Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Nominate Now for the 2021 Kharen Fulton Award

Kharen Fulton Award recipient, MaKendra Umstead, holding her certificate.

Don’t miss the opportunity to nominate a doctoral student for the 2021 Kharen Fulton Award for Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement in Graduate Education. The Laney Graduate School and LGS-EDGE are accepting nominations by next Wednesday, Oct. 20.

Created to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Kharen Fulton and her dedication to diversity in graduate education, this celebrated award is presented annually to one full-time LGS doctoral scholar in acknowledgment of their outstanding personal and professional efforts towards diversity, inclusion, and community engagement at Laney. The award winner receives a framed citation and an award prize of $2,000.

The award recipient will be notified on Oct. 27 and will be announced during the LGS-EDGE Annual Diversity Reception on Tuesday, Nov. 9, which they are required to attend.

For more information and to apply by 5 p.m. on Oct. 20, please click here. A complete nomination must be received for consideration. Self-nominations are welcome, but must include supporting documentation from faculty.

Get the latest updates on COVID-19 info for the Emory community at Emory Forward and the LGS COVID-19 Resource Page.

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Upcoming Opportunities

New! Deadline for Flu & COVID Vaccine Compliancy

Please help us work together to keep our entire Emory University community as healthy as possible and minimize the impact on your academic experience caused by COVID-19 and the flu. A flu shot and COVID compliancy are required for all students.

Here are the details:

Flu shot deadline: Oct. 18

Complete Emory’s Flu Attestation Form affirming that you have received a flu vaccine (regardless of where you received it). Any students who have not completed the form by Oct. 18 will have a hold on their OPUS account. Holds are removed once you complete the attestation form. Alternatively, you must request a qualified exemption for medical or religious reasons.

COVID Compliancy:

LGS students are required to:

Upload COVID-19 vaccination records and all other required vaccination information to the Student Health Services portal, or
Submit a COVID-19 declination or medical exemption, or
Comply and participate in weekly asymptomatic COVID-19 testing requirements, or
Request a testing exemption every seven days if you will not engage in any on-campus activity (i.e., attend on-campus classes, conduct research in laboratories or libraries, attend advisor meetings, meet outside, etc.).

New! Emory book signing featuring Laney Alumni: Brittney Cooper '07G '09G, Chanel Craft Tanner '18G and Susana Morris '07G

Do you have a middle school or high school student in your circle of influence? We have an event specifically catered to them. Join Brittney Cooper '07G '09G, Chanel Craft Tanner '18G and Susana Morris '07G for a block party and book talk for their new book Feminist AF: A Guide to Crushing GirlHood. The celebration will kick off with the block party located in Asbury Circle from 4 - 5 p.m. There will be fun activities, a DJ, and free swag at this exciting event opener. The event moves to Cox Hall Ballroom from 5 - 6 p.m. for a book talk with the authors. A book signing will immediately follow.

There are limited free copies of the book available for middle school, high school, and Emory students.

All Emory Community Members, Alumni, Students, Faculty, Staff, Parents, and Friends of Emory are welcome.

Date: Oct. 13
Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
Location : Cox Hall Ballroom, 569 Asbury Cir, Atlanta, GA 30322
Register here

New! Faculty-Led QI Projects: Apply Now!

IHI is an interprofessional community at Emory seeking to increase awareness and competencies of healthcare quality improvement and patient safety standards. Currently, IHI is offering the opportunity to sign up for Emory faculty-led Quality Improvement (QI) projects.

Click here to get more details and learn about additional educational opportunities offered by IHI, such as the Basic Certification in Quality and Safety.

Deadline to apply: Oct. 17
Apply here

New! Pathways Beyond the Professoriate: CDC Careers

The Pathways Beyond the Professoriate Panel Discussion Series connects students with distinguished alumni who have chosen diverse career paths. At these events, alumni from a variety of fields return to Emory to network with our students and discuss their career paths and the unique ways that they have used their graduate training to succeed in positions that current students may never have considered. This session will include Emory alumni from the CDC.

Date: Oct. 19
Time: 12 - 1:30 p.m.
Register here

New! Challenging Negative Career Beliefs: Discovering What Could Be Holding You Back

Negative thoughts can impact our beliefs about our own self worth and result in anxiety and depression. This workshop will focus on identifying those beliefs that may be holding you back, challenging them, and reframing them in a more positive way.

Date: Oct. 21
Time: 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Register here

New! 2nd Annual Research Symposium on Racial and Social Disparities, Inequities, and Injustice

The Office of EDGE (Emory Diversifying Graduate Education) in the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies invites you to join the 2nd Annual Research Symposium on Racial and Social Disparities, Inequities, and Injustice. LGS scholars conducting research related to racial and/or social inequities are encouraged to submit an abstract. The symposium will feature 10-minute “speed talks” from LGS students, a keynote speaker, and panel discussions from faculty across Emory’s campus.

Date: Nov. 5
Time: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Find more information here .
Abstract deadline extended!
Deadline: Oct. 22
Submit here.
Deadline to Register to Attend: Oct. 28
Register here.

New! CFDE Teaching Webinar on Student Support

The CFDE is hosting a fourth webinar on pandemic teaching. The focus of this webinar will be on how instructors can support students in isolation, quarantine, or who are otherwise absent from class. Briefly, the CFDE recommends that all instructors plan ahead for how to handle student absences, especially related to exams. As a reminder, Emory wants anyone who has COVID symptoms to stay home from class (instructors included!). Our panelists will discuss ways Emory’s schools support students in isolation or quarantine, and offer advice for instructors on supporting those absent students. The panelists are:

Joanne Brzinski (Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Emory College)
Wesley Longhofer (Associate Professor, Goizueta Business School)
Valerie Molyneaux (Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Oxford College)
Jeffrey Staton (Senior Associate Dean, Laney Graduate School)

There will be plenty of time to answer your questions at this webinar. We will record the webinar, and the recording will be posted on the CFDE website within a day or two after the webinar (as has been true for our other recent webinars).

Time: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Date: Oct. 27
Register here.

New! Forty Under Forty featuring Laney Alum

Meet 40 trailblazers, problem solvers, and industry leaders. Emory University’s newest class of 40 Under Forty represents some of the most accomplished young alumni who continue to make waves in business, research, leadership, and philanthropic endeavors.

Some featured alumni are:

Kari Brown '06C, '11M, '11G, Senior Medical Director, Aimmune Therapeutics, Chapel Hill, NC

Roxana Chicas '16N, '20G, Assistant Professor, Research Track, Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA

Jasmine Clark '13G, Lecturer, Emory University, Lilburn, GA

Joanna Galaris '15G, Strategy Implementation & Resource Mobilization Advisor, Partners In Health, Kigali, Rwanda

Learn more here.

New! LGS-EDGE Annual Diversity Reception

Please join LGS-EDGE for the Annual Diversity Reception! This event is designed to celebrate and acknowledge the diverse excellence of LGS Graduate Students, current and former. This event will highlight the Laney EDGE Fellow and Ambassadors along with naming the recipient of the 2021-2022 Kharen Fulton Diversity Graduate Award. To attend this event, you must register. This is an exciting moment for LGS, and we hope to see you there!

Audience: The LGS Community (students, alumni, faculty and staff)
Date: Nov. 9
Time: 5 - 8 p.m.
Location: Miller-Ward Alumni House
Questions: amandamariejames@emory.edu
RSVP and register here

New! The Sum of Us: An Emory Community Conversation with Heather McGhee

Emory University campus partners that include Laney Graduate School, Goizueta Business School, Emory Alumni Advancement and Engagement, Emory Global Health Institute, the Law School, the School of Medicine, and Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing will host a virtual conversation with Heather McGhee, The New York Times bestselling author of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. The themes explored in her book demonstrate the benefits we all gain as Americans and global citizens when people come together across race to build an equitable future. Following Ms. McGhee’s talk, Jill Perry-Smith, Professor of Organization & Management and Senior Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives at the Goizueta Business School, will moderate a conversation exploring the economic, education, health, climate, and civic engagement topics central to the Emory community. The event will close with Q&A from attendees.

Audience: The entire Emory Community, which includes students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community partners
Date: Nov. 10
Time: 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Find more information here

Emory Helpline

Emory Helpline offers peer-run telephone support nightly from 8:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. during the academic year. Students may call the Helpline at (404) 727-4357 (HELP) for non-urgent support. The line is typically closed for all major student holidays. This year, the line will also close during Fall Break (Friday, Oct. 8 through Tuesday, Oct. 12) and re-open Wednesday, Oct. 13. The line will close for this semester on Nov. 23.

Tailor Your Resume for Diverse Careers Workshop

Composing an excellent resume and cover letter that speak specifically to the demands of a job posting is one of the most important things you can do when applying for diverse careers. This hands-on workshop will give you practice at analyzing job descriptions carefully so that you can tailor your materials and speak directly to what an employer is looking for. The Exploring Diverse Careers Workshop Series offers hands-on basic introductions to useful techniques for graduate students interested in diverse career paths. This workshop is part two of the series.

In-Person Session:

Date: Oct. 14
Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
Register here

Virtual Session:

Date: Oct. 18
Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
Register here

LGS Completion Fellowships Info Sessions (Zoom)

If you are interested in learning about completion fellowships offered through LGS, please register below.

LGS Advanced Fellowships Info Session

Date: Oct. 15
Register here by Oct. 13

COVID-19 Response Call for Abstracts

Abstracts on all COVID-related research will be considered. Oral and poster presentations will be given in person. Oral presentations will be 10 minutes followed by a 5-minute question and answer period. Posters will be displayed during the symposium from 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Dedicated poster viewing time is 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. and 1:15 - 3 p.m. You are highly encouraged to stand by your poster during the viewing sessions. Compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols will be required.

Abstract submission deadline is Oct. 15

Abstracts will be reviewed by a committee of faculty members. You will be notified by Oct. 25 if you have been selected to present.

You MUST register to attend the symposium in person if you are submitting an abstract for an oral or poster presentation. Please register for the symposium right after submitting your abstract so your abstract can be linked to your registration. Click HERE to register for the symposium. Use the link HERE to submit your abstract.

Please use the following guidance to prepare your abstract for submission:

1. Do not include references, figures, tables, or mathematical equations in the abstract. Avoid acronyms and, where necessary, spell them out when used for the first time (ORs, RRs and CIs do not need to be spelled out). The abstract should not exceed 350 words. Author information is in addition to the 350 words. Clarity and brevity of writing will allow evaluation of the importance of the research.

2. Required information:

Abstract Title
Authors and their Department, Institution, City, and Country
Name all contributors, including faculty/PI
Put an asterisk (*) after the names of all student authors
Use the following headers: Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions
Acknowledge the funding source
Submit five keywords that best characterize your research project and topic

Email Susan Schlueter Wirtz with questions about the submission process at: sschlue@emory.edu.

Events with Office for Racial and Cultural Engagement

Office for Racial and Cultural Engagement presents Grad Writing Series and Grad Student Mixers- Fall 2021: Fellowship Food and Fun!

Seven Week Grad Writing Series: A Writing Group for Graduate Students of Color

When: Friday Mornings
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Dates: Until Nov. 19
Register here or here

Taste of Latinx ATL- Grad Mixer with Latinx Grad Student Association and Centro Latinx

Date: Oct. 15
Time: 5 - 7 p.m.
Location: Campus Life Pavilion
RSVP here
Find out more here

NIH NRSA F30/F31 Workshop

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences provides predoctoral fellowships to eligible individuals who seek advanced predoctoral research training in basic biomedical sciences through the NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F31) and the NRSA Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowships for Students at Institutions Without NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (F30). These fellowships, which generally provide up to three years of support, promote fundamental, interdisciplinary and innovative research training and career development leading to independent scientists who are well prepared to address the nation's biomedical research needs.

NRSA F30/F31 Workshop Webinar

Date: Oct. 20
Time: 3 - 4 p.m.
Deadline to register: Oct. 20, 10 a.m.
Register here

2021 Kharen Fulton Award for Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement in Graduate Education Call for Nominations

The Laney Graduate School and LGS-EDGE are accepting nominations for the 2021 Kharen Fulton Award for Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement in Graduate Education. This Award is given annually and was created to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Kharen Fulton and her dedication to diversity in graduate education. The LGS Diversity Award is presented to one LGS doctoral scholar in acknowledgment of their personal and professional efforts towards diversity, inclusion, and community engagement at Laney. Award recipients will receive a framed citation and an award prize of $2,000. The award winner will be announced during the LGS-EDGE Annual Diversity Reception on Tuesday, Nov. 9. Award winner MUST be in attendance (will be contacted prior to reception).

A complete nomination (self-nominations welcome, but must include supporting documentation from faculty) must be received.

Deadline: 5 p.m .
Day: Oct. 20
Reception: Nov. 9
For more information and to apply, please click here.

Southeast Life Sciences (SLS) AdvanSE Conference

Southeast Life Sciences is a regional non-profit industry association dedicated to advancing the commercial acceleration of medical devices & biopharma in the southeast. Their flagship event, the AdvanSE Life Sciences Conference, highlights the research strengths in the region, fosters high-level dialogue, and facilitates engagement and partnerships.

LGS has worked with the organization to provide complimentary registration for virtual attendance.

Dates: Oct. 27 - 29
Use Comp Code : 2021StudentComp
Register here

Info Session: GRAD 700 Seminar

Please join Profs. Benjamin Reiss (English) and Thomas Rogers (History), along with recent and current graduate students Sadie Warren (Philosophy) and Sophia Leonard (English) for an information session about this interdisciplinary seminar, which will be offered in Spring 2022. The seminar is open to students in any program and at any stage of their graduate career.

Date: Oct. 28
Time: 4 - 5 p.m
Deadline to register: Oct. 27
Register here

COVID-19 Response: Celebrating the Contributions of Emory Graduate Students

The Emory Community has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in many ways, with much of the work being done by Emory graduate students. We are excited to announce a symposium to recognize the many contributions from Emory graduate students to the pandemic response. Oral and poster presentations highlighting the COVID-related research conducted by Emory graduate students will be featured. Keynote speakers: Drs. Carlos Del Rio, MD (Emory University) and Michael Mina, MD, PhD (Harvard University).The symposium will be held in-person and virtually. Compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols will be required. This free event is sponsored by the Laney Graduate School, Office of the Provost, Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the M2M Program.

Date: Nov. 12
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Location: Emory Student Center
Submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation here
Register here

Federal Emergency Financial Aid Grants

In accordance with the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA), and as a participant in the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF II), Emory will provide Federal Emergency Financial Aid Grants to graduate and professional students.

In alignment with U.S. Department of Education guidance, Emory will prioritize students with exceptional need and distribute these grants to Title IV aid-eligible students with a federal expected family contribution (EFC) of $7,000 or less. Each recipient must be currently enrolled in Fall 2021.

For the Fall semester only, Emory will make HEERF II funds available to students who meet the eligibility requirements outlined above as determined by information provided in the FAFSA.

To complete a FAFSA, click here. Once your FAFSA is received, the Office of Financial Aid will review it to determine if you are eligible for any HEERF funds.
If you have any questions, please contact your financial aid advisor.

Office of Health Promotion Offers a Place to Connect
The Office of Health Promotions is offering space for any students in recovery or looking for change. Connect with fellow Emory students.

Time: 5 p.m.
Day: Fridays, weekly
Location: AMUC Suite 237

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Fellowships

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Applications for the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship must include an attestation letter from the applicant’s institution, provided by the Dean (see final item under Application Requirements here). Those applying for this Completion Fellowship should submit applications to the Mellon ACLS online portal by the internal deadline. Please consult the guidelines below.

Internal application deadline: Oct. 15
Review Guidelines here

Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke (VECD) Fogarty Global Health Fellowship

The Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke Fogarty Global Health Fellows and Scholars Program provides supportive mentorship, research opportunities and a collaborative research environment for early stage investigators to enhance their global health research expertise and their careers. This outstanding program offers a year-abroad opportunity for US and LMIC postdocs and doctoral students to develop research skills in a global health research setting. For complete information on the program, eligibility and application process, visit here.

Deadline: Nov. 1 for fellowships beginning July 2022
- (flexible start date if impacted by COVID pandemic)
If interested in applying for Emory-related research sites, contact Mark Hutcheson ( mhutch3@emory.edu).
Find more information here