Announcements
Center for Student Wellbeing Writers’ Accountability Group Fall 2021
Aug. 25, 2021—Thursdays 2-3pm, via Zoom The Writers’ Accountability Group (WAG) offers graduate and professional students an opportunity to support each other through the writing process, facilitated by a CSW coach. Monthly meetings are for sharing goals and accountability – not text.
Academic Life Coach and UCC Peak Performance Series, Fall 2021
Aug. 25, 2021—Peak Performance Workshops facilitated by staff from the University Counseling Center and the Academic Life Coaches. This workshop series is designed to promote expert performance by exploring common issues impacting graduate and professional students and postdocs. During each session, we will briefly cover theory and research on the topic and provide a space for attendees...
Vanderbilt Women’s Center Work Life Workshops, Fall 2021
Aug. 25, 2021—The Work–Life Workshops for faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdocs is a lecture-based lunch program that covers a blend of self-care and professional development topics such as navigating organizational politics, mindfulness and stress management, salary negotiation strategies, and more.
VU Libraries’ Digital Scholarship and Communications (DiSC) Office offering free workshops: RStudio, Python/Juypter notebooks, GitHub, data visualization etc…
Aug. 25, 2021—The Libraries’ Digital Scholarship and Communications (DiSC) Office will be offering several series of free workshops and lessons to help you build your technical skills. There are beginner lessons in R using RStudio and Python using Jupyter notebooks. There is also an intermediate lesson series on data visualization using R and ggplot. For those interested...
Webinar: Learning about the VECD Fogarty Global Health Research Fellowship Application
Aug. 24, 2021—If you are interested in learning more about the application process or have any questions about building a competitive application, please register for the next application process webinar scheduled for September 2021 https://redcap.vanderbilt.edu/surveys/?s=D37E9JNHW7KHXNAR Application information webinar Wednesday, September 15, 8:00 am US Central Time. This will be an opportunity to learn about the application requirements and to...
VECD Fogarty Global Health Research Year-Out Fellowship Applications are open
Aug. 24, 2021—The application portal is now open for the Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke (VECD) Fogarty Global Health Fellowship (Twitter: @VECDFellows) 2022-2023cohort. This outstanding program offers a year-abroad opportunity for US and LMIC postdocs and US doctoral students to develop research skills in a global health setting. The entire spectrum of science is possible and relevant in LMIC settings, including...
The National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program Fellowship
Aug. 19, 2021—NBBTP/IRTA is a partnership between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Division of Occupational Health and Safety (DOHS) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the NIH Bethesda, MD campus. NBBTP/IRTA offers two-year post baccalaureate and postdoctoral fellowships. The mission and vision of the NBBTP/IRTA Fellowship is to prepare biosafety and...
ASPIRE Internship: Data Analyst Intern, BioCentury, Inc. (remote)
Aug. 13, 2021—ASPIRE Internship Opportunity: BioCentury Inc. Data Analyst Intern September- December, 2021 BioCentury (www.biocentury.com) is pursuing numerous initiatives involving machine learning, big data, data science, target science, and more, and is looking for interns in a part-time data entry and analyst role to interpret and validate business data as well as scientific content. Now in its...
Teaching Assistant opportunity on VU campus: Biostats for first year IGP students
Aug. 13, 2021—Are you interested in teaching? Are you into statistics? “Who isn’t?” you might ask. I am looking for a graduate student or postdoc with a strong understanding of fundamental statistic concepts (probability, t tests, anova, etc) to work with me on my 3-week biostatistics course for first-year IGP students (Aug 23-Sept 10 from 1-2:30). In...
Vanderbilt Writing Studio: Resources for Graduate Students
Aug. 11, 2021—As the fall semester starts, be sure to check out the writing studio and the resources they provide specifically to graduate students!
Raising the BARS: Becoming A Resilient Scientist offered this Fall
Aug. 11, 2021—Raising the BARS: Becoming A Resilient Scientist A program modeled from the NIH OITE Becoming a Resilient Scientist Series, sponsored by the BRET Office and UCC-BRET Liaison Vanderbilt Course Facilitators: Beth Bowman, PhD (BRET) and Tamaki Silver, Psy.D. HSP (UCC-BRET Liaison) Dates: Mondays, 2:00-3:00pm: September 20, October 11, November 1, November 22, and December 13 Audience:...
Rock Your LinkedIn Profile Online Tutorial
Aug. 10, 2021—“Rock Your LinkedIn Profile” is a LinkedIn Learning course that helps you optimize your LinkedIn profile to make you stand out. This hour-long series of videos covers everything from the basics of getting started, the importance of a good profile picture, and getting the most out of recommendations. This is an excellent professional development opportunity...
Teaching opportunity for the newly designed first-year IGP curriculum
Aug. 4, 2021—Are you interested in gaining teaching experience? Opportunity for postdoctoral trainees to act as assistant facilitators for a 9-week period. The newly-designed first-year IGP* curriculum includes 2 discussion sessions each week, under the direction of a faculty facilitator and based on the scientific theme of the week. The themes will span genetics, the central...
Versatile PhD Innovation Challenge: The Air You Wear
Jul. 29, 2021—The Versatile PhD is excited to launch their first PhD-level innovation challenge sponsored by NHLBI, a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and NASA Tournament Lab. This “Air You Wear” challenge is an exceptional career development opportunity for graduate students and post-docs who are motivated to solve an important medical and technological challenge...
Internship Outside of ASPIRE: Conferences Team Intern, BioCentury, Inc., remote
Jul. 27, 2021—Conferences Team Internship Opportunity *June-September 2021 * BioCentury is looking for an intern in a part-time role to help our Conferences Team coordinate with Sponsors, Speakers and Presenting Companies. This position is also responsible for proofreading conference websites, marketing and related collateral. The position requires a minimum of 16 hours of work per week from...
ASPIRE Internship: Health Research Alliance (HRA) Grants Administration Working Group Intern, Washington, DC, remote
Jul. 23, 2021—ASPIRE Internship: Health Research Alliance (HRA) Grants Administration Working Group (GAWG) Intern Washington DC, remote position September 2021-March 2022 Take advantage of the opportunity to work with philanthropic leaders to develop a “Best Practices Guide” to grantmaking in the private sector. The Health Research Alliance’s Grants Administration Working Group (GAWG), addresses a wide range of...
Workshop Coming Up: Vanderbilt Software Carpentries, Including Unix, Git, R
Jul. 22, 2021—Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they...
Women’s Center Hosts Salary Negotiation Workshop July 27
Jul. 22, 2021—The Vanderbilt Women’s Center is hosting an AAUW Start Smart Salary Negotiation Workshop on Tuesday, July 27 from 12-1:30 p.m. CST. This will be an excellent opportunity to learn new skills or hone existing ones in the area of salary negotiation. Registration is requested; click the flyer below to register.
Ph.D. to CEO: Entrepreneurial Transformation with the ASPIRE to Innovate Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Jul. 16, 2021—This article was originally published on the School of Medicine Basic Sciences Website, July 13, 2021. By Ashley Brady, PhD A new collaborative initiative from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences, the BRET Office of Career Development’s ASPIRE Program, and Vanderbilt’s Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization will be supporting a biomedical sciences postdoctoral fellow to lead...
ASPIRE Internships Offer a Window to the World Beyond the Lab
Jul. 16, 2021—This article was originally published in Results & Discussion, Issue 3, Spring 2016. By Kathleen L. Gould, PhD, Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences This fall, the BRET Office of Career Development launched its internship initiative as part of the ASPIRE Program. ASPIRE is funded by a BEST (Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training) Award from the NIH...