Postdoctoral Fellows
The Department of Medicine has approximately 30 postdoctoral fellows. Each postdoctoral fellow must meet the following requirements:
Research Outputs: Demonstrate research outputs such as abstracts, presentations, manuscripts (published or submitted for publication)
Funding Application(s): Application for peer-reviewed funding (salary support, scholarships, grants). Success in obtaining of funding is nice, but not required, it is learning the application process which is the most important.
Knowledge Transmission: Scholars must be able to impart their knowledge to others. This may take the form of mentoring a junior colleague, teaching of laboratory or clinical research skills to a colleague/student(s), formal undergraduate or graduate course-based teaching, or speaking to the public.
Health and Wellness Resources
The University of Alberta provides many health and wellness services for Postdoctoral Fellows.
- Benefits Overview
- University Health Centre - a convenient on-campus health clinic
- Office of Safe Disclosure and Human Rights - provides a safe, neutral and confidential space for people to disclose concerns about how university policies, procedures or ethical standards are being applied
- Health and Wellbeing - a one stop health and wellness site for all campus community members
- Workers' Compensation Board - a disability insurance system that protects postdoctoral fellows against the financial impact of work-related injuries
Postdoctoral Annual Report
An annual report must be completed by the supervisor and student must be submitted by April 1 of each year.
A final report (completed by the supervisor) outlining how the trainee has met all of the fellowship requirements is required before a fellowship certificate will be issued by the Department.