Postdoctoral Fellow Program

By Micheal Sutton Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology

The Molecular & Integrative Physiology Postdoctoral Fellows Program is a unique training program geared towards enriching the science and professional careers of the department’s outstanding postdoctoral research fellows. In biomedical fields, postdoctoral researchers are an integral part of virtually every major scientific discovery, typically leading the research behind those discoveries, yet the opportunities at the next career level are highly competitive. Launched in 2018 with the help of private philanthropic investment, our program continues to give our research fellows a competitive edge by enhancing professional development and providing structured mentoring at all stages of postdoctoral training. We also use monthly research lunches, workshops, and social events to bring our postdoctoral fellows together; this helps give our group a strong sense of community and fosters the collaborations necessary to tackle the most complex and challenging research aimed at enhancing health and reducing illness. We look forward to our signature annual event – the Bishr Omary Physiology Postdoctoral and Research Investigator Symposium – on May 3, 2023, that celebrates the impactful research lead by our postdoctoral trainees. This year’s symposium features an update on current research from all of our research fellows, presentation of awards for excellence in research and teaching, and a keynote lecture delivered by Dr. Edward Chouchani (Harvard Medical School) on using mechanistic understanding of metabolism to develop new treatments for a range of human diseases.