‘Announcements’
Invitation to the Wond’ry’s PostFlight program
Feb. 16, 2017—PostFlight https://www.vanderbilt.edu/thewondry/postflight/ Aspiring Vanderbilt entrepreneurs who have a viable early stage idea are encouraged to attend the Wond’ry PostFlight program. PostFlight provides a step-by-step guide to launching a venture. Taught by the Wond’ry Mentors-in-Residence, who are experts in their respective fields, PostFlight is the perfect next step for graduates of the Wond’ry PreFlight program, entrepreneurs with a...
Re-posted: Inspirational “Beyond the Lab” Career Videos
Feb. 16, 2017—This post was originally posted on the Vanderbilt blog: Materials & Methods, a blog for emerging biomedical scientists. By Kate Stuart One of the greatest joys of working in the Office of Career Development is helping our graduate students and postdocs find meaningful careers after their time at Vanderbilt. We prepare them in a number of...
Volunteer with the BRET Office of Career Development
Feb. 15, 2017—The BRET Office of Career Development wants your help! Help us with the Reunion efforts! Help us write articles about alumni, faculty, and events! Let us know how you want to help. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BRETVOlunteerSurvey2017
Funding Opportunity, NIH Neuroscience Blueprint for diverse neuroscience grad students
Feb. 13, 2017—A new funding opportunity is available through the NIH Neuroscience Blueprint for diverse neuroscience graduate students. The award is designed to provide up to six years of support in two phases. The application deadline is April 8, 2017. This is a great opportunity for outstanding PhD students completing their dissertation within the next 1-2 years...
Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning (VIDL) Graduate Fellow Program
Feb. 9, 2017—The Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning (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 5-hour commitment weekly). The Application To be considered for a VIDL Graduate Fellowship, you must be in good academic standing in a graduate program at...
The Lasker Foundation 2017 Essay Contest
Feb. 9, 2017—The Lasker Foundation has launched its 2017 Essay Contest! This exciting challenge engages young scientists and clinicians in a discussion about the big questions in biology and medicine today, and the role of biomedical research in our society. The contest aims to build skills in communicating important medical and scientific issues to broader audiences. The Foundation seeks essays of 800...
Graduate & Professional Student Town Halls on Mental Health and Wellbeing
Feb. 9, 2017—You are invited to the Graduate & Professional Student Town Halls Hosted by the Chancellor's Strategic Planning Committee on Mental Health and Wellbeing Two opportunities to give your input on mental health and well-being at Vanderbilt University. Refreshments will be served at each event. Sessions for Graduate and Professional students will be: Monday,...
ASPIRE Internship: axialHealthcare- Research Data Scientist, Nashville, TN
Feb. 9, 2017—axialHealthcare Research Data Scientist Intern 209 10th Ave. S. Suite 332 Nashville, TN 37203 axialHealthcare is transforming the lives of patients in pain and revolutionizing the delivery of pain care through insightful data analysis, data modeling, and creation of effective cloud-based platforms. We are currently seeking energetic, highly motivated, part-time interns enrolled in a graduate...
RadX Innovation Challenge: Kick-Off Event on Thursday, February 16, from 4:00 to 5:30 pm, at the Wond’ry
Feb. 7, 2017—Radx is a novel healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship incubator within the Department of Radiology. Our mission is to foster and support the development and commercialization of creative healthcare technology solutions. Teams will compete to develop creative solutions to unmet needs in health care, with two $10,000 prizes awarded to the winning teams. Radx’s inaugural activity will be a...
Laboratory Leadership Service fellowship with the CDC
Feb. 7, 2017—The CDC's Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS) fellowship program prepares early-career laboratory scientists to become future public health laboratory leaders. LLS focuses on developing laboratory scientists who integrate safety and quality as principal elements in all of in their work, which is vital to protecting the public's health, safety, and security. A two-year competency-based service learning program,...
A Career in Lobbying for a Non-Profit Organization with AAPS student org
Feb. 3, 2017—Join the student chapter of the American Association for Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) as they host: “A career in lobbying for a non-profit organization” Speaker: Denise Costanza, Government Relations Director, Greater Southeast Affiliate, American Heart Association Thursday, February 23 5:00pm Light Hall 512 For more information, contact Aparna Shekar at aparna.shekar@vanderbilt.edu.
ASPIRE Internship: TriStar Health Partners, Market Research Analyst
Feb. 3, 2017—ASPIRE Internship Opportunity: TriStar Health Partners Market Research Analyst 3322 West End Ave Suite 1100 Nashville, TN 37203 TriStar Health Partners is a venture capital (VC) firm focused on early stage investments in healthcare and life sciences. Since founding TriStar in 2009, the partners have invested in and helped create 23 companies in the...
Internship Opportunity: Software Engineering Research intern, Flatiron Health
Feb. 2, 2017—Our engineering team The Flatiron Health engineering team builds and runs data processing pipelines, algorithmic and human-operated data curation tools, and customer-facing data analytics and visualization tools. We build systems that clean, structure and understand clinical-level patient data as we build the largest, most comprehensive set of oncology data intelligence. We scale pipelines to handle...
PhD Careers in Conservation
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Join St. Jude’s on Periscope to learn about postdoc ops
Jan. 30, 2017—Join St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Tuesday, January 31 at 3 p.m. CST on Periscope to learn about postdoc opportunities at the hospital. Follow @stjuderesearch on Twitter or Periscope to join the live broadcast, or visit www.periscope.tv/StJudeResearch.
VU Center for Teaching opportunities for grad students, due Feb 22
Jan. 28, 2017—Each year the Center for Teaching (CFT) hires a number of graduate students to support its work with graduate students as TAs and future faculty members. Graduate Teaching Fellows (GTFs) engage in a variety of activities focused on the development of grad students as teachers, including the CFT’s Certificate in College Teaching Program. This is a 12-month position...
Insight Data Science launching new fellows program in Boston
Jan. 25, 2017—Insight is excited to announce the launch of a Data Science Fellows Program in Boston! Insight started its Boston journey in 2015 with the first and only Fellowship program dedicated to a data science career in healthcare. After running four successful sessions of the Insight Health Data Fellows Program, they now have an active network of alumni...
2017 Nashville Area Career Fairs Consortium Teacher Recruitment Fair
Jan. 24, 2017—Nashville Area Career Fairs Consortium Teacher Recruitment Fair Nissan Stadium Thursday, February 23, 2:00pm-5:00pm For more information and to sign up: http://www.nashvillefairs.org/for-students-alumni/ (the password is careerfair) Participants (over 60 so far) include schools/Districts from the DC Metro, Denver CO, Atlanta GA, California, Seattle WA, New York, International Schools, Memphis TN and the Nashville Area.
Job and Volunteer Opportunities relating to science policy and advocacy
Jan. 24, 2017—AMS Recruiting Volunteers for Climate Science Day on Capitol Hill The American Meteorological Society Policy Program is recruiting volunteers to participate in Climate Science Day on Capitol Hill on March 20 and 21. The purpose of the visits is to provide members of Congress the best possible access to scientific information on climate science for...
The Art of Science Communication – new online course from ASBMB
Jan. 23, 2017—Visit the program website for more information and to register! The ASBMB Public Outreach Committee is proud to offer “The Art of Science Communication”, an online course available for ALL scientists and STEM professionals. Overview: The goal of the course is to provide participants with fundamental training in science communication, focusing in particular on how...