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There is an opportunity for postdoc to serve on some of MIT's Presidential Committees, and Professor Canizares, Vice President for Research and Associate Provost, will forward a final recommendation for each committee. The following will have one postdoc per
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Committee on Assessment of Biohazards and Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight<br>
Committee on the Use of Humans as Experimental Subjects (COUHES)<br>
Committee on Radiation Protection<br>
Committee on Toxic Chemicals<br>
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Here is the link to Presidential Committees at MIT: <a href="http://web.mit.edu/committees/president/">http://web.mit.edu/committees/president/</a>. Further information is below.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">The Presidential Committees are now in the process of being filled by the Office of the President, with recommendations going very soon from the Office of the VPR. If you are interested in being considered for
this opportunity, <b>please submit an email message, state your name and MIT position and which committee you are interested in, and attach your CV for review to
<a href="mailto:MITPDA77@gmail.com">MITPDA77@gmail.com</a> by Wednesday, August 8<sup>th</sup>, 2012.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#010001">Committee on Assessment of Biohazards and Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#010001">Committee on the Use of Humans as Experimental Subjects (COUHES):</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF2F34">As far as a time commitment, the committee meets monthly for approximately two hours except for August when it does not meet at all. The meetings are usually on the third Thursday
of the month at 4:00 PM. Here are the dates for the remaining meetings in 2012:<br>
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August 2012 No Meeting<br>
September 13, 2012<br>
October 18, 2012<br>
November 15, 2012<br>
December 20, 2012</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Committee on Radiation Protection:</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF242F">As far as a time commitment, the committee meets for 1.5 hours quarterly, so there'd be an approximately 6 hour a year time commitment.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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