Mentor Relationship

The VPA is looking for current Vanderbilt Postdocs to serve as mentors for our Postdoc Buddy Program! The goal of this program is to match new, incoming postdocs with current Vandy postdocs based on multiple factors that the buddies deem beneficial for a match, helping to build a supportive and welcoming community.  As a current postdoc, your insights about Nashville and… Read More

Working with your advisor can shape your entire training experience. To help you make the most of this mentoring experience, check out this 7-episode podcast series from the Science Communication Lab covering everything from finding the right mentor to handling conflict and building a strong, productive partnership. Check out… Read More

Graduate & Postdoc Academic Success (GPAS) is offering 2 opportunities this summer to explore foundational mentoring strategies for use now – as you supervise students and/or staff – and in your post-postdoc career. Two offerings – ONE 4 hour session on June 27  or… Read More

The Productive Postdoc Conversations program is a new, free and self-paced resource from the Postdoc Academy to support postdoctoral scholars and their mentors in having productive conversations. The program provides postdoc activities and mentor toolkits on 10 themes important… Read More

This fall, eleven current PhD graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the biomedical sciences were selected through a competitive application process to be part of the newly launched Vanderbilt ASPIRE-Basic Sciences Board of Visitors Mentoring Program. Trainees were matched with a mentor from the Vanderbilt University School… Read More

The ASPIRE Program, in partnership with the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences Dean’s office, is launching a new mentoring program to connect current PhD graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the biomedical sciences with a senior mentor who is a member of the Basic Sciences … Read More

What is the ASM Future Leaders Mentoring Fellowship? The ASM Future Leaders Mentoring Fellowship is designed to support senior undergraduate, postbaccalaureate, master’s and doctoral graduate students from underrepresented groups who demonstrate an interest in the microbial sciences and seek mentorship in navigating their career trajectory. Microbiology sectors include but are… Read More

Attention Postdocs: For those of you interested in mentoring, we invite you to get involved with the Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program. (www.fisk-vanderbilt-bridge.org) The Bridge Program finds and fosters PhD-level scientific talent within traditionally overlooked groups. It focuses on increasing the number of PhDs from underrepresented groups in astronomy, biology, chemistry, materials science… Read More

Expand your skill set in digital learning and science communication by becoming a summer virtual undergraduate mentor!  Mentor undergraduate students completing a virtual summer research experience. Mentors will help support a virtual summer program broadly addressing cardiovascular research and health. A major role will be working with a small group,… Read More

The Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy (VSSA), a summer research program for undergraduates, is looking for graduate students and post-docs to help coordinate and lead the VSSA 16th Annual Student Research Symposium.  The symposium will be held August 2nd, 2018 in the new Science and Engineering Building across from the 25th Ave parking… Read More