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    <div>Forwarded announcement from Deborah Burstein, Ph.D, Associate
      Director, IMPACT program, <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Impact@mit.edu">&lt;Impact@mit.edu&gt;</a><br>
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                        2017</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                align="center"><b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a
href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__impact-2Dprogram.org_&amp;d=CwMFAg&amp;c=WknmpdNpvrlj2B5K1aWVqL1SOiF30547pqSuOmtwXTQ&amp;r=6JU420W2h96BsiFMbCf4kKpzeGpnEgXf1k9P_i6aspc&amp;m=DuPpbzn0qgDbuc5ECzsCWtBPx8QuW9Ffp8GsrphbWQg&amp;s=iwk9nOEqtAYJqLyLomq61lCzRTHEdKBSarUAMZD48ww&amp;e=">IMPACT
                      Program</a> </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"
                align="center"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span
                    style="color: black;">Now accepting applications for
                    post-doctoral and advanced pre-doctoral trainees</span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                align="center"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span
                      style="color: black;">Applications are due May 19,
                      2017.</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                    style="color: black;"> </span><span
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                align="center"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><b><span
                      style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"> </span></b><b><span
                      style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">— Own your career!
                      —</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                    style="color: black;"> </span><span
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                align="center"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span
                    style="color: black;">Group mentoring, 1:1 advising,
                    and community engagement will help you:</span></font></p>
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                    style="color:black">·</span><span style="color:
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                  </span><b><span style="color: black;">Gain a broader
                      perspective</span></b><span style="color: black;"> on
                    your research and career</span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                    style="color:black">·</span><span style="color:
                    black;">        
                  </span><b><span style="color: black;">Heighten the
                      potential</span></b><span style="color: black;"> of
                    your research to achieve real-world impact</span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                    style="color:black">·</span><span style="color:
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                  </span><b><span style="color: black;">Identify
                      actionable opportunities</span></b><span
                    style="color: black;"> to strengthen your work’s
                    focus</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                    style="color:black">·</span><span style="color:
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                  </span><b><span style="color: black;">Express your
                      research mission with clarity</span></b><span
                    style="color: black;"> and power to attract
                    collaborators and support</span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                    style="color:black">·</span><span style="color:
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                  </span><b><span style="color: black;">Expand your
                      professional network</span></b><span style="color:
                    black;"> for lasting, valuable relationships</span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                    style="color: black;"> </span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span
                    style="color: black;">IMPACT provides group
                    interdisciplinary mentorship with teams from
                    academia, medicine, and industry, to help you focus
                    your research ideas and career goals. The program is
                    run out of MIT, but is an R25-funded NIH program,
                    and thus is open to anyone in biomedical research in
                    the greater Boston area (who can come to MIT for the
                    mentoring sessions) and who is a US citizen or
                    permanent resident, and/or has an MIT affiliation. </span><span
                    style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"
                align="center"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span
                    style="color: black;"> Application form:</span> <a
href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_impact17b&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WknmpdNpvrlj2B5K1aWVqL1SOiF30547pqSuOmtwXTQ&amp;r=6JU420W2h96BsiFMbCf4kKpzeGpnEgXf1k9P_i6aspc&amp;m=Y3yWUtsZyTs1ScC4I0FIn_OC5LiDZ37FAk47Bim5m0M&amp;s=2CQrXSl4NBBus07PONotuCswxBc5-qLj0P8CtGcRjHI&amp;e="
                    class="">http://bit.ly/impact17b</a></font></p>
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                      style="color: black;">Questions? Contact:
                    </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                align="center"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span
                    style="color: black;">Deborah Burstein, Ph.D.</span><span
                    style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"
                align="center"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span
                    style="color: black;">Associate Director, IMPACT
                    program</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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              align="center"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span
                  style="color: blue;"><a href="mailto:Impact@mit.edu">Impact@mit.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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