Resources for Current Postdocs
There are approximately 300 postdoctoral fellows at UMB. Our institution recognizes the valuable contributions made to the research enterprise and intellectual community by our postdoctoral researchers, and we want it to be a rich training experience for you.
Many resources for postdocs are listed below. In addition, the Office of Postdoctoral Scholars is always open to suggestions for new programming, events, or ideas to enrich your training, so please contact us.
Resources
International Scholars
Our international research community continues to be a strength and point of pride of the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
Aside from your departmental administrator, the primary point of contact with regard to questions and concerns that are specific to our international scholars is:
Amy Ramirez, Director
International Services Office
Phone: 410-706-7488
Fax: 410-706-0265
SMC Campus Center
621 West Lombard Street, Suite 302
Baltimore, MD 21201
The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) is also an excellent source of information for international postdocs, administrators, and faculty mentors.
NIH Mandate: All postdoctoral fellows must receive training in Responsible Conduct of Research
The Office of Postdoctoral Scholars offers ten sessions on the topics related to responsible conduct of research (authorship, collaborative research, conflicts of interest, secure data acquisition and management, research environments, mentoring, peer review, research misconduct, policies regarding human and animal subjects and safe lab practices, and research ethics and society). Each month a different faculty member from UMB with expertise on that topic provides a lecture lasting 30 minutes to one hour which is then followed by small group discussion on case studies led by discussion moderators for 30 minutes. Postdoctoral fellows take this training once every 4 years.
This series is one session a month from September to June, happening on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 3:00 pm. Postdoctoral Fellows will receive an email each month with a link for registration. Once they have completed all 10, they will receive a certificate and letter of completion.
Please contact Renee Cockerham with any questions about this series.
2025-26 Postdoc Responsible Conduct of Research Training Schedule
All sessions will take place in Reid Room A on the 2nd floor of Howard Hall
Tuesday September 9th 3:00-4:00pm- Being a Responsible Scientist
Tuesday October 14th 3:00-4:00pm-Scientific Misconduct and How to Avoid it- Kaylin Adipietro, Research Integrity Specialist, Office of Research Integrity
Tuesday November 11th 3:00-4:00pm- Mentoring Up, Jenn Aumiller, Director of the Office of Career Development and Office of Postdoctoral Scholars
Tuesday December 9th 3:00-4:00pm- Panel about Use of Human Subjects and Animals and Lab Safety- Jon Mark Hirshon- IRB, Matt Fisher- EHS, Janna Barcelo- IAUCUC
Tuesday January 13th 3:00-4:00pm- Peer Review, Adam Puche, Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Tuesday February11th 3:00-4:00pm- Conflict of Interest, Jason Rose, Associate Dean, Innovation & Physician Science Development; Director, Faculty Entrepreneurship, Office of Research and Development
Tuesday March 10th 3:00-4:00pm-Panel on Supportive Research Environments- Greg Carey, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology; Mary Kay Lobo, Professor, Department of Neurobiology; Silke Niederhaus, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Professional Development
Tuesday April 14th 3:00-4:00pm-Data Acquisition, Storage, and Maintenance- CS Raman, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Tuesday May 12th 3:00-4:00pm- Authorship-Kaylin Adipietro, Research Integrity Specialist, Office of Research Integrity
Tuesday June 9th 3:00-4:00pm- Rigor and Reproducibility- Bradley Alger, Professor Emeritus, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology
Tuesday May 13th 3:00pm- Rigor and Reproducibility
Tuesday June 10th 3:00pm- Authorship