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UWPA 4th Annual Research Symposium

Friday, November 14, 2-5 pm
HUB, Room 108

The University of Washington Postdoctoral Association is pleased to invite you to participate in the 4th Annual UWPA Fall Research Symposium! Mark your calendars for Friday November 14th 2008!

Our goal for this event is to showcase the important contributions of postdocs to the research mission of the university by selecting presenters from diverse disciplines, doing research of broad interest. The symposium will include 6 speakers followed by a poster session. As always, a reception will follow the symposium, where the award for "Best Presenter" will be announced. We will also be announcing this year's UWPA Mentor Award at the Research Symposium, to recognize a faculty member for outstanding mentorship of postdoctoral fellows.

We look forward to seeing new and familiar faces at the 4th Annual Research Symposium on November 14th!

Abstract submission and Mentor Award Nomination Forms:

PARENT GROUP MEETING

You are a post-doc,

You are a parent (or soon will be),

You have some ideas on things that coud make the parent post-doc's life easier?

You think there should be more "kids friendly" activities?

Or you just want meet other UW post-docs?

Please join us at the informal UWPA parents group meeting, every last Friday of the month at 12:30 PM in the sitting area of the Vista Cafe in the Foege Building (http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/southcentral.html?GNOM)

During this meeting, we would like to define the wishes and needs of parent post-docs.

December 7, 2006 Headline News:

Postdocs Featured in University Week newspaper article written by Peter Kelley: "Postdocs raising professional profile at UW"

TOWN HALL MEETING ON POSTDOC SALARIES AND BENEFITS

The Town Hall Meeting on Postdoc Salaries and Benefits was held on September 15, 2008. Thanks to all of you who attended and gave us feedback about your concerns. 

Here is some helpful information presented in the Town Hall Meeting:

The UWPA summer picnic was held July 19, 2008 at Gas Works Park. It was a beautifull sunny day and a great success this year!!! Special thanks to the grill masters Eric and Michael

SECOND ANNUAL UWPA RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

The 2006 UWPA research symposium was held October 27, 2006 in Turner Auditorium.  Tom Gething, Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, and keynote speaker led off the symposium with an inspirational message for postdocs.

Pictured above is Dr. Tom Gething during the keynote address.

Following the keynote address, we heard fabulous presentations from postdoctoral fellows on topics ranging from HIV risk of Vietnamese Women to computational design of protein-protein interfaces.

Pictured above (from back to front, left to right) are presentors: John Karanicolas, Seth Hoedl, Harriet Phinney, Zareen Khan, Monica Gonzalez, Amy Anderson, and Siddhartha Sikdar. Not pictured is speaker, Jurgen Bosch.

Following the presentations, Theodore Beauchaine (Associate Professor, Psychology) was awarded the 2006 UWPA mentorship award for many outstanding characteristics including excellent mentorship, encouraging postdoc autonomy in research endeavors, and advocating first authorship for postdocs.

A reception for speakers and attendees followed in the E-Court (HSB D210) from 5-7pm. Best speakers awards, based on audience vote for presentors best able to present their topic to a broad audience, were given to Zareen Khan and Siddhartha Sikdar.

Thanks to all for a very successful symposium!! 

The UWPA successfully developed and submitted a proposal to establish an Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) on May 20, 2005. This proposal was reviewed by Craig Hogan, Vice Provost for Research and Elizabeth Feetham, Acting Dean of the Graduate School. Thank you to all of the postdocs and faculty who contributed to this effort!

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