Postdoctoral Fellows
Below is a calendar of upcoming orientations, workshops, and courses for postdocs and research associates. An email announcement with detailed information will be sent out approximately two weeks prior to each session, with a link to register through Eventbrite. You may also register for upcoming sessions using the calendar on this page.
If you are unable to attend a workshop after registering, please be sure to cancel your registration.
The following links are training resources provided by the NIH:
Virtual Activities For Trainees Outside the NIH
Videocasts of the Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) Events
Spring 2021 Workshops
April 2021
Biweekly Office Hours
April 20 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | via Zoom
Designing a Course That Helps Students Learn – Course Development Workshop
with Brad Coleman, Director, Curriculum Fellows Program; Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School and Lecturer, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
April 14 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Postdoc English Communications Course (6 Sessions)
with Debbie Mattina, ESL Instructor
April 20 | 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Career Exploration Series – Faculty Panel – REGISTER HERE
confirmed panelists
• Smita Gopinath, PhD – Assistant Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Lucas Henneman, PhD – Assistant Professor, Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, George Mason University
• Lucia Petito, PhD – Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine – Biostatistics, Biostatistics Collaboration Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
April 20 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Postdoc English Communications Course (6 Sessions)
with Debbie Mattina, ESL Instructor
April 27 | 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
May 2021
Biweekly Office Hours
May 4 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | via Zoom
May 18 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | via Zoom
Postdoc English Communications Course (6 Sessions)
with Debbie Mattina, ESL Instructor
May 4 | 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
NIH Overview and Peer-Review Workshop
with Amanda Spickard, Associate Dean for Research Strategy and External Affairs and Leigh Halliday, Assistant Director of Research Strategy and Development
May 5 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
NIH K Proposal Writing Spring Course (Session 5 of 5) – CLOSED COURSE
with Donald Halstead, Lecturer on Epidemiology and Director of Writing Programs
May 14 | 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
June 2021
Biweekly Office Hours
June 1 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | via Zoom
June 15 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | via Zoom
June 29 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | via Zoom
Writing Job-Search Documents (2 Parts)
Part 1: CVs and Cover Letters
with Donald Halstead, Lecturer on Epidemiology and Director of Writing Programs
June 1 | 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Writing Job-Search Documents (2 Parts)
Part 2: Teaching and Research Statements
with Donald Halstead, Lecturer on Epidemiology and Director of Writing Programs
June 4 | 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Getting a K Career Development Award (2 Parts)
Part 1: Overview of NIH, structure, scoring, mentors
with Donald Halstead, Lecturer on Epidemiology and Director of Writing Programs
June 10 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Getting a K Career Development Award (2 Parts)
Part 2: Applied review of Aims, Title, Candidate, and Abstract sections
with Donald Halstead, Lecturer on Epidemiology and Director of Writing Programs
June 11 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
July 2021
Biweekly Office Hours
July 13 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | via Zoom
July 27 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | via Zoom
August 2021
Biweekly Office Hours
August 10 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | via Zoom
August 24 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | via Zoom
