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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dear
Postdocs, after we sent this message out yesterday, we learned
that MIT has a lower registration fee. Please see the updated
message below. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The
MIT Postdoc Association is passing along the following
announcement about this science communication workshop, and
encourages MIT postdoc participation.<span style="color:#1F497D">
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style="color:red">Note that since MIT is R!A member, the
registration fee is $37.50. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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postdocs interested in health and health policy communication
strategy,<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Research!America
and partners are hosting a communications workshop for early
career scientists entitled “Promoting Basic Research in a New
Age of Communications: Challenges and Opportunities” on
Wednesday, October 9, 8:30am – 4pm, at the George Washington
University.
<a href="http://www.researchamerica.org/communicationsworkshop">www.researchamerica.org/communicationsworkshop</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The
program has an impressive lineup of speakers, including a
plenary session by the Alan Alda Center for Communicating
Science at Stony Brook, two panel discussions with science and
health policy media and policy experts, a session with Elsevier
editors on tips for getting published in scientific journals,
and Capitol Hill meetings.<o:p></o:p></p>
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