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Career Symposium Planning Committee | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Skip Navigation Close the left navigation Career Symposium Planning Committee Fellows' Career Development Table of Contents Committee Members Related Topics Career Symposium Planning Fellows' Career Development Career Symposium Planning ELITE Consortium NIEHS Trainees Assembly (NTA) Each year, researchers from NIEHS and the Environmental Protection Agency form a committee to organize the annual NIEHS Biomedical Career Symposium. This highly successful and well-attended symposium brings fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, scientists, and professional career advisors together under one roof. Sessions and invited speakers focus on various topics, such as interviewing & negotiating skills, networking, and learning about a broad range of career paths. Organizing the symposium helps fellows to meet the four core competencies they should develop during their time at NIEHS: Leadership and Management — Fellows who volunteer to co-chair a committee are responsible for creating and organizing symposium content, forming a cohesive working group, motivating a team of volunteers, negotiating with service providers, etc. This invaluable experience will help boost fellows’ confidence and give them an advantage when seeking employment. Communication — Fellows gain real-world experience by facilitating communication amongst committee members and leaders both outside and inside of the institute, including those in website development, arts and photography, etc. Being a good communicator is helpful in all aspects of life. Teaching and Mentoring — Past committee members share information with incoming team members about how to run the symposium smoothly. This sharing of knowledge ensures continuity of the symposium from year to year, but also allows fellows to learn how to guide colleagues in a professional setting. Career Readiness — The goal of the symposium is to highlight potential career options available to Ph.D.s, so fellows who attend the event will benefit. Committee Members 2026 Career Symposium Planning Committee Co-chairs: Osafu Egbon, Ph.D. , Co-Chair, Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, NIEHS Shruti Somai-Hyatt, Ph.D., Co-Chair, Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Steering Committee Members: Kimberly Abt, Ph.D. , Chair, Art, Photography, and Booklet Subcommittee, Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Chioma Aloh, Ph.D. , Chair, Career Panel Subcommittee, Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Anastasia Robinson, Ph.D. , Chair, Exhibitors Subcommittee, Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Vaishnavi Venkat, Ph.D. , Chair, CV Review Subcommittee, Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, NIEHS Rajesh Bhardwaj, Ph.D. , Career Panel Subcommittee, Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Yu-Ying Chen, Ph.D. , CV Review Subcommittee, Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Meklit Daniel, M.Phil. , Art, Photography, and Booklet Subcommittee, Epidemiology Branch, NIEHS Jemma Strauss DeFilipp, B.A. , Career Panel Subcommittee, Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Michelle Fyle, Ph.D. , CV Review Subcommittee, Systems Toxicology Branch, NIEHS Kate Goodrich, B.S. , CV Review Subcommittee, Predictive Toxicology Branch, NIEHS Julia House, B.A. , Exhibitors Subcommittee and Postbac Centered Workshop, Mechanistic Toxicology Branch, NIEHS Ying Jin, Ph.D. , Career Panel Subcommittee, Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, NIEHS Suneet Kaur, Ph.D. , Art, Photography, and Booklet Subcommittee, Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Ethan Levy, B.S. , Lead, Postbac Centered Workshop, Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, NIEHS Jiaqi Li, Ph.D. , Career Panel Subcommittee, Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, NIEHS Sarah Marks, Ph.D. , Art, Photography, and Booklet Subcommittee, Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Elizabeth Meyer, B.S. , Career Panel Subcommittee, Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Mahina Monsur, Ph.D. , Art, Photography, and Booklet Subcommittee, Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Tapas Pradhan, Ph.D. , Career Panel Subcommittee, Immunity, Inflammation, and Disease Laboratory, NIEHS Austin Rau, Ph.D. , Career Panel Subcommittee, Predictive Toxicology Branch, NIEHS Logan Schuck, Ph.D. , Career Panel Subcommittee, Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Arvind Chandra Shekhar, Ph.D. , Exhibitors Subcommittee, Macromolecular Structure Group, NIEHS Brett Shore, B.S. , CV Review Subcommittee, Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Surbhi Sood, Ph.D. , Exhibitors Subcommittee, Eukaryotic Transcriptional Regulation Group, NIEHS Barrett Webb, B.S. , Exhibitors Subcommittee, Neurobiology Laboratory, NIEHS Xiaoyue Wu, Ph.D. , Exhibitors Subcommittee, Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Akbar Zainu, Ph.D. , Career Panel Subcommittee, Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, NIEHS 2025 Career Symposium Planning Committee Co-chairs: Matias Grodzielski, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Yu-Ying Chen, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral Fellow, Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Steering Committee Members: Jiaqi Li, Ph.D. , Career Panels Subcommittee Chair, Postdoctoral Fellow, Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, NIEHS Shruti Somai, Ph.D. , CV Review Subcommittee Chair, Postdoctoral Fellow, Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Suneet Kaur, Ph.D. , Exhibitors Subcommittee Co-Chair, Research Fellow, Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Rajesh Bhardwaj, Ph.D. , Exhibitors Subcommittee Co-Chair, Research Fellow, Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Kimberly Abt, Ph.D. , Art, Photography, and Booklet Subcommittee Chair, Postdoctoral Fellow, Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Chioma H. Aloh, Ph.D. , Career Panels Subcommittee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Meklit Daniel, M.Phil. , Art, Photography, and Booklet Subcommittee, Predoctoral Fellow, Epidemiology Branch, NIEHS Anand Jaguva Vasudevan, Ph.D. , Career Panels Subcommittee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Dongwon Lee , Career Panels Subcommittee, Postbaccalaureate Fellow, Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Sarah Marks, Ph.D. , CV Review Subcommittee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Mahina Monsur, Ph.D. , Art, Photography, Booklet, and Exhibitors Subcommittees, Postdoctoral Fellow, Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Anuradha Nair, Ph.D. , CV Review Subcommittee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Anastasia Robinson, Ph.D. , Exhibitors Subcommittee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, NIEHS Kaizong Ye, Ph.D. , Career Panels Subcommittee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, NIEHS Akbar Zainu, Ph.D. , Career Panels Subcommittee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, NIEHS 2024 Career Symposium Planning Committee Co-chairs: Victoria Ledbetter , Student Contractor of ORAU at the US EPA Sohal Puja, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Cell Biology Group Steering Committee Members: Meklit Daniel, M.Phil. , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Environment & Cancer Epidemiology Group Michelle Fiamingo , Graduate Research Assistant at the US EPA Matias Grodzielski, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Molecular Endocrinology Group Kathryn Headley, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Eukaryotic Transcriptional Regulation Group Garyn Jung , Research Biologist at the US EPA Haesoo Kim, M.P.H. , ORISE Research Fellow at the US EPA Dongwon Lee , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Male Reproduction & RNA Biology Group Sofia Malave-Ortiz , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Pediatric Neuroendocrinology Group Tanushree Mukherjee, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Cell Biology Group Kemi Ogunsina, M.D., Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Chronic Disease Epidemiology Group Emily Pitzer, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow at the US EPA Katherine Rentschler, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow at the US EPA Molly Rogers , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Biostatistics & Computational Biology Branch Alanna Stewart , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Eukaryotic Transcriptional Regulation Group 2022 Career Symposium Planning Committee Co-chairs: Rachel Dee, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Systems Toxicology Branch Kathryn Headley, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Eukaryotic Transcriptional Regulation Group Steering Committee Members: Adriana Alexander, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Reproductive Developmental Biology Group Nishanth Anandanadarajah, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Biostatistics & Computational Biology Branch Shannon Banner, Ph.D. , Research Biologist at the US EPA Diana Carreon , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Reproductive Medicine Group Che-Jung Chang, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Environment & Cancer Epidemiology Group Ian Chen, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Mechanistic Toxicology Branch Kathryn Dalton, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Integrative Genomic Epidemiology Group Martin Estermann, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Reproductive Developmental Biology Group Erin Harris, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Synaptic & Developmental Plasticity Group Anna Kreutz, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Toxicology Resource Management Workgroup Christine R. Langton, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Fertility & Reproductive Health Group Victoria Ledbetter , Student Contractor of ORAU at the US EPA Eunice Lee, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Biostatistics & Computational Biology Branch Jasmine Mack, M.P.H. , Predoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Biostatistics & Computational Biology Branch Sarah Marks, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS DNA Replication Fidelity Group Mahina Monsur, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS DNA Replication Fidelity Group Daniel Nguyen, M.P.H. , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Mutagenesis & DNA Repair Regulation Group Jadesola Oladosu , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Environmental Cardiopulmonary Disease Group Madeline Orsini , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Developmental Neurobiology Group Shirley Pu, M.S. , ORISE Fellow at the US EPA Brian Silver, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Mechanistic Toxicology Branch Anita Subramanian, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Fertility & Reproductive Health Group Sandeep Upadhyay, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Immunogenetics Group Jennifer Woo, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Chronic Disease Epidemiology Group 2021 Career Symposium Planning Committee Co-chairs: Kathryn Headley, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Eukaryotic Transcriptional Regulation Group Meghan Warden, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Macromolecular Structure Group Steering Committee Members: Temitope Adedeji, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Eukaryotic Transcriptional Regulation Group Laura S. Bisogno, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Chromatin & Gene Expression Group Kamiya Bridges , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Reproductive Developmental Biology Group Makenna Browne , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Pediatric Neuroendocrinology Group Rachel Dee, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Systems Toxicology Branch Kiana Gunn , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Chromatin & Gene Expression Group Katie Hudson, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Mechanisms of Genome Dynamics Group Seda Kocaman, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Nucleolar Integrity Group Virginie Papadopoulou, Ph.D. , Research Assistant Professor at Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, UNC Chapel Hill & North Carolina State University Saniya Rattan, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Reproductive Developmental Biology Group Brian Silver, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Stem Cell Toxicology Group Brittany Snyder , Pre-doctoral fellow in the NIEHS Post-Transcriptional Gene Expression Group Jemma Strauss , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Calcium Signaling in Health & Disease Group Julie White, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Genomics and the Environment in Respiratory and Allergic Health Group Jennifer Woo, Ph.D. , Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Chronic Disease Epidemiology Group 2020 Career Symposium Planning Committee The 2020 NIEHS Biomedical Career Symposium Planning Committee. Upper row: Collins, You, Huang, Rattan. Second row: Hoang, Dahl, Mellouk, Wickersham. Third row: Rahman, Stafford, Tucker, Lavrich, Bisogno, Weick, Kana. Lower row: Amato III, Clausen, Byrley, Headley, Mehta, Gunn, Li. (Screenshot courtesy of Dahea You) Co-chairs: Mimi Huang , Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Systems Toxicology Group Dahea You , Pharm.D., Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Molecular Toxicology & Genomics Group Steering Committee Members: Ciro M. Amato III , Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Reproductive Developmental Biology Group Laura S. Bisogno , Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Chromatin & Gene Expression Group Peter Byrley , Ph.D., Fellow at Environmental Protection Agency Nicholas Clausen , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Molecular Genomics Core Laboratory Joseph Dahl , Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS DNA Replication Fidelity Group Kiana Gunn , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Chromatin & Gene Expression Group Kathryn Headley , Ph.D. Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Eukaryotic Transcriptional Regulation Group Thanh Hoang , Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Genetics, Environment & Respiratory Disease Group Musa A. Kana , Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Genetic Epidemiology Group Katelyn S. Lavrich , Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Molecular Toxicology & Genomics Group Emily Li , Fellow at Environmental Protection Agency Namya Mellouk , Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Reproductive Developmental Biology Group Sanya Mehta , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Matrix Biology Group Arif Rahman , Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Toxicoinformatics Group Saniya Rattan , Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Reproductive Developmental Biology Group Brayndon Stafford , Fellow at Environmental Protection Agency Nyssa Tucker , Fellow at Environmental Protection Agency Madeleine I. Weick , Postbaccalaureate fellow in the NIEHS Molecular Genomics Core Laboratory Lindsay Wickersham , Fellow at Environmental Protection Agency 2019 Career Symposium Planning Committee The 2019 NIEHS Biomedical Career Symposium planning committee. Front row: Bell, Li, Frank, Bowen, Hoang, Huang. Middle row: Martin, You, Crizer, Kim, Syed. Back row: Giacobone, Gaston, Placentra, Byrle, Elgart (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw) Co-chairs: David Crizer , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Predictive Toxicology and Screening Group Stephani Kim , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Perinatal & Early Life Epidemiology Group Committee: Whitney Bell , fellow in the NIEHS Chromosome Stability Group Christine Bowen , fellow in the NIEHS Neurotoxicology Group Peter Byrley , Ph.D., Fellow at the Environmental Protection Agency Ferdouz Cochran , Ph.D., Fellow at the Environmental Protection Agency Joseph Dahl , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS DNA Replication Fidelity Group Anika Dzierlenga , Ph.D., IRTA Fellow in the NIEHS Division of Translational Toxicology Brian Elgart , fellow in the NIEHS Molecular Genomics Core Laboratory Jessica Frank , fellow at the Environmental Protection Agency Symielle Gaston , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Social & Environmental Determinants of Health Equity Group Camille Giacobone , fellow in the NIEHS Mechanisms of Genome Dynamics Group Thanh Hoang , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Genetics, Environment & Respiratory Disease Group Mimi Huang , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Systems Toxicology Group Emily Li , fellow at the Environmental Protection Agency Elizabeth Martin , Ph.D., fellow in the NIEHS Eukaryotic Transcriptional Regulation Group Suzanne Martos , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Environmental Epigenomics and Disease Group Victoria Placentra , fellow in the NIEHS Mutagenesis & DNA Repair Regulation Group Samantha Snow , Ph.D., fellow at the Environmental Protection Agency Salahuddin Syed , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS DNA Replication Fidelity Group Chelsea Weitekamp , Ph.D., fellow at the Environmental Protection Agency Dahea You , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Molecular Toxicology & Genomics Group 2018 Career Symposium Planning Committee The 2018 Career Symposium Planning Committee included, front row from left: Dahl, Sutherland, Frank, Vellers, Fang. On stairs, front row from top, Hoff, Snow, Bharadwaj, Glenn, Syed. Back row from top, Hubbard, Nichols, Kolb, Bell, Naney, Gustafson. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw) Co-chairs: Salahuddin Syed , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the DNA Replication Fidelity Group Heather Vellers , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the Environmental Genetics Group Committee: Whitney Bell , fellow in the Chromosome Stability Group Manushree Bharadwaj , Ph.D., visiting fellow in the Reproductive Endocrinology Group Rachel Carroll , Ph.D., Research Fellow in Biostatistics & Computational Biology Branch Yu-Wei Chen , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the Developmental Neurobiology Group Joseph Dahl , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the DNA Replication Fidelity Group Yi Fang , Ph.D., Research Fellow in the Metabolism, Genes, and Environment Group Jessica Frank , fellow at the Environmental Protection Agency Katie Glenn , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the Mechanisms of Mutation Group Margaret Gustafson , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the Mitochondrial DNA Replication Group Kristen Hoff , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Mitochondrial DNA Replication Group Troy Hubbard , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the General Toxicology and Cancer Group Joseph Kolb , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Inflammation and Autoimmunity Group Kristen Naney , Ph.D., fellow at the Environmental Protection Agency Cody Nichols , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the Genetic Epidemiology Group Samantha Snow , Ph.D., fellow at the Environmental Protection Agency Caleb Sutherland , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the Cell Biology Group 2017 Career Symposium Planning Committee The 2017 Career Symposium Planning Committee included, from left, front row, Thompson, Romes, McCann, Hoff, Glenn, Dzierlenga. Back row, Nichols, Krane, Belair, Kolb, Shipkowski, Damborsky, Ingle, Otto, and Chin. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw) Co-chairs: Helen Chin , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the Women's Health Group Katie Glenn , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the Mechanisms of Mutation Group Committee: David Belair , Ph.D., fellow at the Environmental Protection Agency Manushree Bharadwaj , Ph.D., visiting fellow in the Reproductive Endocrinology Group Laura Carlson , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Pediatric Neuroendocrinology Group Joanne Damborsky , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Ion Channel Physiology Group Anika Dzierlenga , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS General Toxicology and Cancer Group Kaitlyn Gam , IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Chronic Disease Epidemiology Group Kiri Hoff , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Mitochondrial DNA Replication Group Brandall Ingle , Ph.D., fellow at the Environmental Protection Agency Joseph Kolb , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Inflammation and Autoimmunity Group Gregory Krane , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NTP Pathology Group Kathleen McCann , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Synaptic and Developmental Plasticity Group. Cody Nichols , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Genetic Epidemiology Group Simone Otto , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Ion Channel Physiology Group Erin Romes , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Nucleolar Integrity Group Kelly Shipkowski , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Systems Toxicology Group Samantha Snow , Ph.D., fellow at the Environmental Protection Agency Peter Thompson , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Group 2016 Career Symposium Planning Committee Planning committee members took a short break to gather for a photo outside of the EPA building (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw) Co-chairs: Rachel Krasich , Ph.D., IRTA Fellow in the Mitochondrial DNA Replication Group Peter Thompson , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Group Committee: Miranda Bernhardt , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Reproductive Medicine Group. Helen Chin , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Women’s Health Group. Karen DeBalsi , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Mitochondrial DNA Replication Group. Pooja Desai , Ph.D., visiting fellow in the NIEHS Calcium Regulation Group. Eugene Gibbs-Flournoy , Ph.D., Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education fellow in the EPA National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL). Richard Gilliam , postbaccalaureate fellow in the NTP Neurotoxicology Group. Katie Glenn , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Mechanisms of Mutation Group. Kirsten Hoff , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Mitochondrial DNA Replication Group. Laura Macaulay , Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in the EPA National Center for Environmental Assessment Kathleen McCann , Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Macromolecular Structure Group. Chad Osterlund , Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Synaptic and Developmental Plasticity Group. Simone Otto , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the Ion Channel Physiology Group. Rajneesh Pathania , Ph.D., research fellow in the NIEHS Systems Biology Group. Katherine Phillips , Ph.D., physical scientist in the EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory Karim Shalaby , Ph.D., fellow in the Immunogenetics Group Kelly Shipkowski , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NTP Systems Toxicology Group Samantha Snow , Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in the EPA NHEERL Alexandra White , Ph.D., IRTA fellow in the NIEHS Chronic Disease Epidemiology Group 2015 Career Symposium Planning Committee Members of the planning committee include, back row from left, Otto, Damborsky, Hoffman, Gibbs-Flournoy, House. Front row, from left, Haam, Gabor, Daughtry, Verhein, Hoopes, Snow, Lowe. Not shown, Bhattacharjee, Robinson, Romes, St Charles, Steinckwich-Besancon, McGee, Nichols. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw) Samantha Hoopes, Ph.D. — Co-chair Kirsten Verhein, Ph.D. — Co-chair Suchandra Bhattacharjee, Ph.D. Joanne Damborsky, Ph.D. Kelly Daughtry, Ph.D. Kristin Gabor, Ph.D. Ju Hee Haam, Ph.D. Jackson Hoffman, Ph.D. John House, Ph.D. Julie Lowe, Ph.D. Simone Otto, Ph.D. Deirdre Robinson, Ph.D. Erin Romes, Ph.D. Jordan St Charles, Ph.D. Natacha Steinckwich-Besancon, Ph.D. Eugene Gibbs-Flournoy, Ph.D. Marie McGee, Ph.D. Jennifer Nichols, Ph.D. Samantha Snow, Ph.D 2014 Career Symposium Planning Committee (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw) 2013 Career Symposium Planning Committee Kymberly Gowdy, Ph.D. — Co-Chair Staton Wade, Ph.D. — Co-Chair NIEHS: Margaret Adgent, Ph.D. Georgette Charles, Ph.D. Jacqueline de Marchena Powell, Ph.D. Queying (Charlene) Ding, Ph.D. Christine Ekenga, Ph.D. Neal Englert, Ph.D. Bret Freudenthal, Ph.D. Rachel Goldsmith, Ph.D. Julie Hall, Ph.D. Bethany Hsia, Ph.D. Wei Qu, Ph.D. Maria Shatz, Ph.D. Kimberly Wiggins, Ph.D. EPA: Dayne Filer Jennifer Nichols, Ph.D. Michelle Oakes, Ph.D. 2012 Career Symposium Planning Committee The 2012 NIEHS Biomedical Career Fair Planning Committee comprised of fellows from NIEHS and EPA. Shown left to right, back row: Christy Powers, Ph.D. (EPA); Stela Palii, Ph.D.; Shep Martin, Ph.D. (EPA); Brant Hamel, Ph.D.; Staton Wade, Ph.D.; and co-chair Ashley Godfrey, Ph.D. Shown left to right, front row: Sabrina Robertson, Ph.D.; Bhargavi Rao, Ph.D.; Maria Shatz, Ph.D.; co-chair Darshini Trivedi, Ph.D.; and Cynthia Holley, Ph.D. Not show in picture: Teresa Green, Ph.D. (EPA) and Rachel Goldsmith, Ph.D. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw) 2011 Career Symposium Planning Committee The career fair's planning committee included fellows from NIEHS and EPA. Shown, left to right, standing, are Sabrina Robertson, Ph.D., Tina Stevens, Ph.D. (EPA), Sindura Ganapathi, Ph.D., Zeller-Knuth, Ph.D., Ashley Godfrey, Ph.D., and Xiaoqing Chang, Ph.D. Seated, left to right, are Patricia Gillespie, Ph.D. (EPA), Holley, Swerdlow, co-chair Yixing (Emily) Zhou, Ph.D., Qing Cheng, Ph.D., John Jack, Ph.D. (EPA), and Andrew Seipel. Valerie Davis, Ph.D., not pictured, commented afterwards, “I had a great time serving on the committee. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw) Related Topics Career Symposium Planning Committee ELITE Consortium NIEHS Trainees Assembly Quick Links Career Development Involvement, Awards and Grants Working at NIEHS Back to Top Last Reviewed: February 26, 2026