The Meet-the-Mentor Luncheon is an event organized by the VPHi student committee to enhance the learning experience for PhD students. The luncheon offers trainees a special opportunity to meet and network with senior members of the community and receive career advice and insights.
The mentor panel is composed by both academic and industry representatives from different fields. A full list of the mentors is available below. Interested trainees shall register for the luncheon not later than 4 Sept 2018, by sending an email to manager@vph-institute.org.
Mandatory requirement:
The Meet-the-Mentor Luncheon is available to VPHi student members only.
Are you a VPHi student member?
You are considered a rightful student member, if you:
1. are affiliated to either an ordinary or a supporting member. Please check if your institution is in the list:
2. have already applied for a student membership. Your name in this case should appear here: www.vph-institute.org/membership/student.html
If you are not a member yet and you wish to apply now, the VPHi student membership comes at a symbolic cost of 10 € per year. Please fill up this form to process your application: www.vph-institute.org/register.html. For any further questions, please contact manager@vph-institute.org.
Registrants are requested to submit their mentor choices (minimum of 2 mentor options) and seating will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis, for a maximum of 6 students for mentor. Once the registration process will be closed, a schedule of the event will be made available to all registrants.
Mentor list:
|
NAME |
ORGANISATION |
SECTOR |
|
Alfio Quarteroni |
Politecnico of Milan |
Academic |
|
Blanca Rodriguez |
University of Oxford |
Academic |
|
Lies Geris |
Universities of Liège and KUL – Leuven |
Academic |
|
Peter Hunter |
Auckland Bioengineering Institute |
Academic |
|
Ravi Iyengar |
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
Academic |
|
Esther Pueyo |
University of Zaragoza |
Academic |
|
Nico Verdonschot |
University of Twente |
Academic |
|
Zahra Asgharpour |
New Venture – Carl Zeiss AG |
Industry |
|
Angel Alberich Bayarri |
QUIBIM SL – Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers in Medicine |
Industry |
|
Luca Emili |
insilicotrials.com |
Industry |
|
Mark Palmer |
Medtronic |
Industry |
|
Thierry Marchal |
Ansys |
Industry |
Further information on the mentors can be found here
You can also read the report of the 1st edition here
