PostDoctoral Training Program Announcement

The Department of Medicine will increase infrastructure and support for its PostDoctoral fellows. We are pleased to announce that Dr. Iain Scott, PhD, and Dr. Sruti Shiva, PhD, will direct and oversee a new PostDoctoral Training Program (PDTP) that builds and amplifies on many of our existing career development programs. Iain Scott obtained his PhD from the University of St. Andrews in the UK and is currently Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology. Iain’s work focuses on the intrinsic mechanisms that regulate mitochondrial protein acetylation and how this fundamental alteration affects organelle function at the cellular and tissue level in cardiovascular diseases. Sruti Shiva obtained her PhD from at the University of Alabama in Birmingham and is currently Professor of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology. Her work focuses on understanding the mechanisms, by which mitochondrial function is regulated, particularly by reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, and how these are altered in cardiovascular health and disease. Both Iain and Sruti are Principal Investigators in the Vascular Medicine Institute (VMI).

The DOM PostDoctoral program will offer: (1) Specific seminars targeted to the PostDoctoral community in the DOM, (2) Individual career development counselling for each PostDoctoral fellow in the DOM, and (3) Networking and engagement events for the entire community of PostDoctoral fellows and their mentors. The courses and events will ultimately serve to provide enhanced career development and community building for the PostDoctoral fellows and their mentors in our Department.

The program is modelled after the successful VMI PostDoctoral Program, which was established in 2016. The data obtained from this program clearly showed increased job satisfaction, professional achievements, and morale for PostDoctoral fellows participating in this program. Please join us in congratulating Drs. Scott and Shiva to their new leadership roles.