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Daniel Fehrenbach Ph.D. – June 2022 Postdoc Feature
Jun. 2, 2022—Written by Daniel Fehrenbach, Ph.D. When we think about the most common ways people get sick, things like the most recent COVID-19 pandemic are quick to jump to the top of our list. We may also think about all the different types of cancer that have affected our friends and loved ones. But it turns...
Markie Sneed, Ph.D., APRN, FNP-BC – May 2022 Postdoc Feature
May. 3, 2022—Written by Markie Sneed, Ph.D., APRN, FNP-BC During high school, my father underwent an emergent triple Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery at the age of 51, yet it wasn’t until three years later during my sophomore year of college when my paternal grandfather passed away suddenly from an ischemic stroke, that my life’s purpose...
Speak Easy – A Postdoc Talk Series to Tell Your Scientific “Story”
Apr. 19, 2022—Are you a post-doctoral researcher interested in polishing your “lay” scientific communication skills by giving a short 10-minute presentation to your peers and others in the Vanderbilt community in a fun and casual setting? If so, we invite you to join our Talk Series Speak Easy. This event will include drinks with appetizers. The next...
Harry Barbee, Ph.D. – March 2022 Postdoc Feature
Mar. 4, 2022—Written by: Harry Barbee, Ph.D. My postdoctoral appointment at Vanderbilt University has been transformative. I arrived at Vanderbilt in 2020 after preparing and being awarded a Diversity Supplement Award, the first-ever awarded on the basis of sexual and gender minority status at the National Institutes of Health. This award has allowed me to analyze novel...
DoreWays Access for Postdocs
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International Postdoc Workshop Series – Spring 2022
Feb. 3, 2022—English Language Center – International Postdoc Workshop Series Spring 2022 These three sessions are intended to provide the resources and space for international postdocs to discuss, practice, and ask questions about the postdoc experience in the US. Attendees will have opportunities to meet and interact virtually with other international postdocs, submit materials for individualized feedback,...
Laura E. Henkhaus, Ph.D. – February 2022 Newsletter Feature
Feb. 2, 2022—Written by Laura, E. Henkhaus, Ph.D. As a postdoctoral scholar jointly at the Data Science Institute at Vanderbilt University and the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, I’ve been fortunate to have communities of colleagues and resources across both the university and the medical center. At the Data Science Institute, I entered...
Maxime Chevee, Ph.D.
Jan. 10, 2022—Written by: Maxime Chevee, Ph.D. My great-grandma, a Latin teacher in Paris in the 1930’s, had a painful tooth so she went to see a dentist. There, she noticed a book on the dentist’s desk: Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness by Henri Bergson. Impressed, she looked up to...
Neelima Wagley, Ph.D.
Dec. 6, 2021—Written by: Neelima Wagley, Ph.D. Nepali, English, and Swiss-German were a few of the several languages spoken in my family home in Kathmandu. Growing up, I’d watch Tom and Jerry cartoons dubbed in Hindi. In school, it was strictly English except during Nepali class. On holidays, there was no shortage of Swiss sing-a-longs to go...
Inga Saknite, Ph.D.
Nov. 2, 2021—Written by: Inga Saknite, Ph.D. As I write this column on my last official workday at Vanderbilt and in the United States, I am feeling immensely grateful for all the amazing and life-changing experiences that I have had here during my four years as a postdoctoral research fellow. Thanks to the continuous support of my...