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Webinar: Building your postdoc career in mental health research – 5 September!

Webinar: Building your postdoc career in mental health research – 5 September!
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Registrations for the MHR Incubator career development webinar are now open. Register for your free place here: tinyurl.com/yc8znr5w and join the discussion on Tuesday 5 September.

Have you just finished your doctoral degree? If so, firstly, congratulations, secondly – this webinar is for you! If you are just starting out in postdoctoral research, this webinar, which we are cohosting with the NIHR, will have some great presentations of interest to you.

In this webinar, researchers from the NIHR Mental Health Research Incubator Steering Group will cover a range of things you can do to build your career in mental health research including top tips, real-life career-progression stories, postdoctoral funding options, fellowship opportunities and other valuable career building activities. The webinar will conclude with a Q&A session with the panel.

Format: Online via Zoom

Date and time: 5 September 2023 at 12.30-1.30pm.

Register here: tinyurl.com/yc8znr5w

Agenda:

Welcome

The fellowship route – Dr Ruchika Gajwani

The non-fellowship route – Prof Ian Maidment

Funding opportunities for postdocs – Dr Josefien Breedvelt

Other career development strategies for postdocs – Dr Rachael Kelley

Q&A

Panel members will include:

Chair: Dr Rachael Kelley, Reader in Dementia research

Professor Ian Maidement, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy

Dr Ruchika Gajwani, MQ mental health research fellow

Dr Josefien Breedvelt, Prudence Trust research fellow

Dr Parisa Mansoori at MQ Mental Health

It is scheduled for 5 September 2023 at 12.30-1.30pm.

Register here: tinyurl.com/yc8znr5w