National Postdoctoral Association 1st Annual Meeting
Clark-Kerr Campus
UC Berkeley, CA
March 14-15, 2003
Friday March 14, 2003
| 6:00 p.m. |
Reception Dinner
The Great Room, Bancroft Hotel |
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Saturday March 15, 2003
All events with the exception of the Lunch and Open Forum will occur in the Clark-Kerr Conference Center Theatre.
| 9:00-9:30 a.m. |
Introduction to the NPA
- Dr. Carol Manahan (Chair, NPA Steering Committee, John Hopkins)
- Michael Teitelbaum (Program Director, Sloan Foundation)
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| 9:30-10:30 a.m. |
Keynote Address: Avoiding the Holding Pattern: Rethinking Opportunities and Responsibilities for Postdocs and Mentors
- Dr. Keith Yamamoto (UCSF; Cell and Molec Pharmacology)
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| 10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Discussion Session: What is a Postdoc?
- Dr. James Nelson (Senior Associate Dean for Research, and Graduate and Postdoctoral Education. Stanford University)
- Dr. Frank Solomon (Prof of Biology, MIT) "The training system and the research enterprise: reform across the board"
- Dr. Tim Coetzee (Director Research and Training Program, National MS Society)
- Dr. Walter Schaffer (Research Training Officer, OER, NIH)
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| 12:30-1:15 p.m. |
Lunch
The Great Hall
Round table with speakers.
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| 1:15-2:00 p.m. |
Open Forum - Moderated Questions, Answer, & Debate
The Great Hall
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| 2:00-3:45 p.m. |
Discussion Session: What is a Postdoc?
- Dr. Xenia Morin (Teaching/Research Postdoc, Bryn Mawr)
- Dr. Arti Patel (Cancer Prevention Postdoc, NCI)
- Dr. Mel Limson (Scientific Education Postdoc , U of Utah)
- Dr. Huong Huynh (Postdoctoral Fellow, Burnham Institute)
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| 4:00-6:00 p.m. |
Business Meeting
- Update on NPA Progress
- Ratification of Executive Board Members
- Ratification of NPA Constitution & By-laws
- Ratification of Sub-Committees
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| 6:00 p.m. |
Close of Meeting & Dinner with PostdocNetwork Registrants |
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