Postdoc Appreciation Month
Eighth Annual Postdoc Retreat Agenda
Friday, September 8
HSF III Room 1010
9 a.m. - 10 a.m. - Building Your Professional Online Presence (This is the only event that will be held on Zoom.)
When you apply for a job, people will Google your name. What will they see? Come and learn how to build a professional online presence.
Building Your Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCiD) Profile
Nicole Shelawala, Research and Education Librarian, HS/HSL University of Maryland Baltimore
Building Your Professional Social Media Profile
Jennifer Aumiller, MEd, Director, Office of Postdoctoral Scholars, Director, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
Building Your School of Medicine Faculty Profile
Renee Cockerham, PhD, Program Manager, Office of Postdoctoral Scholars
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Postdoc Exit Strategy Panel
A postdoc is a trainee position. How do you move on to the next phase in your career? Come and hear from people who were UMB postdocs about how their postdoc exit strategies.
Facilitator
Zuha Imtiyaz, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Emergency Medicine
Panelists
Katie Bradwell, PhD, Bioinformaticist and Data Scientist, Palantir Technologies
Tara LeGates, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Ryan Robertson, PhD, Health Science Administrator, NIH BRAIN Initiative
12 p.m. - 1 p.m. - Lunch from Maiwand
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Postdoc Introductions
Introducing yourself and your research in a concise way is an essential skill for whatever career step you take next. Come meet your fellow postdocs and learn about their research in short, 5-minute/3-slide presentations. Who knows what collaborations might develop?
Facilitators
Alejandra Urioste, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Surgery
Samanta Del Veliz, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Di Yu, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
2:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. - Coffee and Snacks
3 p.m. - 4 p.m. - How Not to Get Lost in Academia: Diverse Stories Paving the Way
Looking for a compass in the world of academia? Join us for an inspiring session where our faculty share the story of the ups and downs in their academic journey.
Introductions
Tetiana Pozniak, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Human Virology
Pallavi Sharma, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology
Introductions and Moderator
Parham Habibzadeh, MD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Human Virology
Panelists
Clement Adebamowo, BM, ChB, ScD, FWACS, FACS, Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Tonya Webb, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
T.-C. Wu, MD, PhD, Professor, Pathology, Oncology, and Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
4 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Keynote Address: Causal links between human gut bacterial metabolites and host functions
by Sloan Devlin, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Welcome
Jessica Mong, PhD, Assistant Dean for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Imran Moin, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Maryland School of Medicine