Education: Postdoctoral and Visiting Scientists
The Wadsworth Center, a research-intensive public health laboratory affiliated with the New York State Department of Health, provides a unique and dynamic postdoctoral training environment. Basic and applied research programs at Wadsworth focus on infectious disease and immunology, molecular genetics, neuroscience, structural and cell biology, and environmental health sciences among others. Supplementing this training environment are state-of-the-art core facilities; an NIH-supported national biotechnical Resource for the Visualization of Biological Complexity; broad-based graduate programs in the biomedical and environmental sciences with University at Albany, State University of New York; and initiatives in biodefense and emerging infections, genomics, and structural and computational biology.
Wadsworth also sponsors a number of events and activities specifically designed to enhance the overall postdoctoral training experience. These include an active seminar program, annual postdoc retreat, annual postdoctoral research appreciation day, grantsmanship course, training in oral and written communication, career workshops, and instructorship appointments at U Albany for those who want to teach. In addition, the institute provides memberships for its fellows in regional and national organizations that focus on issues of interest to postdocs, particularly career development. The Center strongly supports the Wadsworth Postdoctoral Association (PDA), which serves the informational and logistic needs of its fellows. Wadsworth has consistently been named by The Scientist Magazine as one of the Best Places to Work for Postdocs or Best Places to Work in Academia.
The Center is located in upstate New York in Albany, a mid-sized city about 3 hours by car or train from New York City and Boston. Surrounded by rivers, lakes, and mountains, Albany is an ideal location for outdoor activities year round.
To apply, contact: Donal Murphy, PhD, Office of Research & Technology, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, PO Box 509, Albany, NY, 12201-0509. Email: murphy@wadsworth.org
- 2005 and 2006 Best Places to Work Postdocs - The Scientist
- 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2009, Best Places to Work in Academia - The Scientist
Training Programs
- Biodefense and Emerging
Infectious Diseases Training Program
An interdisciplinary biodefense and emerging infectious diseases training program for both predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows has been established at the Wadsworth Center... - Emerging Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
This multi-institutional training program prepares laboratory scientists for careers in public health... - Fogarty International Training
and Research Opportunities
In AIDS/HIV, TB and Emerging Infections for Central and Eastern Europe.