The San Diego IRACDA provides training directed at preparing post-docs to enter the professoriate: mentored research training, mentored lecturing to undergraduates; a course in organizational behavior and structure of universities and colleges, including interviewing and negotiating job contracts; grant writing; and a seminar series run by the post-docs.

IRACDA also provides travel funding to attend a national meeting each year and the annual IRACDA conference.

Questions? Read the FAQ.

To apply, please submit the following via email:

(1) A Personal Statement - this should outline your career, background, and history in science, including both experiences and future goals, particularly highlighting any interest in becoming a professor.

(2) A Curriculum Vitae

(3) Two Letters of Recommendation (one being from your doctoral mentor) submitted directly to Dr. Brunton via email.

[lbrunton@ucsd.edu]

 

 

Finding A Mentor

Postdoctoral mentors are drawn from our research faculty who are also involved in training. To see lists of potential mentors, consult the web pages of the participating faculty on the sites noted below, where you will find descriptions of research programs of our faculty members.

UCSD School of Medicine
Ph.D. Training Programs

Biomedical Sciences: http://biomedsci.ucsd.edu/

Molecular Pathology: http://medicine.ucsd.edu/molpath/

Neurosciences: http://medicine.ucsd.edu/neurosci/index.html


San Diego State University

Cell & Molecular Biology: http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/cmb/research.html
Many applicants write directly to potential mentors and establish mutual interests; doctoral advisors can be helpful here. If you would like help in finding a mentor, Dr. Brunton will be happy to help; write to him at lbrunton@ucsd.edu. If you reach an agreement with a potential mentor before applying to IRACDA, we will need a letter from the proposed mentor as well, describing the proposed work and stating the mentor's agreement to have you in the lab as a trainee and the mentor's understanding of the IRACDA Program. If you are interested to work with other faculty members in the general area of biomedical research at UCSD or SDSU we may be interested to add them to our list of participating faculty; consult Dr. Brunton.
















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