Upcoming Events

Good networking creates career opportunities (over 70% of Mailman students found their job via networking). However, the mechanics of networking are often vague and unclear. Attend our workshop to learn proven ways to: Introduce yourself in a memorable way Speak extemporaneously in a professional situation Follow up and get results on your networking  Find out how to use our new and improved Alumni Networking Database   This event is open to Columbia Mailman students and alumni. By registering for this event, you are agreeing to adhere to Columbia University's Code of Conduct.

The NIH Grant Writing Boot Camp is a two-day intensive boot camp combining lectures, hands-on activities, and discussions to demystify the NIH application process. This training will prepare participants to submit an NIH grant proposal that turns reviewers into advocates, positioning the applicant for success. The 2-day NIH Grant Writing Boot Camp: Building a Strong Foundation for Funding Success will provide comprehensive training that supplies researchers with the tools to write persuasive, effective grant proposals. Through a combination of seminars, discussions, examples, and hands-on activities, with a particular focus on navigating between-the-lines on how to tailor your proposals to grant reviewers, this training will orient you to all aspects of the academic funding process (i.e., grant writing and grant strategizing), including: How to identify and apply for the right funding opportunities with the NIH (and beyond); How to position your research and yourself to make reviewers your research advocates; How to target your application to the right place at the right time; and How to write clearly, effectively, and persuasively when telling your scientific story. Audience and Requirements Investigators from any institution and from all career stages are welcome to attend, and we particularly encourage trainees and early-stage investigators to participate. No prior experience in preparing or submitting NIH grant applications is necessary. However, each participant should be prepared to share* and work on an NIH Specific Aims page and an NIH biosketch. Participants who have not previously written an NIH-style Aims page and/or biosketch will have an opportunity to draft their page and receive initial feedback ahead of the on-site workshop. There are no other requirements to attend the NIH Grant Writing Boot Camp. *Hands-on activities will use participant aims pages, and we therefore request that all participants respect the confidentiality of other attendees. Any participant who prefers not to share their research ideas may create a mock aims page to use during the boot camp. Additional Information Subscribe for updates on new Boot Camp details and registration deadlines. Contact the NIH Grant Writing Boot Camp team. Capacity is limited. Paid registration is required to attend.

Please join the Program on Forced Migration and Health for a special event with Alex de Waal. Professor de Waal will examine the key metrics for different food crises and famines and explore the patterns of causation. Famine: Starvation as a Tool of War in Yemen, Ethiopia, Sudan, Gaza Alex de Waal Executive Director, the World Peace Foundation Research Professor, the Fletcher School, Tufts University Professor de Waal is an authority on famine and has worked on the Horn of Africa since the 1980s as a researcher and practitioner. He was listed among Foreign Policy's 100 most influential international intellectuals in 2008 and Atlantic's 29 'brave thinkers' in 2009 and is the winner of the Huxley Award of the Royal Anthropological Institue in 2024. De Waal's recent books include: Mass Starvation: The history and future of famine (2018), and New Pandemics, Old Politics: 200 years of the war on disease and its alternativs (2021).  Registration Note: In-person attendance is open to Columbia ID holders. (The in-person registration deadline is November 11, 2024). The Zoom webinar is open to the public. Online: Use this Zoom link. In-Person: Click on "Register" below.  This event is sponsored by the Program on Forced Migration and Health in the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

5th Annual National Injury Prevention Day (NIPD) KICKOFF WEBINAR: UNIFYING VOICES November 12th, 2024, at 1:00 PM EST   The Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention (CCISP) and the Injury Free Coalition for Kids based in the Department of Epidemiology of the Mailman School of Public Health is hosting a webinar to kick off the 5th Annual National Injury Prevention Day (NIPD).  The webinar will feature a fireside chat with experts in the field of injury prevention who are focusing on accelerating injury prevention by increasing equity and addressing disparities.   REGISTER: https://columbiacuimc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WF1NVnxlTY2WGZXGIs5TaQ   Kick off the 2024 National Injury Prevention Day, guest speakers include: • Lois Lee, MD, MPH, Injury Free PI Boston & Chairperson, Council on Injury Violence Poison Prevention (COIVPP), AAP   • David Schwebel, PhD, University Professor and Director of the Youth Safety Lab, UAB   • Sadiqa Kendi, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Safe Kids Worldwide   Moderated by: Allison Arwady, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC