{"id":2573,"date":"2018-07-09T09:21:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T09:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/?p=2573"},"modified":"2018-07-09T09:21:27","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T09:21:27","slug":"recognition-for-contribution-to-the-postdoc-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2018\/07\/09\/recognition-for-contribution-to-the-postdoc-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognition for contribution to the postdoc community"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2574\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2018\/07\/09\/recognition-for-contribution-to-the-postdoc-community\/biancastella-postdoc-award-2018\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2574\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"wp-image-2574 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2018\/07\/Biancastella-postdoc-award-2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Biancastella Cereser receiving her award from Head of the PFDC Liz Elvidge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/postdoc-fellows-development-centre\/\">Postdoc and Fellows Development Centre<\/a> recently hosted the PFDC Reps Award Dinner to thank and recognise the significant contributions that the PFDC Reps Network make to the College. The Reps work on fostering a sense of community amongst Imperial postdocs, acting as a link between the PFDC, postdocs and the department and help the PFDC keep abreast of the challenges facing early career researchers.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 75 Reps across the College, 13 were nominated for the PFDC Individual Award. One of which was our very own Biancastella Cereser (Postdoc\u00a0rep at Hammersmith), who\u00a0was nominated for the individual award for her continuous contribution to the postdoc community. Below Biacastella tells us a little more about her role as a postdoc rep.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I joined Imperial College London in 2016 as a\u00a0research associate in Prof Justin Stebbing group in the Department of Surgery\u00a0and Cancer.\u00a0I decided to become a postdoc rep not long after I joined Imperial\u00a0College, as I wanted to network with fellow postdocs from other teams while\u00a0also strengthening my CV with extra organisation skills.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am an active member of the People and Culture committee and together with\u00a0the other postdoc reps, I share the views of postdocs in several aspects of our\u00a0job, and try to promote changes in our environment. Recently, I analysed the outcome of the staff survey,\u00a0focusing on what the postdoc community of our Department thought about issues\u00a0such as professional recognition, mental wellbeing and support from\u00a0their line\u00a0managers. From this, I\u2019m currently contributing with the other reps\u00a0and our postdoc champion to the design and implementation of a staff survey on\u00a0career progression, aimed at postdocs not only from our Department but from the\u00a0whole\u00a0Faculty of Medicine (Hammersmith Campus), which will help to tackle,\u00a0amongst other issues, the drop-out in academic progression, in particular from\u00a0female postdocs!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about postdoc support in Surgery and Cancer on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/department-surgery-cancer\/for-staff\/our-people-and-culture\/our-champions\/champion-postdoc-career-development\/\">People and Culture Postdoc champions page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Postdoc and Fellows Development Centre recently hosted the PFDC Reps Award Dinner to thank and recognise the significant contributions that the PFDC Reps Network make to the College. 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