Networking and Leadership Related Groups
- Postdoctoral Association at UCLA (PDA)
All Postdocs are members! - National Postdoc Society (NPA)
UCLA Postdocs get a free affiliate membership - Advancing Women in Science and Engineering (AWiSE)
- Postdoctoral Scholar Advisory Council
Is a council of administrators, faculty, and postdoctoral scholars that meets quarterly to advice UCLA Graduate Division on important issues relevant to the postdoctoral experience at UCLA
- UCLA Staff Assembly
UCLA Postdocs qualify for all staff resources - Project Synapse
Networking, career development, and K-12 outreach for neuroscientists
Science Communication Related Groups
- 3 Minute Research Pitch Contest
UCLA postdocs compete to best present their research in three minutes - GradSlam
Three minute research presentation contest for graduate students at which postdocs can act as judges - NerdNite
Organization that creates events in which scientists and specialists communicate to the public
Business and Innovation Related Groups
- Advanced Degree Consulting Club (ADCC)
ADCC serves advanced degree candidates that are passionate about pursuing a management consulting career
- BioTech Connection Los Angeles (BCLA)
BCLA inspires, educates and connects emerging scientists and entrepreneurs
to grow and diversify biotech in LA
- Startup UCLA
Startup UCLA connects trainees with alumni in the startup world, and provides a community in which trainees can develop and launch their early-stage ideas.
Diversity and Inclusion Related Groups
- Organization for Cultural Diversity in Science (OCDS)
Community of undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, and staff scientists focused on increasing cultural diversity at UCLA
- Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Chapter at UCLA
SACNAS is dedicated to increasing the number of underrepresented students in higher education and in science
- Advancing Women in Science and Engineering (AWiSE)
AWiSE addresses the gender disparity in STEM through offering training, education, mentorship, and community service opportunities to support women
Social Networking Sites
- LinkedIn
Professional network, finding contacts, researching jobs - ResearchGate
Academic and research networking and collaboration tool - UCLA ONE
Network exclusive to UCLA alumni, designed to find and become mentors