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Launch of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA)
Launch of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA)
Drs. Ayesha Joshi and W. Marcus Lambert are leading the newly launched Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, with the goal of supporting postdoctoral researchers through:
Career and professional development programming and resources
Assistance in finding funding opportunities and applying for fellowships
Counseling postdocs with respect to mentors, training, career opportunities, and university policies
Social/networking events
To get more information about the OPA, please contact ayesha.joshi@downstate.edu, or marcus.lambert@downstate.edu. An official website is coming soon.
Group photo at the OPA launch event held on November 28th
New Hire in the Office of the SVPR
New Hire in the Office of the SVPR
Tirtha Ratnam joins the Office of the SVPR as the new program coordinator.
Tirtha received a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, with a focus in Cognitive Science and Behavioral Biology. In her last year of undergraduate studies, she worked as a research assistant in the WellBeing Lab under PI Dr. Kirk Brown. In her role, she conducted research on the effects of mindfulness and meditation on emotional responses to stressors.
About a year after graduating in the Spring of 2021, Tirtha moved to Brooklyn and was working for a healthcare startup company based in Manhattan. She joined the Downstate community in September 2022, and in her role as program coordinator organizes SVPR office-sponsored events, programming, and works across departments to support SVPR research initiatives.
New SVPR Office Twitter Account: @DHSUresearch
New SVPR Office Twitter Account: @DHSUresearch
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There, you will soon find announcements about grant deadlines and new funding opportunities, highlights from this newsletter, resources for students, new publications and awards, and more.
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