Science Voices from Home
After spending a number of years as a visiting fellow at the NIH, it is easy to lose touch with the scientific community in one’s own country. This can make it more difficult to find a good job after finishing your training at the NIH.
To address this, we made use of a very valuable existing resource: the expertise of the many international scientists and/or officials who visit NIH each year (e.g. to give a seminar, on a sabbatical or to pursue a policy initiative). Informal, interactive meetings between such scientists and NIH visiting fellows from the same country (or region) provide a great occasion for the fellows to network, and to get current information on job and grant opportunities in their own country.
Are you a visiting fellow and do you want to make sure that you receive an invitation when next a meeting is set up with a scientist from your own country?
Just send an email to Dr. Núria Gavara (gavaran@nichd.nih.gov) with in the subject line “Science Voices from Home”. Also: don’t forget to include your country of origin!
Do you know of a foreign scientist coming on a visit to the NIH who might be a good candidate for our project?
Please contact us! We would love to hear about it to increase the number of meetings. We do need to know about the visit at least 15 days in advance, to enable us to plan the meeting and send out invitations. Send an email with the information to Dr. Nuria Gavara (gavaran@nidcd.nih.gov) with in the subject line “Science Voices from Home”
Last updated on: 01/10/2009
