As the current NICHD Basic Sciences Institutes and Centers (IC) Representative, I represent NICHD postdoctoral fellows at the NIH Fellows Committee (FelCom) meeting every month and share the latest news with you here. Do you have a concern or question that you want brought up at the next meeting? Contact me, Hyo Won Ahn, at hyowon.ahn@nih.gov.
FelCom has six open positions —check them out! For additional information, please use the contact details below:
| Position |
# of Open Positions |
Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Recreation & Welfare and Health and Wellness Council Liaison | 1 position | Outgoing Liaison Manami Bhattacharya (manami.bhattacharya@nih.gov) |
| Social Committee Co-Chair | 2 positions | Outgoing Social subcommittee Co-chairs, Nick Madian (nicholas.madian@nih.gov) or Anthony Yerabham (antony.yerabham@nih.gov) |
| Animal Research Advisory Committee Chair | 1 position | Francesca Barone (francesca.barone@nih.gov) |
| Service & Outreach Subcommittee Co-Chair | 1 position | Continuing Co-Chair, Alex Vendola (alex.vendola@nih.gov) or outgoing Co-Chair, Kristin Warren (kristen.warren@nih.gov) |
| Women Scientist Advisor Committee Co-Chair | 1 position | Continuing Co-Liaison Rebecca Voglewede (rebecca.voglewede@nih.gov) or outgoing Co-Liaison Agnes Karasik (agnes.karasik@nih.gov) |
Please submit a statement of interest by COB Tuesday, April 4, to both FelCom Co-Chairs: Vasty Osei Amponsa (vasty.oseiamponsa@nih.gov) and Marja Brolinson (marja.brolinson@nih.gov) if you are interested in running for one of the above positions.
The Visiting Fellows Committee has two open positions:
| Position |
# of Open Positions |
Contact |
|---|---|---|
| VFC Brown Bag Seminar | 1 position | Please contact harrison.daly@nih.gov and aditi.chaurasia@nih.gov for details. |
| Science Voices from Home | 1 position |
Mentor a Summer Intern! This year, the NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) will be in-person! Most “front-line” mentors for summer interns are graduate students and postdocs. If you are interested in mentoring a summer intern, talk to your advisor about selecting one together through the SIP portal, which is the huge database of almost 2,000 applications.
If you’ve never mentored a summer student and have concerns about how to be an effective mentor, OITE offers a workshop on mentoring a summer intern. If you have questions, please reach out to the director of SIP, Dr. Yewon Cheon (yewon.cheon@nih.gov).
Interested in a teaching opportunity during the summer? Consider being a Summer intern summer journal club leader! The registration deadline is Friday, April 14, at 5:00 p.m. Submit your journal club description here. Please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Alexis Schirling (schirlingam@mail.nih.gov) if you have any questions.
The Fellows Safety Committee has resources to connect you with the ergonomics department at the NIH to have a free ergonomic assessment done both in the lab and at their computer workstations. Virtual assessments of home computer workstations are also available. If anyone is interested in these services, please contact co-chairs Dr. Anna SantaMaria (anna.santamaria@nih.gov) or Dr. David Mallick (david.mallick@nih.gov).
The Outreach Liaison invites research fellows and postdoc fellows to share their research and experiences with the wider community in the popular I am Intramural NIH blog. If you would like to be considered for a profile, please send a brief description of yourself and your research (no more than a few sentences) to Dr. Anindita Ray (anindita.ray@nih.gov).
The Service and Outreach Subcommittee noted that the Maryland bioGENEius competition, hosted by Learning Undefeated, is looking for science judges in their virtual event on April 10–14. Please note that they are looking for scientists with graduate degrees, preferably a PhD. A registration link can be found here.
The Women Scientists Advisors (WSA) committee would like to invite you to the following events:
- The 2023 WSA Scholar Symposium recognizes three women fellows for their outstanding research. The symposium will be held on Thursday, April 13, from 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. by Zoom. Please consider joining to support NICHD graduate student Ms. Zoe Piccus (Le Pichon lab), one of the WSA Scholars for 2023!
- The WSA 30th Anniversary Seminar Series are held monthly until May. Check the link for more information.
Did you know that there are several ways to stay informed on postdoc activities and events?
- Fellows listserv is the main source of FelCom event advertisements, so don’t forget to sign up.
- Visiting fellows can also sign up for the Visiting Fellows listserv.
- There is an NIH postdoc Slack channel to connect with other postdocs and join social events (sign up with a non-NIH email).