• Workshop: Careers in Genetic Counseling
  Description: Genetic professionals work as members of health care teams providing information and support to individuals or families who have genetic disorders or may be at risk for inherited conditions. Genetic professionals:
  • Assess the risk of a genetic disorder by researching a family's history and evaluating medical records.
  • Weigh the medical, legal, social, and ethical decisions surrounding genetic testing.
  • Discuss the consequences of genetic testing and the potential for therapeutic intervention.
  • Provide support and information to help a person make a decision about testing.
  • Interpret the results of genetic tests and medical data.
  • Provide counseling or refer individuals and families to support services.
  • Serve as patient advocates.
  • Explain possible treatments or preventive measures.
  • Discuss reproductive options.
  Speaker: Barbara B. Biesecker, MS, CGC
  Date/Time/Location: December 1 (Tuesday), 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Building 2, Room 1E28
  Please register in advance.
  
  
• Workshop: Preparing for the MCAT
  Description: This workshop will discuss the best approaches for preparing and studying for the MCAT. The session will include:
  • Review of specific types of questions
  • Strategies for attacking the different sections
  • How to study
  • How do I know what to study?
  • Test Day strategies: "Do"s, "Don't"s & a checklist
  • Test Day procedures
  Speaker: Dr. William Higgins, OITE Pre-Professional Advisor
  Date/Time/Location: December 2 (Wednesday), 3:00 - 5:00 pm, Building 1, Wilson Hall (third floor)
  Please register in advance.
  
  
• Seminar: Postbac Seminar Series
  Description: Presentations by Postbac trainees
  Speakers: Job Sterling, NICHD and Indira Gowda, NINR
  Date/Time/Location: December 7 (Monday), 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Building 2, Room 2W15
  Please register in advance.
  
  
• Workshop: Careers in Dentistry and Oral Health
  Description: Dentists and Oral Health Researchers are involved with studying many conditions and diseases including: infectious diseases; health disparities; behavioral and social aspects of health and disease; temporomandibular joint dysfunction; developmental biology and mammalian genetics; epithelial cell regulation and transformation; pharmacogenetics; bone and tooth physiology and injury; molecular and cellular neuroscience; oral microbiology and microbial pathogenesis; immunology and immunotherapy; AIDS and oral manifestations of immunosuppression; biomaterials; and tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
  Speaker: Dr. Andrea Morgan, Dental Recruitment Coordinator, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
  Date/Time/Location: December 10 (Thursday), 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Building 2, Room 2W15
  Please register in advance.
  
  
• Orientation: Postbac Orientation
  Description: Join the staff of the Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE) for an orientation tailored to postbacs. This is a chance for you to meet OITE staff and learn about the resources and activities that can enrich your NIH experience. Postbac IRTA/CRTAs, Technical IRTAs, UGSP Scholars who are postbacs, and members of the NIH Academy are all welcome.
  Speaker: Dr. Sharon Milgram, Director, Office of Intramural Training & Education
  Date/Time/Location: January 20, 2010 (Wednesday), 10:00 - 11:30 am, Building 2, Room 2W15
  Please register in advance.
  
  Note that additional orientations are scheduled for February 24, June 2, and July 7, 2010, same time, same place.
  
  
• Workshop: Scientists Teaching Science
  Description: Are you interested in learning the basics of successful teaching? Are you considering a career in education? If you answered yes to either of these questions you should sign up for the OITE workshop, "Scientists Teaching Science: An Introduction to Best Practices in Science Education." The workshop will provide a basic introduction for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows interested in understanding the basics of learning styles, teaching philosophies, and course development. This workshop is a prerequisite for admission to the in-depth pedagogy course the OITE will also offer.
  Speaker: Barbara Houtz, a nationally-recognized teacher with over 13 years' experience in training teachers
  Date/Time/Location:
  • January 25, 2010 (Monday), 9:00 - 11:00 am, Bethesda Campus
    Please register in advance. (Available December 18, 2009)
  • January 25, 2010 (Monday), 1:00 - 3:00 pm, Frederick Campus
    Please register in advance. (Available December 18, 2009)
  
  
• Opportunity to Improve Your Scientific Presentation Skills
  Looking for a forum to practice your presentation for a lab meeting, conference, job talk, or other scientific event? Then look no further. The PresentAtion Skills Seminar (PASS) provides a forum where you can receive constructive feedback to improve both your specific scientific presentation and your general verbal communication skills. PASS will enable you to see how a scientifically diverse audience responds to your presentation. We guarantee a positive and encouraging atmosphere. With real-time audience feedback you can make your talk effective, interesting, and comprehensible, not just to colleagues in your field, but to others who are interested in your work.

  Don't have a talk to practice? Not a problem. We also encourage fellows to be part of the PASS audience. Whether you participate as a speaker or an audience member, you will take away valuable information on how to improve an all-important scientific skill: effectively communicating your science. PASS is a collaborative effort of the NCI CCR Fellows and Young Investigators group and the NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE).

  Contact Raed Samara (samarar@mail.nih.gov) or Brid Ryan (ryanb@mail.nih.gov) for additional information.

• Dissertation Discussion Group
  Description: Are you in the process of writing your dissertation? Do you want to discuss your progress, writer's block struggles, and tips on what you found helpful with other graduate students in the same situation as you? Let's get together as a group to discuss them! The goal of the group is to provide support, focus, and problem-solving strategies for graduate students at the dissertation or thesis writing stage. All levels of dissertation writing and all fields are welcome.
  Group Leader: Betsey Wagener, PhD
  Date/Time/Location: Every other Tuesday, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Building 2, Room 2W15 (2nd Floor Conference Room)
  Please register in advance. For more information, contact Betsey at wagenerel@mail.nih.gov.
  
  
• Orientation for Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students
  Just arrived at the NIH? Wondering how to make the most of your time here? Want to set goals and establish expectations with your mentor? Trying to figure out how to navigate NIH resources? Interested in becoming a part of the NIH trainee community? If you answered yes to any of these questions, please join the OITE staff and other trainees at Orientation. We will discuss getting to know the NIH, skills for success, career and professional development opportunities, and more.
  
  Orientations run year-round on the first Tuesday of every month, 8:30 - 10:00 am.
  Register for the next session. (NIH Only)
  
  
• Writing Workshops
  The OITE has planned a variety of writing workshops for current trainees. Please read about all three and register for the one(s) that will best meet your needs.
  • Basic Science Writing
  • Writing & Publishing a Scientific Paper
  • Scientific Writing from the Reader's Perspective
  
  
• Recurrent Event: Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS)
  Description: The WALS is intended to keep you abreast of cutting-edge research from beyond the gates of the NIH. For the 2008-2009 lecture series, your intramural colleagues nominated nearly 150 well-regarded researchers for only 42 slots.
  Date/Time/Location: Wednesdays, 3:00 - 4:00 pm, Masur Auditorium, Building 10, unless otherwise noted.
  Postdoctoral and Visiting Fellows, Clinical Fellows, and Graduate Students are invited to join the WALS speaker for lunch at noon in Room 2W15, Building 2. Check the WALS schedule and register for lunch.
  
  

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