BSD Postdoc Association

Achievements

What are the key acheivements of the association?

1999

• BSD Postdoctoral Association founded by Stephen Gasior, Angelika Longacre and Ana Kitazono, October 1999.
  • Agitators on the inside - Stephen Gasior, 16 November 2001 (PDF)
    Article in Science's Next Wave about the inspiration to start the association
• BSD Postdoctoral Assoication President - Stephen Gasior, November 1999 - May 2002.
• BSD Postdoctoral Association Career-skills workshops - November 1999 - February 2003

2000

• BSD Postdoctoral Association Research seminars - July 2000 - March 2003
• BSD Postdoctoral Association Welcoming committee for new postdocs
• BSD Postdoctoral Association Weekly e-newsletter
• BSD Postdoctoral Association Website

2001

• BSD Postdoctoral Association 2000-2001 survey of postdocs in the Biological Sciences Division
• National Academies of Science, Medicine, and Engineering's Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) Convocation on Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience - Invited Panelist, Stephen Gasior, March 2, 2001
  • Click here to listen to Stephen's Presentation (5 min. 12 sec.)
    
• Science's Nextwave Postdoc Network National Meeting 2001: Sharing Solutions to Postdoc Needs - Invited Panelist, Stephen Gasior, March 3, 2001
• Committee to Advise the President on a New Dean (Biological Sciences Division) - Postdoctoral representative, Stephen Gasior, April 2001
  • BSD Postdoctoral Association Recommendations for the selection of a new Dean (PDF)

2002

• BSD Postdoctoral Assoication President - Orfeu Buxton, May 2002 - April 2003
• Science's NextWave Postdoc Network National Meeting Implementation 2002: Opportunities for Collaboration - ad hoc Exploratory Committee member, Orfeu Buxton, April 20, 2002
• BSD Postdoctoral Advisory Committee (faculty & postdocs) - Orfeu Buxton (co-chair) and Angelika Longacre, 2002-2003.
• BSD Research Aims Action Plan Committee - member, Orfeu Buxton, 2002-2003

2003

• National Postdoctoral Association co-founded by Orfeu Buxton, January 2003
• The University of Chicago BSD becomes a founding institutional member of the National Postdoctoral Association
• Adoption of the NIH/NRSA Postdoctoral Stipend schedule as the basis for compensation for all University of Chicago BSD Postdoctoral Trainees
• BSD Postdoctoral Assoication President - Arunabha Roy, 2003 - 2004

2004

• Supplemental stipend initiated for BSD Postdoctoral Fellows - January 1, 2004

2005

• BSD Postdoctoral Assoication President - Imogen Hurley, September 2005 - December 2006
• National Postdoctoral Association Annual Meeting - attended by Imogen Hurley, March 11-12, 2005
• BSD Postoctoral Association Website expanded and redesigned - September 2005
• BSD Postdoctoral Association Weekly bulletin - from September 2005
• BSD Postdoctoral Association Postdoc Seminars - from September 2005

2006

• National Postdoctoral Association Annual Meeting - attended by Imogen Hurley, April 21-23, 2006
  Travel awardee. Poster presented "Second Generation Postdoctoral Association: Challenges and Solutions" (Large PDF)
• BSD Postdoc Survey 2006 - August 2006
• Put Your PhD to Work: A Career Symposium for Scientists - October 27 2006
  Attended by BSD Postdoctoral Association committee members: Rifat Hasina, Ayaz Sayeed, Kolbrun Kristjansdottir, James McCraken and Imogen Hurley. Postdoc Association pre-meeting attended by James McCracken and Imogen Hurley - October 26 2006
  
• Postdoc Rights & Benefits documents published - October 2006
  Comparison Chart of Postdoc Rights & Benefits and Guidelines for Postdoctoral Fellows
• Orientation Pack published and circulated to new postdocs - from November 2006