CID and Early Career Researchers
PhD students, Postdocs and young PIs are crucial for the University’s world-class research and a vital part of the University community. Cambridge Infectious Diseases aims to offer opportunities for their career development, from networking events to skills-development workshops.
In 2022, a small committee of Early Career Researchers was established within the CID Steering Committee, to reinforce the number of opportunities directed to the ECRs in the network.
Our events aim to:
- Provide informal speed networking/social networking opportunities among early career researchers who work in or are interested in infectious diseases research topics.
- Provide skills-focused workshops to promote integrative thinking and creative problem-solving approaches.
- Provide leadership seminars from researchers who have developed their careers in mixed discipline environments.
Our overarching goal is to provide opportunities to empower early career researchers to consider interdisciplinary approaches to their work, by fostering trust, creative thinking, curiosity, a willingness to debate openly and mutual respect and language across disciplines. Events are advertised through the mailing list and on the main events page.
Upcoming Events
During the Easter term 2023, CID is organising the following events directed to ECRs:
| ECR Monthly Gatherings (next: 16 May, 13 June) | Afternoon sessions (3.30 to 4.30 pm), in which we aim to have two lightning talks from our researchers (of 10-12min each), followed by informal discussion and chat around drinks and snacks. |
| AMR Sandpit 2023 (10 May, Robinson College) | 1-day workshop aimed to develop new cross-disciplinary research proposals aimed at tackling an important aspect of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It involves talks from senior researchers in Cambridge, mentored breakout sessions, and group discussions to create innovative research proposals. The winning proposal will be pump primed by CID. |
To keep updated on these events, join our network or send an email to mb2464@cam.ac.uk.
