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Resources for New Starters

Welcome to HMS! We hope you find the information below helpful - this is by no means an all-inclusive list and there may be some differences between HMS and Affiliates. Please contact us if there is something you’d like us to add! Sign up to our HMPA mailing list to stay in the loop.

Advocacy

Are postdoctoral fellows at HMS (Harvard Medical School) aware of their primary rights and benefits? Issues such as minimum wage, working hours, health insurance and mental health hardly get any say. We, HMPA advocacy as determined vanguards of all Postdoc of HMS and HMS affiliated institution are...

Social

The goal of the Social Committee is to: foster a sense of community amongst postdocs by organizing events such as socials, picnics, trips or activities. These events provide opportunities for social, professional and academic networking. We have a social event every month (or we tried really hard to...

Entrepreneurship

We foster and support interest in biomedical venture creation across the Postdoctoral student community. This initiative is a key node in a cross-Harvard collaboration to harness the expertise, intellect, and creative vitality of scientists and clinicians by developing relevant skills, awareness...

Committees

HMPA works as a collective unit consisting of six committees headed by experienced postdocs working towards a common goal of enhancing the workplace environment while bringing the people together. The six committees are headed by respective Chairs, and consist of members.1. Advocacy2...

Join us

To join HMPA, fill the form. The membership of HMPA is only open to postdoctoral fellows at Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and the affiliate hospitals Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance, Children’s Hospital Boston...

Outreach

We engage with the broader scientific community to foster a supportive environment for all scientists to find mentors specific to their interests. We engage students, postdocs, and faculty of the Greater Boston Area to improve scientific training at every stage, both inside and outside of the...

Forum

The goal of the Postdoc Forum is to: connect postdocs from different departments and schools to one another through research talks. Our monthly meetings also present an opportunity for postdocs to practice presentation skills via giving talks in a format of their choice (including chalk talks). We...