Past Events

March 10 from 9:00AM-12:30 PM; Location: VTCRI, Room 2139 Special Workshop: Educational Outreach in Your Community - Learn to Engage the Next Generation of Scientists with Today's Research Learn how to share your research with local schools and encourage kids to love STEM by joining us for an educational outreach workshop! During this workshop, you’ll learn the basics of youth program development, how to effectively communicate your research to a young audience, and create contacts with area schools and teachers.…

The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) Annual Meeting is the largest meeting and networking event in the postdoctoral community. Each meeting is highly engaging and productive for postdoctoral scholars, administrators, and other individuals working to enhance the postdoctoral experience. Our Annual Meetings are held each year in the spring. For more information, please click here.

March 19 from 2:00-6:00 PM; Location: Writing Center Spring 2017 Writing Center Workshop Series This workshop series will be held in three separate four-hour sessions in the Writing Center for PhD students working on their dissertations. During these meetings, PhD students will have their own quiet space to work, and graduate-level writing center coaches will be present if students want help. For more information, please click here.

Workshop/Seminar: Science Skills Building 50, Room 1227/1328 March 22, 2017 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Speaker(s): Philip Wang, PhD, Deputy Director, GPP This event is recommended for: Summer Interns; Postbacs; Graduate Students; Postdocs/Fellows. Science isn't complete until the results have been shared with interested others, and talking about your results is one of the important ways of making them public. This presentation will address topics including the anatomy of a science talk, creating successful slides, delivering your content convincingly, ensuring…

Fourd Kemper– Intellectual Property March 22, 2017 TBMH Suite 201 1 Riverside Circle Roanoke, Virginia 24016

Mark Van Dyke, PhD– Regulatory Aspect of Healthcare Products March 29, 2017 TBMH Suite 201 1 Riverside Circle Roanoke, Virginia 24016

This event will be held at the University Club. For more information, please click here.

Building 45, Natcher Conference Center Speaker(s): Yewon Cheon, PhD, Director, Postbac and Summer Research Programs, OITE This event is recommended for: Postbacs; Graduate Students; Postdocs/Fellows. It is common for scientists to present their research findings to the peers at scientific poster sessions. Postbac Poster Day, held in the Natcher Conference Center in April provides the opportunity for NIH postbacs present their research.  Last year more than 600 postbacs participated. This workshop will help prepare you for Poster Day or any other opportunity you have to present…