#Budget2024 💰 makes the largest investment in 20+ years for grad students & postdocs! It will support financial needs, boost mental well-being, allow focus on research, & promote diversity by easing barriers for underrepresented groups. 🎉💪🏽 #SOSBudget2024

🎉 We have received funding from the University of British Columbia Wellbeing Strategic Initiative Fund to capture comprehensive data relating to UBC postdocs' #wellbeing through a survey to inform actionable strategies for improvement.

⭐️'Light Up: Igniting Postdoctoral Resilience at UBC'⭐️

The PDA Career Fair provided postdocs with advice about career options from industry and academic folks. So many exciting options out there! 🤩 Thank you to the panelists and companies who dedicated their time to support postdocs University of British Columbia and SFU PDA

This is how we roll 🎳😎 University of British Columbia Postdocs go bowling.

Missed out on our Bowling Social? No worries - we will have more socials coming soon so keep your eye out on slack and the Buzz newsletter for details! 😊

Thank you to everyone who came out to PDA Postdoc Paint Night! 🎨😊

Wasn't able to make it? No worries! We will be having another social soon! Check out the Buzz newsletter or slack for details. 🎳

Hi University of British Columbia Postdocs! We are excited to start off the year with a Paint Night event happening in 2⃣ weeks! 🖼️😊

Let's easel into the weekend with Postdoc Paint Night! 🎨 Don't brush off this invitation - check slack or the Buzz newsletter to register now! 🖌️

The December 2023 Issue of our Postdocs eMagazine is out! Highlights are: CAPS/ACPP 13th Annual General Meeting Recap, National Postdoc Survey Longitudinal Analysis, Work Permit Survey Results, and a call to action for science advocacy. Read it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1TrU54d…

Are you a UBC Graduate School or UBC PostDoc Assoc pursuing academic teaching? Join CIRTL’s Foundations of Pedagogy one-term online course for an introduction to evidence-based teaching practice.
Register by January 24 bit.ly/3GGNjEV

Postdoc Research Day #PDAResearchDay2023 would not be possible without the support and dedication of our wonderful exec team! ⭐️ Special shout out to Dr. Bethany Kondiles Bethany R Kondiles for leading this event! 👏

Thank you to Dr. Susan Porter who gave closing remarks and presented awards at #PDAResearchDay2023 😊🥇 University of British Columbia University of British ColumbiaGradSchool

Big shoutout to Dr. Matthieu Heitz Matthieu Heitz for taking all the incredible pictures at #PDAResearchDay2023 📸🤩

Thank you to our generous sponsors and partners #PDAResearchDay2023 ⭐️ We are incredibly grateful for your support. ESBE Scientific STEMCELL Tech Women's Health Research Institute AbCellera entrepreneurship @ UBC Anton Paar Tetra Tech UBC GSS Michael Smith Health Research BC University of British Columbia University of British ColumbiaGradSchool

Thank you to all the people who attended #PDAResearchDay2023 😊 We hope you learned a lot from your peers and colleagues, and we look forward to seeing you next year!

Thank you to the judges who dedicated their time to providing insightful feedback to postdocs at #PDAResearchDay2023 😊

Congratulations to ⭐️Dr. Vivek Arulnathan⭐️ who received the Michael Smith Health Research BC Michael Smith Health Research BC Travel Award to attend #PDAResearchDay2023 ! 👏 @ubcBiology UBC Science

Congratulations to the winners of the best poster awards at #PDAResearchDay2023 🤩👏

⭐️Dr. Mandy Meijer, Medical Genetics UBC Medicine
⭐️Dr. Daniel Sastre Martinez UBC Anesthesiology Residency Program UBC Medicine
⭐️Dr. Jasmin Baby UBC Dept of Microbiology and Immunology UBC Medicine

Congratulations to the winners of the *blitz talk* sessions at #PDAResearchDay2023 🤩👏

🥇Dr. Weijia Wang UBC Botany UBC Science
🥈Dr. Katie Koralesky UBC Biology UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems
🥉Dr. Carlos Herrera UBC Department of Physical Therapy UBC Medicine

Congratulations to the winners of the *full talk* sessions at #PDAResearchDay2023 🤩👏

1⃣st place:
Dr. Hyung-Suk Yoo, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences UBC Medicine
2⃣nd place (tie):
Dr. Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi UBC Civil Engineering UBC Applied Science
Dr. Teresa Seifried UBC Chemistry UBC Science