025 URL: https://cmtrf.org/young-researchers-innovation-grant/ Description: YRIG Predoctoral Grants are intended to support promising predoctoral fellows in the conduct of research projects aimed at testing new and innovative ideas that will expand or advance drug development for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. Awards will be prioritized to applicants that propose research projects with strong scientific merit...
VU Women in STEM Symposium sponsored by VUWise
Feb. 24, 2025—VU-WiSE is proud to present their 4th annual Women in STEM Panel and Symposium! The event will feature a panel discussion/Q&A with STEM professionals, including the DSI’s own Charreau Bell! Also included: Professional development workshops A networking/organization fair Professional headshots Free food! The event is open to undergraduates, graduate students, post docs, faculty, and staff.
ASPIRE’s Curated Career Resources: Medical Writing and Communication
Feb. 21, 2025—If you are interested in a career in writing or communications, having a portfolio of writing samples (in addition to your peer-reviewed journal articles) will be important, as will being able to showcase other ways you’ve been involved or gained experience. Take a look to see if any of these ideas might be helpful to...
VSPG General Body Meeting: Feb 26
Feb. 20, 2025— Join the Vanderbilt Science Policy Group for a General Body Meeting on Wednesday, February 26, 5:00-6:00pm in Light Hall 437.
Decoding Your Story: Networking and Interviewing Success
Feb. 17, 2025— Interested in developing your networking and interviewing skills? Join us for StoryMason, a card game designed to help students learn how to engage people, gain confidence in telling your story and navigating professional conversations. Enjoy drinks and food at the pub while playing a card came to help you improve your interviewing skills! Rand...
ASPIRE Up: Telling Your Story – Preparing for Your Interview
Feb. 17, 2025—Thursday, March 6 1:00-3:00pm Virtual (Zoom link provided at registration) ASPIRE once again will be hosting Lauren Celano, CEO and Co-founder of Propel Careers for a virtual webinar! This interactive webinar is focused on providing advice to help you tell your story so that you can effectively engage with your interviewer and convey your experiences, skills,...
New Nashville meet-up for women in tech founded by an alum: I.T. Girls: First meeting, March 19 at 5:30pm
Feb. 14, 2025—Are you Interested in getting more involved with the local tech scene? A new meet-up for women in tech is just getting started called I.T. Girls and it is founded by one of our biomedical Vanderbilt alums. Their first meetup will celebrate women’s history month by talking about the impact of women on tech. Wednesday,...
ASPIRE’s Curated Career Resources: Data Science, AI and Programming Resources
Feb. 14, 2025—Professional Societies/Organizations: Greater Nashville Technology Council: https://technologycouncil.com/ SciPy – get involved with the Python community (https://scipy.org/community/) and check out their annual conference (https://conference.scipy.org/) Twitter/X: @SciPy_team and @SciPyConf Campus Resources: Vanderbilt Data Science Institute: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/datascience/ Seminars series and workshops Join mailing list to stay informed: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepIvOvAPUJ2UDAUvupDfms3AZwTth4v-T0vcviaA8DpHyo5g/viewform AI Summer (Vanderbilt Data Science Institute and the College...
Open now: Harvard Bacteriology Curriculum Fellow
Feb. 12, 2025—Harvard is hiring a curriculum fellow to support the Graduate Program in Bacteriology with a start date of June 1st. This is a postdoctoral position ideal for recent PhD graduates interested in future teaching intensive faculty positions. The Curriculum Fellow in Microbiology will design, implement, and evaluate aspects of the graduate microbiology curriculum at Harvard,...
TA’s needed for March course
Feb. 12, 2025—Two TAs are needed for the Intro to Translational Research course this March. You must attend the five discussion sessions (schedule attached). You would also other minor duties, including helping with grading. This is a great opportunity to get some teaching experience!! Introduction to Translational Research: IGP 8002-17 This module teaches students core principles involved...
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Vanderbilt Genetics Institute (VGI), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Feb. 6, 2025—The Vanderbilt Genetics Institute (VGI) at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine was established to foster scientific interactions at the clinical, molecular, and analytical levels by providing state-of-the-art resources to Vanderbilt scientists involved in genetic and genomic research. VGI is headed by Professor, Nancy Cox, who is the Mary Phillips Edmonds Gray Professor of Genetics. VGI...