Beyond the Lab: Meghana Rao, Consulting
Apr. 9, 2016—In the month of April, the Office of Career Development is featuring a Beyond the Lab video each day of the month, highlighting awesome alumni in the video series. Today we highlight Meghana Rao, PhD, who is a consultant for Campbell Alliance and who was a speaker for the 2015 Annual Career Symposium. Check out the video here! This video...
Beyond the Lab: Nuruddeen Lewis, Drug Discovery
Apr. 8, 2016—In the month of April, the Office of Career Development is featuring a Beyond the Lab video each day of the month, highlighting awesome alumni in the video series. Today we highlight Nuruddeen Lewis, PhD, Scientist, Cellular and Translational Immunology group, EMD Serono. Dr. Lewis spoke at a PhD Career Connections seminar in November, 2014, and we were...
Beyond the Lab: Nikki Cheng, Principal Investigator
Apr. 7, 2016—In the month of April, the Office of Career Development is featuring a Beyond the Lab video each day of the month, highlighting awesome alumni in the video series. Today we highlight Nikki Cheng, PhD, who attended our 2013 Annual Career Symposium as a speaker. Watch the whole video here! This video is supported by a...
Beyond the Lab: Hayes McDonald, Core Facility Management
Apr. 6, 2016—In the month of April, the Office of Career Development is featuring a Beyond the Lab video each day of the month, highlighting awesome alumni in the video series. Today we highlight Hayes McDonald, PhD, co-associate director, MSRC Proteomics Laboratory, here at Vanderbilt. Check out the video here! This video is supported by a BEST award from...
Beyond the Lab: Cynthia Brame, Academic Administration
Apr. 5, 2016—In the month of April, the Office of Career Development is featuring a Beyond the Lab video each day of the month, highlighting awesome alumni in the video series. Today we highlight Cynthia Brame, PhD, currently with Vanderbilt's own Center for Teaching serving as their Assistant Director. She also is an instructor in Biological Sciences. Here...
Event: How To Use Your Research to Change the World
Apr. 5, 2016—M.V. Lee Badgett, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, College of Arts and Science April 12th, 2016 Calhoun Hall Rm 109, 4:10-5:30 pm with reception to follow How To Use Your Research to Change the World M. V. Lee Badgett, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts...
VU’s Institute of Digital Learning offering Fellowships
Apr. 4, 2016—The Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning (VIDL) is pleased to announce the 2016-17 Graduate Fellows Program application is available on our website. This year’s deadline is April 22nd. Graduate Fellows Program: VIDL invites applications for graduate student fellowships for the 2016-2017 academic year. Stipends will be $5,500 per academic year (this is intended to reflect a roughly...
Beyond the Lab: Jeremy Richman, From Pharma to Foundation
Apr. 4, 2016—In the month of April, the Office of Career Development is featuring a Beyond the Lab video each day of the month, highlighting awesome alumni in the video series. Today we highlight Jeremy Richman, a former Vanderbilt postdoctoral fellow and the founder and CEO of the Avielle Foundation. This video is supported by a BEST...
Job Opportunity: SFARI Scientist at the Simons Foundation, New York, NY
Apr. 4, 2016—POSITION SUMMARY SFARI is looking for an additional scientist to help to shape and manage our growing research portfolio, which includes over 200 scientists engaged in investigator-initiated research in autism spanning a wide range including genetics, developmental biology, circuit and systems neuroscience, and clinical studies. The new scientist will also participate in managing a number...
Beyond the Lab: Karissa Culbreath, Medical Genetics
Apr. 3, 2016—In the month of April, the Office of Career Development is featuring a Beyond the Lab video each day of the month, highlighting awesome alumni in the video series. Today we highlight Karissa Culbreath, the Scientific Director at Tricore Laboratories. Dr. Culbreath was a speaker at the 2013 Annual Career Symposium, and she shares her bio...
Beyond the Lab: Kim Dahlman, Shared Resource
Apr. 2, 2016—In the month of April, the Office of Career Development is featuring a Beyond the Lab video each day of the month, highlighting awesome alumni in the video series. Today we highlight Kim Dahlman, PhD, the Director of Innovative Translational Research Shared Resource at the Vanderbilt Ingram-Cancer Center. Dr. Dahlman speaks with the BRET Office of Career Development about...
Beyond the Lab: Seth Ogden, Patent Law
Apr. 1, 2016—In the month of April, the Office of Career Development is featuring a Beyond the Lab video each day of the month, highlighting awesome alumni in the video series. We are starting off the series with the most popular interview of the series. This particular video is with patent attorney, Seth Ogden. Dr. Ogden has since returned to...
Job Opportunity: Health Information Systems Project Manager I, VICTR, VUMC
Mar. 31, 2016—Health Information Systems Project Manager I – VUMC– Job Code: 1602535 (Apply here: https://vanderbilt.taleo.net/careersection/.vu_cs_in/jobdetail.ftl?job=1602535) Description: VICTR provides a broad spectrum of modern data and project management support services for research studies, quality improvement initiatives, and operational projects. Under direct supervision, the Health Information Systems Project Manager I will oversee small projects or phases of larger projects and...
Q-Bio Conference, July 2016
Mar. 25, 2016—We are pleased to open registration and abstract submission for the 10th Annual q-bio Conference to be held at Vanderbilt University. Please consider joining us in Nashville and sending your trainees to this meeting! Specific conference information, abstract submission, and registration can be found http://vu.edu/qbio2016 Submit your abstracts now – there is no fee for abstract...
2016 National Public Health Week is April 4-8
Mar. 25, 2016—The week of April 4-8 is National Public Health Week and for the first time, the Vanderbilt MPH Program is hosting several events to celebrate.
Open to the public on April 11: Project Competition for “Business and Management Principles for Scientists” module
Mar. 25, 2016—Business and Management Principles for Scientists is a pilot short course created with a Career Guidance for Trainees grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. During the module, teams of students and postdocs completed a project based on a business challenge faced by a Vanderbilt research core facility. The teams will be presenting their solution in a final Project Competition on Monday, April 11 from 3:30-5:00 p.m. in 214 Light Hall....
Job Posting: Advanced Analytics, Brookdale Senior Living headquartered in Brentwood, TN
Mar. 23, 2016—Brookdale Senior Living, the largest senior living company in the US, is a multi-billion dollar company with corporate offices in Brentwood, TN. They are currently recruiting candidates with advanced degrees in quantitative disciplines for their Advanced Analytics group. More information is available at http://career.staffingsoft.com/careers/careers.aspx?x=013&d=1&j=128616&display=detail.
Job Opportunities: Analyst, The FUTURE Program
Mar. 21, 2016—The FUTURE Program has a job opening for a full-time (contract) position. Please see the following description and forward in your network as appropriate. The job listing is posted on the UCDMC career website Reference #: 044590 Thank you! The Analyst III/IV will provide program support for a professional development program, FUTURE,...
Job Postings: two full time positions, ASM Education Team
Mar. 21, 2016—Science Education Specialist – fulltime position to assist the ASM Education Team in written projects including releases, annual reports, education guidelines, curriculum, proposals and manuscripts. Individual should have a background in the life sciences, passion for writing, and good analytical and organizational skills. The position is a critical member of a busy and highly energetic team. Position is...
STEM Pedagogy Journal Club: Speaker Derek Bruff
Mar. 21, 2016—STEM Pedagogy Journal Club is a monthly meeting of grad students and postdocs interested in science education and the latest practices in teaching. On Tuesday, April 19th from 4-5pm in MRBIV 11455, Vanderbilt’s STEM Pedagogy Journal Club will be welcoming Dr. Derek Bruff, Director of the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt. We will be...