Biomedical Postdoctoral Programs (BPP) at the School of Medicine is pleased to announce the award of approximately $4.5 million for a training program “University of Pennsylvania Postdoctoral Opportunities in Research and Teaching (PENN-PORT)”. Funded by the Minority Opportunities in Research and Education (MORE) division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Institute for General Medical Sciences, PENN-PORT is one of eleven nationwide Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDAs) designed to offer biomedical postdoctoral trainees the opportunity to teach in local minority serving institutions, in addition to traditional research training. Postdocs will be teaching in minority serving partner institutions at Lincoln University or Rutgers, Camden. Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Research Training, SOM, Yvonne Paterson, is the Program Director.
PENN-PORT postdocs will receive teacher training from Co-Director Dr. Mary Beth Gasman at the Graduate School of Education. “PENN-PORT postdocs will receive a structured, mentored teaching training. Postdocs will attend a semester-long pedagogy seminar at Penn and then audit as well as teach a science course at the partner institution.” says Dr. Ivonne Vidal Pizarro at BPP who is also Co-Director. Dr. Paterson adds “The long term purpose of the MORE IRACDA programs is to encourage undergraduates from under-represented groups to pursue careers in biomedical research. The grant will also promote the postdoctoral research and teaching careers of postdoctoral trainees from under-represented groups who will provide role models of scientific excellence to their students.”
The program will recruit postdocs with a demonstrated commitment to teaching. Fellows receive a stipend, benefits, and support for research supplies, course development supplies, and travel to attend two meetings. The tenure of each fellowship is three years.
The application process can be found in our open-positions posting under the name of the PI of the program, Dr. Yvonne Paterson. The link to the posting is http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/my/bpp_postings/index.php?pid=6831. Currently we are accepting applications for admission in August 2007 and 2008.
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