HMS/HSDM Office for Postdoctoral Fellows

Welcome

On behalf of the staff of the HMS/HSDM Office for Postdoctoral Fellows (OPF), welcome to our website!

Our Mission

The HMS/HSDM Office for Postdoctoral Fellows works to enhance the development and experience of the postdoctoral community by recognizing the valuable contributions of postdoctoral scholars, developing a firm foundation on which to build a comprehensive training and career development experience, encouraging individual responsibility, fostering mentoring and cultivating a sense of community.

Through a combination of administrative initiatives and educational activities, the HMS/HSDM Office for Postdoctoral Fellows actively assists postdoctoral fellows in obtaining the skills necessary to pursue both academic and non-traditional careers in science and beyond. By supplementing the training received in the laboratory with career development guidance and ancillary research skills instruction, the office seeks to maintain the institutional reputation of recruiting and training the best biomedical researchers and scientific leaders of tomorrow.

ScienceCareers:: SPECIAL EVENT!

ScienceAAAS If you weren't able to attend our event with Science Careers/AAAS Project Director of Outreach, Brianna Blaser, PhD, you can still get the slides!

Check out the ScienceCareers OUTREACH site at
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/outreach

Be sure to check out the "Opportunities Away From the Bench" Webinar
Want to learn more about exciting and rewarding careers outside of academic/industrial research? Increasingly, Ph.D.-level scientists are becoming aware of other career opportunities beyond bench research. Watch this roundtable discussion about the various career options open to scientists across different sectors, strategies you can use to find a nonresearch career, and the future of the scientific work force in nontraditional careers.

HMS Postdoc Networking Group on LinkedIn

An online professional networking group for biomedical postdoctoral fellows from Harvard Medical School on LinkedIn.com. Alumni and current postdocs are welcome to join! This group provides members the opportunity to see where other postdocs are, what they are doing, and network, network, NETWORK!

Science Careers Online

ScienceAAAS Visit Science Careers Online for advice on jobs, career development, identifying funding sources, and so much more! While you're there, search the most comprehensive career database online today. Science Careers offers diverse job listings for the entire scientific community.

"How to" Series:: Postdoctoral Funding: Opportunities and Resources

spa shields On Thursday, June 18th, Stephanie Wasserman, Director; Deborah Good, Associate Director; and Kelly Evans, Senior Sponsored Research Administrator; of our Sponsored Programs Administration spoke to HMS postdocs about funding opportunities, resources, and assistance available to HMS Quad postdocs.

The talk included great advice and information on:
- demystifying the application process
- identifying funding sources
- understanding sponsors' requirements
- the funding process and important timelines

Advice was also offered on funding sources for foreign nationals on visas.

CLICK HERE for slides from SPA's talk.

Check Out the OPF Lending Library

The Postdoc Office has a lending library of career resources for Quad Postdocs!

Stop by the office in Gordon Hall 006 during business hours to check out the titles.

The lending library is available to HMS/HSDM Postdocs who wish to find out more about writing a grant application and navigating the NIH submission process, careers outside of academia, general interviewing skills, types of industry jobs in biotech and pharma, applying for academic positions, CVs/resumes/cover letters, scientific presentation skills, and lab management basics.

Click HERE for a list of titles in our library.

If you don't see a book title you know is a good source of career advice for postdocs and we should make it available, drop us an email to postdoc_office@hms.harvard.edu and we'll add it to the library!

OPF Postdoc Movie Night

Grab a labmate, friend, or date and join us for Postdoc Movie Night! Each month we feature a newly released-to-DVD film across a wide range of popular movie genres. Come, relax, and enjoy some freshly-popped popcorn, beer, and soda.

June 25, 2009 | 7:00pm | Cannon Room, Building C, HMS Quad

This month's featured film is "The Wrestler"
Mickey Rourke (in a Golden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated role) stars as retired professional wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson, who returns to the ring and tries to work his way up the circuit for a final shot at defeating his longtime rival. Along the way, he tries to reconnect with his daughter, Stephanie (Evan Rachel Wood), while exploring a relationship with a stripper named Cassidy (Marisa Tomei, also nominated for a Golden Globe and Oscar). [Rated: R - 105 minutes]

NPA Affiliate Membership

NPA globe logo As an institutional member of the NPA, the HMS/HSDM Office for Postdoctoral Fellows is pleased to offer a free affiliate membership to all Quad-based postdocs. This includes a subscription to NPA’s quarterly newsletter (POSTDOCket) and to its periodic e-mail Alerts (E-Alerts) and access to all members-only content on the NPA website. Enrollment as an affiliate member is based on the use of an e-mail address associated with either HMS (“@hms.harvard.edu”) or HSDM (“@hsdm.harvard.edu”).

To enroll, please visit www.nationalpostdoc.org, click on “Membership” => “Join the NPA” => ”Affiliate Member”. Please be certain to choose “Harvard Medical School Postdoctoral Office” as your affiliate institution and sign up using your email address at one of the two domains listed above (personal email addresses will not work). If you have any questions regarding the affiliate membership, please email postdoc_office@hms.harvard.edu for more information.

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