Work-Life Balance

The Graduate School and Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, with support from the Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training, have partnered with Dr. Emily Roberts of Personal Finance for PhDs to offer three tax return preparation workshops for tax year 2025. The workshop, How to Complete… Read More

Join us on October 29th from 12:30-2pm ET, for this important webinar focused on supporting caregivers in academia! Hosted by the National Academies Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine. What’s this about? Caregiving is something we all experience, whether it’s caring for children, aging relatives, or needing care ourselves. Read More

Please join the Academy for Excellence in Education (AEE) on October 14th, at 12PM, as Dr. Sharon Milgram presents “Resilience & Career Development.” Dr. Milgram is the Director of the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE), where she directs a trans-NIH Office dedicated to the career advancement of… Read More

The Vanderbilt Commodore Orchestra is a student-run orchestra that brings together talented performers from the entire Vanderbilt community to share great music. The orchestra is inviting auditions for the fall semester. Auditions are open to all Vanderbilt undergraduates, graduate and professional students, postdocs, staff, and faculty. If you play a… Read More

The Vanderbilt International Researchers Alliance (VIRAL) board members and BRET International Trainee Support team are excited to host a session on this topic presented by Ms. Andrea Pietrzyk, Assistant Director of Student & Scholar Engagement in the ISSS office at Vanderbilt University.  Join us for this virtual session on April 26th at 1:00… Read More

The NIH OITE continues our series on the mental health and well-being of the biomedical research community with a webinar on depression and depressive disorders on February 7th at 3:00pm. The webinar will explore the spectrum of depressive experiences, from feeling down to clinical depression, and significantly impaired functioning. Additionally, the webinar will… Read More

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. Presented by the Vanderbilt Women’s Center. Read More

Don’t miss this wonderful discussions with the Vanderbilt Academic Life Coach, presented by the Vanderbilt Graduate School… Read More

Our graduate students with children are in a difficult position going back to on campus in person learning as they may have childcare concerns if their children are not able to go to school or day care and they do not have access to all of the options that faculty/staff… Read More

We are excited to welcome Donielle Buie virtually on October 4 to hear about how to navigate success in our work-lives and maintain a sustainable pace for both. Following her seminar, Donielle has also offered her time to meet with individuals for a deeper discussion on a variety of topics… Read More