Support for Postgraduate Fellows
Student researchers are notorious for losing themselves in their work, becoming isolated in the process. That’s where JHM&SA-funded organizations like the Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association come in. They are the driving force behind measures to improve the research environment and daily lives of postdoctoral fellows.
From orientations to spring mixers, the Postdoctoral Association helps fellows take advantage of the world outside of the lab, including those important social connections with other fellows that can make all the difference in their work and well-being.
“The assistance of The JHM&SA has been valuable among the community of postdoctoral fellows. The postdoctoral community is spread out through numerous departments in several locations and it takes funding and planning to maintain any kind of postdoctoral organization. With the help of The Association, we are able to put together events such as the Postdoctoral Benefits Seminar, which educated the postdoctoral community about the benefits available to us.”
Kenyon Evans-Nguyen,
Former President, Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association
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Former Officers and members of the Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association |
“JHM&SA funding assists us in our mission of furthering fellows’ professional development and lessening that feeling of isolation,” says Simon Williams, Ph.D., former President of the Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association. “That may simply come in the form of socializing with other postdocs, but could also be as crucial as improving writing and communication skills to win funding.”
Each April, the JHM&SA also sponsors five $1,000 research prizes awarded to postgraduate fellows at Young Investigators’ Day, where faculty, students and staff gather to honor the best and brightest School of Medicine researchers.
