NextGen Association 2019 Election Results

It is with great pleasure we announce the results of the 2019 NextGen Association for Postdocs and Graduate Students election.

The 2019 Co-chairs are Lisa Cervia and Victoria Beja-Glasser.

The 2019 Co-vice chairs are Naomi Li, Colles Price, and Elena Torlai Triglia.

The responsibilities of the elected officers will include convening planning meetings, requesting volunteers to coordinate specific events, and working with the Office of Academic Affairs to provide oversight to ongoing programs such as the faculty lunch series and the career development programming.

Thank you to all who voted.

You are all encouraged to stop by a NextGen Association planning meeting to learn about the Association and how you can get involved. The next scheduled open meeting will take place on October 30, at 12 Noon in the Olympus Room (1st Floor, 415 Main Street). All postdocs and graduate students are invited.

2019 NextGen Association Election Ballot

Please enter your votes for the NextGen Association for Postdocs and Graduate Students. Voting ends Monday, September 30 at 11:59 PM. You can vote for up to two (2) candidates.

As a reminder: The two highest-ranking candidates will be offered the co-chair positions; the remaining candidates will be offered vice-chair positions. Each position is to be held for a one-year term.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions at academicaffairs@broadinstitute.org.

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Launch of 2019 Broad Trainee Retreat

Save the date! The Broad Institute Trainee Retreat will be held at the Samberg Conference Center at MIT on October 1, 2019.

The retreat will include scientists from MIT and Harvard communities representing over 1300 trainees. This retreat will give Broad Institute postdocs and graduate students the opportunity to step away from their work and learn about their career perspectives. Science is changing rapidly and the opportunities offered to doctorates are numerous. The type of scientists, the way of doing science, the collaborations between industry and academia and the career paths have changed drastically in the recent years. Therefore, the goal of this retreat is to demonstrate to trainees all the potential of their graduate studies and help them find the career path that suit each of them the most.

BWH and Broad Institute Fellowship Opportunity: Sperling Family Fellowship in Precision Healthcare

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Brigham and Women’s Hospital are pleased to announce a new fellowship opportunity. The Sperling Family Fellowship in Precision Healthcare will leverage the strengths of two world-renowned institutions— the superb clinical care, expert bioinformatics, and rich data sources of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the basic science, computational, and genomics sophistication of the Broad Institute – to advance a translational research project with the potential to transform how we care for patients.

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“After the PhD/Postdoc: Positioning Yourself for Success” January 26

How can you maximize your time in graduate school and/or during postdoctoral training?  What strategies can you use for landing the right occupation?  This presentation will provide an up-to-date assessment of the current career landscape facing science PhDs. Author Melanie Sinche will share proven strategies based on her research and profiles of science PhDs across a wide range of disciplines. Her research identified transferable skills from PhDs and career paths in a range of options, including education, industry, and non-profits.

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