Newsletter May 2021

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LAP Newsletter

May 2021

Dear fellow PhD candidates,

How are you doing? We are doing great! The weather is getting better, the vaccination coverage is increasing, so all good news. We want to plan a social event again, so save the date: Summer drinks on the 24th of June! If the rules allow it, we will plan something in real life, and otherwise it will be a nice online event. Keep an eye on our social media and our next newsletter.

Also, we are looking for someone to join our LAP board! Scroll down to read more.

Lastly, thank you all for joining the webinar "Women as leaders" last month. More than 130 of you were listening to the interesting talks of retired cardiologist Hariette Verwey, rector magnificus Hester Bijl, and dr. Liesbeth Winter of Vitaal LUMC. We hope you enjoyed the talks and the workshops as much as we did.

Do let us know if you have any questions.

Best,
The LAP board

The background image of prof. dr. ir. Hester Bijl, rector magnificus of Leiden University, during the webinar "Women as Leaders". An appropriate choice, as this is a celebration of female professors at the Leiden University. You can use this as your own teams background as well! Download the picture, and click here to read how to change your MS-teams background (Dutch).

Information

Internal

Status of ongoing or upcoming courses
HRM Learning & Development courses are offered mostly online. This is done with the well-known professional trainers and in an interactive manner. Please register in the usual way. Click here for the complete overview of upcoming courses.
If you have any questions, please contact hrmopleidingen@bb.leidenuniv.nl.

Funds, grants, and awards
FEBS Summer fellowships for PhD students
Deadline: 15 May 2021
Objective: the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) annually awards Summer Fellowships to young promising PhD-students wishing to gain practical scientific experience in an institution located in another country within the FEBS area.
Budget: € 3,500
Click here to read more on FEBS PhD Fellowships

Will PhD ceremonies take place physically or online?
PhD ceremonies will take place fully online (via a livestream) or with a very limited number of people in the small auditorium at the Academy Building. NEW RULE: besides rector, beadle, technician, promotor, secretary and paranymphs you may invite up to 10 guests to the Academy Building! The members of the opposition committee are requested to attend via livestream. For further details see the updated PhD protocol.

Always do the Corona Check before you come in to the University. Answer the five questions on the checklist and stay home if the check tells you to.
Click here to read more

LAP new boardmembers

LAP is looking for a new boardmember. Deadline to apply is the 10th of June.
Click here to enlarge the poster.

PhD side project: Investigate new medical innovation (50-60 hours total)
Are you a PhD-student interested in learning how to bring health innovations to proven patient benefit?
Health Innovation Netherlands is organizing a round table, involving patients, doctors, health care-providers, methodologists, CE-experts, entrepreneurs, insurers and regulatory authorities, to answer questions about a recently developed unique COVID19 test. The LUMC departments of Clinical Epidemiology and Biomedical Data Sciences (unit Medical Decision Making) are chairing the round table and leading the desk research for the Round Table.
Click here to read more and to apply

External

Inclusion of PhDs questionnaire
Inclusion is becoming an increasingly important topic in the academic world. To aid in discussions regarding inclusion, we want to know more about the current inclusion situation for PhD and PDEng candidates. A survey has been developed for this by the PhD Council of the University of Twente (P-NUT) and a local researcher. Your contribution will go a long way to give insights on the matter.
Please fill out the questionnaire here

Events

Save the Date: LAP Summer drinks
On the 24th of June, we are planning a social event. Depending on the rules, it will be a small gathering in the park, or an online event. Keep an eye on our newsletter and social media for more info!

Launch event new master's in Population Health Management
Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) and Leiden University will launch the new two-year English-language master's programme in Population Health Management on 1 September 2021. We are organising an online launch event on 11 May, aimed at future master's students, the field, Phd-students and other interested parties.
Click here to read more

Contact

The Graduate School Office

If you have any additional questions regarding the administrative aspects of your PhD studies in the LUMC, you can contact the Graduate School Office at GraduateSchool@lumc.nl, or find them on LinkedIn or their website.

LAP

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have a question to ask, an idea to discuss, or just want to say hi. You can always send us an email at LAP@lumc.nl.

You can also follow us on social media and of course on the LUMC Albinusnet. Use the buttons below to check out our Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and our website.

To follow LAP on Albinusnet, go to Albinusnet and go to 'My preferences / Mijn instellingen'. Click on 'my departments/mijn afdelingen' and then 'edit departments/afdelingen bewerken'. Look for LUMC Association for PhD Candidates in the list under 'add a department/voeg een afdeling toe'.