VPA Committees

There are four standing committees which exist to execute the 3 main functions of the VPA:

1) Scholarly Learning 

2) Social Activities

3) Postdoc Advocacy

The standing committees are:

• Committee on Scholarly Advancement – This committee is primarily responsible for organizing the annual VPA symposium. In addition to the annual symposium, this committee may also organize other invited talks, workshops, and seminars for the postdoc community.
• Committee on Community Building – This committee is primarily responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing social-and-networking-focused initiatives and events for the postdoc community.
• Committee on Postdoc Advocacy and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion – This committee is primarily responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing advocacy-focused initiatives and events for the postdoc community. In addition, members of this committee, in partnership with the Executive Committee, will evaluate questions, concerns, and/or complaints brought forth by the postdoc community. While broadly speaking this committee will serve all Vanderbilt postdocs, one of the primary focuses of this committee is to support and advocate for postdocs from historically marginalized or underrepresented communities.
• Committee on Career Development – This committee is primarily responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing professional-development-focused initiatives and events for the postdoc community.

If you are interested in joining any of these committees, please contact the Executive Committee at postdoc@vanderbilt.edu.