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Graduate Studies

Faculty of Health Sciences Postdoctoral Association

2021 Executive Committee

Co-chairs

  • Steve Gameiro
  • Shitong Xie

Administration officer

  • Xuefei Chen

Social events coordinator

  • Sonia Rehal

Financial officer

  • William Gwynne (incumbent)

Communications officer

  • Steve Gameiro (incumbent)

Surveys & data management officer

  • Katherine Kennedy

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The FHSPDA executive committee must fulfill the responsibilities ascribed to their individual roles.

Co-chairs: Guide the activities and initiatives of FHSPDA and the executive council, act as the official spokesperson for FHSPDA in communications with all external organizations, universities or private agencies, and be generally responsible for ensuring that the executive committee acts following the vision and mission of the FHSPDA.

Administration officer: Coordinate all FHSPDA meetings and the keeping of official FHSPDA records and ensuring are effectively organized and minuted. Liaising with the chair to plan meetings and circulating agendas to all FHSPDA members.

Chief social coordinator: Responsible for planning activities include developing the event’s program, including when (managing specific date and time) and where (physically or virtually) to hold it and managing the catering if applicable. Must oversee the FHSPDA events and activities before and after those have a place.

Financial officer: Responsible for all financial activities of FHSPDA, including assisting with the negotiation and documentation of internal and external financial processes and the development of financial plans and budgets for the FHSPDA.

Communications officer: Responsible for assisting with all communications of FHSPDA via email and physically posting events when applicable. The communicator officer will manage the FHSPDA email account to deliver content that improves the opportunities and development of the postdocs.

Surveys & data management officer: Responsible for managing surveys conducted by FHSPDA and the resulting data. Surveys apply for all events and internal meetings with the FHSPDA executive committee.