Assistant Professor Elected to National Postdoctoral Association Board of Directors

WASHINGTON - Oct. 21, 2016 - PRLog -- The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) has elected four individuals to the Board of Directors for the three-year term of service beginning on January 1, 2017: Andrew Bankston, Ph.D.; Tullia Bruno, Ph.D.; Chantelle Ferland-Beckham, Ph.D.; and Yvette Seger, Ph.D.

Tullia C. Bruno, Ph.D., is currently a research assistant professor in the Department of Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to her appointment there, she completed her graduate work at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Colorado. Her research interests are focused on the interplay of the immune system and cancer. As a postdoc, she was actively involved in her postdoctoral association and was president during the last year of her fellowship. Bruno is an active member of the NPA. Specifically, she has been the Innovation in Action subcommittee chair for the past two Annual Meetings. She was also an American Association of Immunologists public policy fellow, and is currently part of the Cancer Biology Training Consortium Executive Board and the Faculty Advisory Board for the University of Pittsburgh PDA. She is thrilled to be a new addition to the NPA Board of Directors!

The directors were elected from a field of five candidates during the 2016 election, which ran from September 23, 2016 through October 7, 2016. The newly elected directors will join the following members of the Board: Tracy Costello, Ph.D.; Josh Henkin, Ph.D.; Juliet Moncaster, Ph.D.; Barbara Natalizio, Ph.D.; Marina Ramon, Ph.D.; Kate Sleeth, Ph.D.; and Jana Stone, Ph.D. The NPA's executive director, Julie Fabsik-Swarts, M.S., CFRE, CAP, serves as an ex officio member of the Board of Directors.

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The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 educational association headquartered in Washington, D.C. Founded in 2003, the NPA seeks to provide a national voice for postdoctoral scholars; to facilitate positive change for postdocs; and thereby to advance the research enterprise in the United States. The NPA serves the postdoctoral community, including more than 3,400 individual members and some 200 institutional members. The NPA provides support to the postdoctoral community through resources, toolkits, professional development and networking opportunities. To learn more about the NPA, visit http://www.nationalpostdoc.org.