Washington, DC, October 02, 2016 /PressReleasePing/ - The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) celebrated the 7th annual ‘National Postdoc Appreciation Week’ (NPAW) from September 19-23, 2016, followed by a bimestrial series of observancesacross the continents.Concluded by the end of October, the broad-spectrum and extravagant bimestrial observances have taken place for the first time.

To its credit, the year 2016, also encompassed an increased number of NPAW events that were hosted throughout the US, Canada and UK in an institutional conjunction with the postdoctoral academia and researchers belonging to the Asian and Oceanian regions, where the postdoc week was marked under the title of ‘1st Asian Postdoc Appreciation Week’ (APAW) from September 23rd to 30th, 2016.

http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/?2016NPAW

Followed by the first bimestrial proceeding comprising of a series of postdoc observance events, thematic sessions and workshops starting frommidof September through the terminationof October, the ‘2016’s Postdoc Appreciations’ marked an extravagance of academic significanceon account of accumulating the 1st Triennial Postdoc Gazette-Reportage. The ‘Triennial Gazette’ is intended to consider, weigh up anddiscern once every three years, the abundant and ample accomplishments that postdoctoral institutions and noted personages make to broadenas well as amplify the scholastic horizons of the humanknowledge-enterprises.

StatusIndorsement &Background of the Postdoc Week:
In 2010, National Postdoc Appreciation Week was officially recognized by the U.S. House of Representatives, culminated with the passage of H.RES. 1545.
The Postdoc Appreciation Week was launched in order to increase awareness of postdoctoral scholars, and to recognize the tremendous contributions, they make to the U.S. scientific enterprises of research and discovery.

What is a Postdoc?
A postdoctoral scholar “postdoc” is an individual who has completed his or her doctorate in a specific area of research and becomes engaged for a certain period of time in mentored research and/or scholarly training under the personal direction and direct supervision of a ‘Principal Investigator’ (PI) for the purpose of acquiring the academic proficiency, needed to pursue a scholarly track of his or her choosing.

http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/?page=What_is_a_postdoc

Postdoc Observance 2016:
The 2016’s fortnight-long postdoc celebrations engrossedover 350 events organized by 98 institutions in 34 states of the US, Canada, UK and Asia. Postdoctoral celebrations were marked under diverse themes of different disciplines, in different parts of the world.Postdoc celebration activities included the formal institutional events ranging from postdoc orientations, webinars, research symposiums, technical descriptions and scientific expositions, panel discussions and informal social junctures including open-house events, networking socials, coffee & ice-cream gather-ups, activities of casual interests and other communal podia.

An extravagance of 2016’s highlight of postdoc appreciations was embraced by the historic launch of the’ First Concept-Note Monograph’, unveiling the ‘Methodic Overview’ of recently discovered phenomenon of Magneto-Hydro-Tropism (MHT-Discovery) by Professor Dr. Qadhi Aurangzeb Al Hafi (the discoverer), at the higher inter-institutional forefronts of the academic ivories of the world.

The newly discovered MHT principle has proved to be a scientific milestone and has evolved to be a ‘core-concept landmark’ in applied sciences, on which the forthcoming centuries would lay the very foundations of new scientific disciplines.

http://www.canindia.com/a-breakthrough-discovery-of-magneto-hydro-tropism/

“So far, the revolutionary leap forward of the groundbreaking MHT since its inception, has significantly advanced and progressively kept-on marking the unparalleled and highest inter-referential and cross-disciplinary ‘on-ground impact factor’ amidst the innovative landmarks and scientific breakthroughs of the20th as well as the 21st century”, learnt the postdoctoral academic observances of 2016.

“Despite being heavily rumored by certain quarters, who on accounts of partisan rivalry, radically opted to make it an ‘object of prey’ in its embryonic stages, the MHT is well paving its way forthto the destinies—it was destined to!”, opined like-wisely the thematic moderators of 2016’s postdoc observance.

The conjoint events of NPAW and APAW for 2016 were coordinated by the Outreach Committees, which work to promote the mission, values, goals, and business objectives of the NPA and SAARC ASEAN Postdoctoral Academia .the outreach committees are currently led by Dr. Andrew Bankston, Dr.Faisar N.M., Dr. Bareera N.B., Dr. Shakira Nelson, Lt. Col (R) AzharSaleem, M.S.Salawal Salahand J. Alex.

Noted Institutional Participations:

Noted institutional participations for NPAW eventsof 2013 to 2016 emanated from:
The University of California (UC), Berkeley, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Saban Research Institute at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, UT Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA), UT San Antonio (UTSA), Texas Biomedical Research Institute, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio Postdoctoral Research Forum,Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, University of Southern California, Stanford University, University of Colorado, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), NextGen Association for Postdocs, University of Florida, University of Miami, Moffitt Cancer Center Postdoctoral Association (MPDA), The Offices of Academic Affairs and Mentoring Programs at Rush University, University of Iowa (UI), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's (DFCI) Postdoc and Graduate Student Affairs Office (PGSAO), The Brigham & Women's Hospital (BWH) Office for Research Careers (ORC), University of Rochester, Society of Toxicology (SOT), SAIRI Research Initiative Pakistan, Scripps Research Institute, California,University of Notre Dame, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Penn State Hershey Postdoctoral Society, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), UT Health Science Center San Antonio, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and University of Pennsylvania.

Top-10 Postdoc Personages:
A 3-years evident postdoc cream-off list has been prepared on basis of the narrow-down rankings of the noted PIs, research panelists, thematic counselors and keynote postdoc canvassers during the last three years course of NPAW’s observances.

The Top-10 postdoc cream-off personages include: 1- Dr. Frances Colón, Acting Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State from the U.S. Department of State; 2- Prof. Jack Szostak, Professor of Genetics and Chemistry, Harvard University; 3- Dr. Belinda E. Huang Ph.D., Former Executive Director NPA, 4- Dr. Helen Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D., Vice Provost, University of Texas; 5- Justice (R) Dr. S.S. Paru Dehlvi, L.L.D.; 6- Dr. Chris Banks, Ph.D., Associate Toxicologist at California EPA in the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment; 7- Prof. Qadhi Aurangzeb Al Hafi, Ph.D., Multi-disciplinary Principal Investigator of SAARC-ASEAN regions, UN-KAKHTAH and SAIRI’s Conjoint Arch-PI in Hydro-toxicology, DRR and Taratological Research; 8- Professor Victor Nizet, 9- Dr. Patrick Allard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at UCLA, and 10- Dr. Jennifer Stedron, Ph.D., Stedron Consulting, Inc.

Featured Institutional Personas:
Featured postdoc discourse moderators, NPAW keynote speakers, non-postdoc research contributors, work-shops trainers and postdoc institutional coordinators during the last three years include Amy Wilson (NPA), Linda A. Dykstra Hylander, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Psychology (Affiliated with Neuroscience Program University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) ; Joe Thomas, Dr. Frances Colon, Dr. Molly Hatcher, Dr. Faisar N. M. (SAARC-ASEAN), Dr. Rafael Luna, Ph.D., Dr. Khizar Yasin (Iqbal Academy), Dr. Dass U, Ph.D., M. S. S. Salawal Salah (SAARC-ASEAN), Dr. Erin Dolan, Executive Director (Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science), Dr. Azam Sheikh (Science International), Dr. Umar Farooq (SAIRI Hydro-toxicology Assessor DUHS), Dr. Khalida M. Khan (UNESCO-CIMR, PU), Dr. C. M. Ashraf (SAIRI), Dr. Bareera N. B. (SAIRI), Dr. Terry Potter, Ms Rabia Faridi (NIH), Dr. Linda Harris, Ph.D, Dr. Tammy R. L. Collins, Ph.D., Dr. F.M. Bhatti (SAIRI), Dr. Denise Saunders, Ph.D., Dr. Deepa Singh, Dr. Jacqueline Powell, Ph.D., Dr. Narmeen Gohar(SAIRI), Jillian Orans, Ph.D. and Dr. Winston-Salem.

Announcements&Nominations:
The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) has elected four individuals to the Board of Directors for the three-year term of service beginning on 1, 1, 2017: Andrew Bankston, Ph.D.; Tullia Bruno, Ph.D.; Chantelle Ferland-Beckham, Ph.D.; and Yvette Seger, Ph.D.

The SAARC-ASEAN Postdoc Academia has designated three academicians to the Board of Directors for a two-year term beginning on 1, 1, 2017: Dr. Faisar N.M., Dr. Dass U, and Dr. E.M. Nawaratne.

Justice(R) Dr.S.S. Paru, L.L.D., D.Litt., continuous to serve as the Principal Patron and Chancellor Emeritus of SAARC-ASEAN Postdoc Academia.

The US-Canada directors were elected from a field of five candidates during the 2016 election, which ran from September 23, 2016 through October 7, 2016, whilst the SAARC-ASEAN designations were primed from October 15, 2016and have been finalized through October 25-27, 2016.

Press Contact:
Amy Wilson, M. S. S. Salawal Salah, J. Alex
National Postdoctoral Association
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