A main priority of the Postdoc Office and the Postdoc Association is to ensure that our postdocs across campus feel connected and involved in the CWRU community. Our events are meant to bring together people across different disciplines and backgrounds to connect and learn from one another.
See the Postdoc Calendar on the main website of the Postdoc Affairs website or check your CWRU email for event additional details. Like and Follow the CWRU Postdocs on Facebook and LinkedIn to stay up to date with all the latest events.
Monthly Postdoc Association Meeting (all postdocs are welcome)
Date: Monday, May 13th, June 10th, July 8th
Time: 3:00 - 5:00pm
Location: Tomlinson Hall Library (second floor) or Zoom
Federal Public Service Career Fair
Date: Monday, April 22nd
Time: 10 - 3pm
Location: Cleveland Public Auditorium - Grand Reception Hall (500 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland)
RSVP Here
Campus Tour
Join the Office of Postdoc Affairs for a tour of campus! We'll also be stopping by Mitchell's ice cream along the way.
Date: Wednesday, May 22nd
Time: We start walking at noon, the tour should last a little over an hour
Location: Meet in front of Tomlinson Hall
* Wear comfortable walking shoes
* If it rains, we will reschedule to May 30th.
Career Series - Dr. August Li, Patent Agent at Wilson Sonsini Law Firm
The speaker for this session is Dr. August Li, Patent Agent at Wilson Sonsini Law Firm. The speaker will discuss what they view as key opportunities, decisions, experiences, and skill development that led to their transition after their postdocs. The goal of the Postdoc Career Series is to introduce postdocs to alternative career options and explore new possibilities for growth.
Date: Thursday, May 23rd
Time: 12:30 - 1:30pm
T. August Li is a patent agent in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she is a member of the patents and innovations practice. With extensive interdisciplinary research experience in molecular and clinical pharmacology, and additional focuses in glycobiology, neuroscience, and immunology, August assists clients in preparation and prosecution of patent applications. Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, August trained under Dr. Ronald Schnaar at Johns Hopkins University, where she discovered anti-inflammatory proteoglycans that engage human Siglecs in the esophagus, airways, and brain. She also has studied the roles of gangliosides in glutamate receptor trafficking to understand the seizures and learning disabilities seen in patients with congenital disorders of ganglioside biosynthesis. Her technical expertise spans molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry, and glycobiology. August obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy at Purdue University, where she gained profound knowledge of pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, and drug development.
NPA Smart Skills Professional Development Seminars
SmartSkills is a free, virtual course for postdocs. Monthly classes are taught by experts and focus on building skills critical to career and personal success.
Time: 3:00pm
Dates:
April 23 - Giving and Receiving Feedback
May 28 - Presentation Skills
June 25 - Lab / Office Management
July 23 - The Negotiator's Edge: Empowering Communication & Collaboration
August 27 - Perfecting Negotiation Skills
September 24 - Advocating for Public Policy
October 22, Grant Writing
November 19 - Understanding Research Development Careers
December 17 - NIH Career Opportunities
NIH Office of Training and Education
Thriving Thursdays
April 18 - Vision Board for My Future
April 25 - Sustaining our Self-care
May 9 - Rest as Key Cpmponent of Productivity and Wellbeing
May 23 - Dealing with Disappointment in Science
May 30 - Combatting the Epidemic of Loneliness
Mental health and Well-being of Biomedical Researchers
April 24 - Healthy Rest as a Stepping Stone to Productivity and Well-being
May 22 - The Epidemic of Loneliness
June 26 - Supporting Each Other in Being Well
See the upcoming webinars here
Events offered through the CWRU Office of Research & Technology Management
View the list of Events and Register
Events offered through the CWRU University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE)
First Fridays - On the first Friday of every month, UCITE holds an informal get together for instructors, faculty, grad students, and postdocs to meet and chat about specific topics relating to teaching and learning. * Pizza and drinks provided.
Future Faculty Fridays - On the second Friday of every month, UCITE will host this event for postdocs and graduate students ONLY, and will revolve around teaching and learning topics that are important to them. * Pizza and drinks provided.
Time: 11:30 - 12:30pm
Location: Herrick Room in the Allen Memorial Medical Library
Spoken English Program Sessions
Spoken English Language Programs (SELP) in the School of Graduate Studies hosts programming for international graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and staff.
For questions on the upcoming sessions available or how to register, contact Eric Moore, Director of Spoken English Language Programs (exm482@case.edu)
Register Here (click Events at the top)
Impact Solutions Webinars (Employee Assistance Program)
Your Employee Assistance Program through Impact Solutions offers a variety of online free webinars.
View and Register for Upcoming Webinars Here
Ohio Life Sciences
CWRU is a member of Ohio Life Sciences. The hold a variety of events throughout the year, see the events list here.
OLS is Ohio’s life sciences industry trade association, representing an industry that includes more than 4,200 organizations statewide. Ohio Life Sciences convenes and advocates on behalf of biotech, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, labs, digital health, gene and cell therapy, agricultural biotechnology, and research and academic institutions throughout Ohio. OLS is the voice representing and advocating for the common interests of our life sciences community.
Recent Events
** View all of our previously recorded events here **
- Monthly Orientation for all new postdocs
- Weekly health benefits reviews for new postdocs
- Monthly PDA meetings (all are welcome)
- Monthly PDA committee meetings and Faculty Senate Committee meetings
- 2024 Vendor Fair (200+ attendees, 32 vendors, raised $8,500)
- Biophysics Day (Research Talk, Networking, Flash Talks) (speaker: Dr. Lydia Kisley)
- Paint Night
- Media Training (speaker: Patty Zamora, Senior Media Relations Specialist)
- Fall Potluck
- Visa Webinar (speaker: Elizabeth Latimer from Green & Spiegel).
- 2023 National Postdoc Appreciation Week: tote bag/water bottle giveaway, campus tour, donuts/coffee, think[box] tour, Elevator Pitch session, trivia night, yoga, Diversity360, paint night
- Resume Roundtable
- Postdoc Volleyball League
- CV/Resume Writing Workshop (speaker: Lisa Hebert).
- Panel on Work-Life Balance and Progression Into A Faculty Career (panelists: Gabriella Wolff, Divita Mathur, Joseph Luna, and Helen Miranda)
- 2023 Annual Picnic at Edgewater Park
- Introduction to Grant Writing Session (hosted by Marvin Nieman, Vice Dean for Graduate Education).
- 2023 Vendor Fair (200+ attendees, 22 vendors, raised $5,000)
- Self Defense Class with the CWRU Kung Fu Club
- Various Spoken English Language workshops (in collaboration with the SELP office)
- Postdoc Career Series
- Dr. Dibakar Sigdel, Principal Data Scientist at Truveta
- Dr. Lauren Porter, Stadtman Tenure-track Investigator at the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Dr. Muna Aryal - Assistant Professor, Bioengineering at North Carolina A&T State University
- Dr. Oliver Bogler - Director, Center for Cancer Training @ National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Dr. Paule Joseph - Lasker Clinical Scholar and Investigator, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Dr. Sagar Shelake - Senior Scientist @ Janssen Research and Development
- Mallory Smith, PhD and Raechel McKinley, PhD - Science Policy Managers @ the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
- Dr. Heather Calderone, Director of Research & Grants @ the American Brain Tumor Association
- Dr. Jenny Ro, Marketing Director @ Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Dr. Ellen Palmer, Senior Data Scientist at Aetna
- Dr. Jeffrey Pigott, Executive Director at the Swagelok Center for Surface Analysis of Materials as the Case School of Engineering
- Dr. Samira Joussef-Pina, Biosafety Office at Columbia University
- Ice Skating at Wade Oval
- Mocktail Hour Networking Practice
- 2022 Annual Holiday Party
- Visa Webinar: Changing Status for H1B of Green Card
- Professional Headshot Photos
- Pumpkin Carving Party
- Cleveland Institute of Orchestra night at Severance Hall
- 2022 National Postdoc Appreciation Week: t-shirt giveaway, campus tour, Thanks A Latte coffee and donuts, Individual Development Plan Workshop
- Innovation Week Poster Contest
- Diversity Lecture (speaker: AVP for Faculty and Institutional Diversity, Heather Burton)
- 2022 Annual Picnic
- Reproductive Task Force meeting with the postdoc representative
- Wade Oval Wednesday
- Navigating the Postdoc: Balancing Life and Work in Early Career panel
- Visa & Immigration webinar (speaker: Brendan Delaney, Immigration attorney)