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Lillian Onwuha-Ekpete, Ph.D.:
I-Health's First Postdoc
Growing up in Nigeria, Lillian Onwuha-Ekpete, Ph.D., never thought she would become a molecular biologist in the United States. And now, she’s the first postdoctoral fellow at Florida Atlantic University’s Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention (I-Health) researching autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, in hopes of finding new treatment therapies. READ MORE.
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Ali Ibriham:
Seven Seas Sound Off
The state of Florida is often called the fishing capital of the world, with more than 10,000 miles of rivers for both the pro and rookie anglers. However, this has led to overfishing of multiple fish species, including the commercially and ecologically important grouper, according to Ali Ibrahim, postdoctoral fellow in the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI), who is eavesdropping on these threatened species to help find ways to protect them. READ MORE.
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Brainy Postdocs Take Charge
To advance the understanding of brain disorders, postdoctoral fellow, Idaly Velez-Uribe, Ph.D., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, in FAU’s Brain Institute, recently earned a prestigious grant for groundbreaking research in neuroscience.
Velez-Uribe earned an award from the Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program of the Florida Department of Health, to study the effects of bilingualism on emotional processing and memory in dementia.
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Postdoctoral Teaching Survey
Teaching can play a pivotal role in the postdoctoral experience. That’s why the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs is exploring ways to provide teaching opportunities to postdocs interested in adding this experience to their training.
At FAU, teaching opportunities can come in various shapes and sizes from full-semester courses to guest lecturing to block teaching. But we need your help to create these opportunities. Please carve out a few minutes to complete a short survey by July 9. Your vital feedback will help determine the overall interest in teaching experience as well as bring to light any concerns.
In addition, postdocs interested in gaining teaching and/or speaking experience should consider exploring the following two opportunities provided by the A.D. Henderson University School/FAU High School.
- Guest lecturing in a research course series to talk about your professional path and your research
- Join a few sessions in a neurophysiology course to consult with students as they develop their research projects. Postdocs don’t have to be a neuroscience expert to be able to provide valuable advice on project design, strategies to troubleshoot experimental issues, developing a good research question, identifying gaps in their understanding to inform their future reading, etc.
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Check Out the New Training Hub on Canvas
The Office of Research Development focuses on the researcher as a whole – research, scholarship, professional development and community engagement – when acquiring the right funding support and connecting to the researcher's goals.
- Proposal Toolkit
- National Science Foundation Early Career
- National Endowment for Humanities
- National Institutes for Health Grants – A Primer
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National Institutes for Health Fellowships Awards for Doctoral Students and Postdoc Fellows
- Writing a White Paper
- Toolkit for Journal Manuscripts
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Sign Up for GrantForward
GrantForward is a comprehensive search engine that helps FAU faculty, staff, and students find grants to fund their research.
GrantForward also features researcher profiles which allow researchers to highlight their research interests and achievements, receive personalized funding recommendations, and learn about other researchers in their field.
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More Resources for Postdocs
Are you a member of the National Postdoc Association? If not, activate your membership today by emailing postdocaffairs@fau.edu.
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