The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) February 2019 The Office of Postdoctoral • Inaugurated in August 2018 Affairs (OPA) • Cooperatively funded by: Joseph Lutz, PhD • Vice Chancellor for Research Associate Director of Postdoctoral Affairs • Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs Administrative Office Building 1737 W. Polk St • Provost Suite 310 (3rd floor) Room 311E • College of Medicine 312-413-0059 • Core functions:
[email protected] • Administrative support • Career development • Measuring success • Community building The Office of Postdoctoral Joanna Groden, PhD Affairs (OPA) Vice Chancellor for Research Joseph Lutz, PhD Associate Director of Postdoctoral Affairs Joseph Lutz, PhD Administrative Office Building 1737 W. Polk St Associate Director of Postdoctoral Affairs Suite 310 (3rd floor) Room 311E 312-413-0059 Postdoctoral Association
[email protected] The postdocs! The Postdoctoral • Started in 2010 Association (PDA) • Volunteer organization Empowering postdocs, building careers School of Other 7 College of Public Postdocs at UIC Dentistry 7 Health 5 College of Total = 205 postdocs Applied Health Sciences 10 College of Engineering 15 College of Medicine Liberal Arts 119 & Sciences 21 College of Nov 2018 Pharmacy 21 What the OPA & PDA actually do! Date Title Type 08/20/18 Inauguration of the OPA Aug 2018 PDA Annual BBQ Social Sep 2018 Second Annual UIC PDA Career Development Symposium Symposium Nov 2018 Job Searching with Purpose Workshop Nov 2018 Postdoc Orientation (held quarterly) Orientation Nov 2018 CHIentist 4th Annual Connections