Author: Jennifer

Mental well-being resources for faculty, staff, postdoc’s, fellows and residents.

Supported by an Institutional Training Grant Award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund to enhance training of MD-only candidates performing basic science research, the program seeks to support outstanding individuals committed to a career as a physician-scientist. This program aims to alleviate the Scholar’s financial stress and provide them with mentorship, institutional support, and the protected […]

Find updated information on Becker Library operations and online resources at becker.wustl.edu/covid-19. Key information and resources are below. Remote Access to Resources Most of Becker Library’s resources are available online. This includes databases, journals and e-books. Full text is available off campus with a VPN connection or a Becker proxy server account. Becker Library is extending temporary proxy server access to faculty and staff at no […]

Due to severe disruptions in academic career progress imposed by pandemic conditions, the tenure probationary period will be tolled (paused) for one year for all faculty members currently in their probationary period and for all faculty members who commence their probationary period from this day forward for the next 15 months, through June 30, 2021. […]

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Mike Lauer The public health emergency due to COVID-19 is causing difficulties in many aspects of our lives. My colleagues and I here at NIH are well aware of the challenges being felt in the research community as institutions are closing, people are being asked to practice social distancing, and resources and […]

GREAT Community Call – with Dr. Kay Lund, Director of Division of Biomedical Research Workforce, NIHWednesday, April 1st2-3pmEmail eouttarac@aamc.org to sign up – please include your email address, name, title, and institution GREAT has been hosting open community calls as a forum for the GREAT community to ask questions and share information about your training […]

Strategies and Tools for Dealing with Stress During The Coronavirus – NIH OITE webinar seriesFriday, March 27th3:15-4:15pm Join us to discuss strategies for building resilience in this time of stress and uncertainty. Topics covered include shifting and rebuilding routines, dealing with loneliness and distance from our support networks, balancing demands of family and work, news […]

In these unusual times, we’re all concerned for the health and safety of our families, friends, patients and colleagues. We invite you to focus your entrepreneurial energies on finding solutions for short-, medium-, and long-term problems associated with the Corona-virus pandemic. Join us on Zoom for IDEAS4COVID-19, Thursday March 26th from 12-1 CT to identify […]

Guidelines for returning to work post-travel Effective today, all School of Medicine employees (faculty, trainees and staff) returning from domestic or international travel must report this information to a newly established email address — med.coronavirus@wustl.edu — and await clearance to return to work. This new protocol applies to employees who have traveled in the past […]

The Doris Duke Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists Program (DDFRCS) at Washington University in St. Louis has been developed to provide innovative institutional solutions to reduce faculty attrition by assisting junior faculty facing extraprofessional demands. The DDRCS provides broad-based education to raise awareness and implement new interventions, as well as resources and mentoring to support […]