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The National Postdoctoral Association invites you to register today for its 19th  Annual Conference. This virtual, groundbreaking event taking place April 15-16, 2021 includes tracks on career advancement, skills training, networking opportunities, mentoring, mental health and wellness, as well as diversity, equity and inclusion.  Attendees will hear from and engage with more than fifty experts.

The just-released keynote speaker pairing features Chris Gunter, Ph.D., senior advisor for genomics engagement at NIH and Cristina Rabadán-Diehl, Ph.D., former director of the Office of the Americas at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. You’ll learn and have fun doing it, with speed talks, a virtual pub crawl, a fireside chat on career futures, trivia contests, and more.

Even better news, AAAS members can save $50 off of the regular registration fees. Just use the following code: AAAS2021AC

Inventor and assistive technology researcher Rory Cooper has been appointed the University of Pittsburgh’s first-ever assistant vice chancellor for research for STEM-health sciences collaborations.

In this role, which begins Jan. 1, 2021, Cooper will provide intellectual leadership to help connect the STEM and health science areas and draw on Pitt’s strengths in these fields. He will also participate in the University Research Council and work to develop institutional-level funding to support research.

“We created this post because Pitt offers an incredible diversity of modes of research and creative endeavors, and corresponding ranges of research and creative products,” said Rob A. Rutenbar, senior vice chancellor for research at Pitt. “Our office seeks to promote and engage with faculty working across all of our knowledge domains. Creating this position helps us to expand opportunities for research at the intersections of STEM and the health sciences.”