Office for Postdoctoral and Research Careers (OPRC)

National Postdoctoral Association

Brigham and Women's Hospital is a sustaining member of the National Postdoctoral Association, which makes free NPA Affiliate Membership available to BWH postdocs.  This includes a subscription to NPA’s quarterly newsletter (Postdocket), its periodic e-mail Alerts (E-Alerts), and access to all members-only content on the NPA website.  Enrollment as an affiliate member is based on the use of the e-mail address associated with your institution.  Private or personal emails will not be accepted.  BWH Postdocs are encouraged to sign up.

2008 NPA ANNUAL MEETING: 50% registration discount for BWH postdocs!

Brigham and Women's Hospital is one of the host institutions for the 2008 NPA Annual Meeting taking place in Boston on April 25-27, 2008 at the Conference Center at Harvard Medical School.  The NPA is pleased to offer a special 50 percent discount to postdocs affiliated with HMS, DFCI, BWH, CHB, and MGH because the meeting is co-sponsored by the consortium of HMS-Affiliated Postdoc Offices including; BWH Office for Postdoctoral and Research Careers; Children's Hospital Office for Fellowship Training; Dana Farber Cancer Institute Office for Postdoctoral Training and Career Development; HMS/HSDM Office for Postdoctoral Fellows; and MGH Office for Research Career Development. This offer is only available to NPA members. If you wish to take advantage of this offer and are not currently a member of the NPA, you may join for free as an affiliate member. This free membership is available because the five institutions that comprise the host committee are all sustaining institutional members of the NPA.  Click here to join the NPA as an affiliate member. Once you have completed a membership application, please wait for e-mail confirmation. Once you have received this, you may proceed to the meeting registration page. At this time, the only form available is a PDF. Please download and complete the affiliate member (or other membership category) version of the form. When totaling the fees, please apply a 50 percent discount (this discount applies to both the pre-meeting workshops and the main meeting). Please also provide your professional contact information. This form should be faxed or mailed with your payment. We hope to have an automated online form available soon, but have been experiencing technical difficulties with our website vendor. If you wish to wait, the pre-registration cut-off is April 11th. On-site registration will require a $25 surcharge and is not subject to the discount. We hope you will be able to attend the meeting, and take advantage of this special discount. If you have any questions, please contact Kenetia Thompson: kthompson@nationalpostdoc.org.

2007 NPA ANNUAL MEETING:

BWH sent three representatives to the 2007 NPA Meeting in Berkeley, California; Caroline Rotondi, Administrative Director of the OPC; Juliet Moncaster, PhD and Lorenzo Benatuil, PhD - both BWH postdocs.  Dr. Moncaster received a travel award from the NPA.  BWH presented a poster, "The Synergistic Model: An Office for Postdoctoral Careers within a Center for Faculty Development and Diversity".