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Multicultural Announcement
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LGBTQ+ Pride Month is celebrated throughout June to commemorate the 1967 Stonewall Riots in Manhattan, NY. Brenda Howard, known as the “Mother of Pride,” coordinated the first LGBT Pride march as well as sparked the idea for a week of events around Pride Day. These events then developed into the annual LGBTQ celebrations held every June. CHOP celebrates employee diversity year-round, so LGBTQ+ Pride and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are observing LGBTQ+ Pride Month in a variety of ways.
June is also Immigrant Heritage Month. This observation is a great time to explore your own heritage and celebrate the shared diversity that makes America so unique. Find an event near you to take part of this celebration.
You can also check out some local events happening in and around the city to celebrate Juneteenth/Emancipation Day (6/19). Other observances in June are Native American Citizenship Day (6/15), and National Indigenous Peoples Day (6/21).
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Featured Research Trainee
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Carlo Castruccio Castracani, PharmD, PhD is our June Featured Research Trainee. Dr. Castruccio Castracani, a native to Italy, discusses his dedication to the LGBTQ+ community, his research and experiences at CHOP, and his interests outside of the lab. As an Italian, he’s passionate about food!
Get to know Dr. Castruccio Castracani on the Research Institute website
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Congratulations to our 2022 CHOP Research Poster Day Award Winners
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The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute celebrated its 29th annual CHOP Research Poster Day on May 25, 2022, with 130 cutting-edge research posters on display in the Abramson Research Center (ARC) Lobby and Room 123-ABC. This event recognizes the outstanding research conducted at CHOP each year and honors our exceptional research trainee and staff participants.
This year 40 individuals were selected by our judges to receive awards for their outstanding Poster Day presentations in the patient-oriented research and laboratory-based tracks. Winners can be viewed at the following site: https://pdss.research.chop.edu/awardwinners.php.
For more information about CHOP Research Poster Day and to review abstracts submitted for the event, please visit https://pdss.research.chop.edu.
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To share an upcoming event that is relevant to the CHOP Research Institute community, please email us!
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TODAY: Rare Drug Development Symposium 2022: Disruptive Innovations in Rare Disease Research, 6/8-6/10
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June 8-10
Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown
The Rare Drug Development Symposium, in partnership with the Orphan Disease Center of the University of Pennsylvania, brings together rare disease advocacy leaders and researchers to identify barriers to research, envision solutions, and accelerate progress for our communities.
This two-day, in-person-only summit offers a unique opportunity to engage in interactive small-group workshops with experts and peers, followed by a “speed greeting” networking event designed to foster productive connections between advocates, researchers, and industry leaders.
Topics
- Disruptive Innovations in Trials
- AI-Driven Screening Platforms and New Approaches to Therapeutics Emerging Commercial Models & Partnerships
- Fostering Successful Connections Between Stakeholders to Accelerate Progress
Learn More | Register
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TODAY: Postdoc Brew 'N Chew, 6/8
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TOMORROW: Simple Rules for Communicating with Journal Editors, 6/9
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Thursday, June 9, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Virtual Event via Teams
Hear from both faculty and scientific editors in this side-by-side panel discussion about communicating with journal editors. Scientific editors from Nature Methods and the American Journal of Human Genetics will be on hand to address your questions.
Objectives
- Discuss the author-editor relationship in academic publishing
- Describe faculty approaches to responding to editorial comments and editors’ approach to responding to author correspondence
- Discuss how to continue building a relationship and improving your publications through rejection and/or resubmission
Learn More | Join Event
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POSTPONED: Symposium on Advances in Genomics, Epidemiology and Statistics (SAGES), 6/17
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The 8th annual Symposium on Advances in Genomics, Epidemiology and Statistics (SAGES) has been postponed once more but many speakers plan to join the event in June 2023.
Learn More
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An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching, 6/20
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Monday, June 20 - Sunday, August 14
Virtual Course
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Learn how to implement evidence-based teaching strategies in your university classroom as well as effective methods for assessing teaching and learning.
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Virtual T32/F32 Research Trainee Orientation Sessions in June and July
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Wednesday, June 22, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Thursday, July 14, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Virtual Events via Teams
A Training Grant Fellow is a postdoctoral fellow or physician fellow appointed to and supported by an NIH National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Training Grant (T32) or an NRSA Individual Fellowship (F32).
ATOP offers group and individual orientation sessions for training grant fellows and other research trainees receiving stipends. Orientation sessions describe the benefits package, tax, and financial implications for those with a trainee status at CHOP, as well as resources and opportunities available to trainees. The sessions include presentations and a panel discussion.
New trainees should plan to attend only one of the two sessions.
2022 Research Trainee (T32/F32) Orientation Dates
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
10:00 am to 11:00 am
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Thursday, July 14, 2022
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Register
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Orientation Sessions are scheduled during the months of June and July for trainees who are appointed at the beginning of each new fiscal year. Research Trainees who are appointed at other times during the year are contacted to participate in an individual orientation session that covers the same topics.
Questions about the Orientations or trainee status? Contact Janet Stuart.
Learn More
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Wednesday, June 22, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Virtual Event via BlueJeans
Senior leaders of the Research Institute will hold a virtual Research All Hands/Town Hall on 6/22.
A REDCap Survey is available to help inform the agenda. Let your leaders know what you’d like them to take action on. Share your ideas, questions, and success stories. Want to learn about Research Institute Community updates directly? Join the mailing list via email.
Join Event | Add to Calendar
Save these Wednesdays for upcoming Research Town Hall Meetings:
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- July 20 Noon
- August 10 Noon
- September 21 Noon
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- October 19 Noon
- November 16 Noon
- December 21 Noon
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Research Institute Seminar Series, 6/28
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Tuesday, June 28, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Abramson Research Center, Room 123-ABC
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Join us for our final Research Institute Seminar Series session of FY22 where we will hear from our 2022 Excellence in Mentoring Research Trainees Award Winners.
Award Winners
Kathryn E. Hamilton, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Laurence “Ike” Eisenlohr, VMD, PhD
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Michael B. Robinson, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Systems Pharmacology & Translational Therapeutics
All are welcome to attend to learn about the exciting research taking place at CHOP! Lunch will be provided.
Learn More | Add to Calendar
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Featured Job Postings
- Program Officer, Borroughs Wellcome Fund
- Scientific Program Administrator, American Association for Cancer Research
- Lead Scientific Program Administrator, Clinical Trials and Diversity and Inclusion, American Association for Cancer Research
- Various Scientist and Investigator Positions, Immunology, Aro Biotherapeutics
- Postdoctoral Fellowships, Threat Detection Technology, US Department of Homeland Security
- NIH Intramural Research and Other Job Openings
- Open Postdoctoral and Research Scientists Roles, Columbia University Data Science Institute
- Various Scientist Positions, Spark Therapeutics
Find more job openings on our website
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Special Programs and Approaching Deadlines
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Looking for research interns this summer? Check out our Internship Inquiry Database! This database allows CHOP faculty and staff to search for interested students according to their area of research interest, availability, previous research experience, and more.
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Mentorship Pipeline
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Deadline: Friday, June 17
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We invite you to apply for an exciting new opportunity for a funded and mentored research project and educational curriculum focused on DEI and health equity. Four fellows or post-docs will be selected to participate.
Through this program, you would receive up to $5,000 in funding for a one-year research, quality improvement, or curriculum development project with a DEI/health equity focus. You must select a mentor for your project, who may be a faculty member in any division of the Department of Pediatrics with experience in DEI work. We invite you to tackle big problems and create sustainable change, but please also consider feasibility in the one-year timeline. Projects will be presented at an internal CHOP event, and we will also encourage and fund you to present at a national conference of your choosing.
An educational curriculum will be available to selected fellows.
Please access the application below and send it to Ashley Magnatta by June 17, 2022.
Apply Now
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The Biomedical Postdoctoral Council (BPC) is Looking for Postdoc Volunteers!
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The BPC is seeking a new set of volunteers this semester to give in-person demonstrations at the Free Library of Philadelphia located at 40th and Walnut on Wednesday, May 25 at 4pm.
The demonstration is 45 min-1 hour long for approximately 4-8 students ranging from K-8th grade. Previous demonstrations have involved silk extraction, building model lungs, learning about bacteria and the psychology of taste. The more hands on and/or exciting, the better.
Learn more, including demo inspiration, in this email PDF.
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