Whether you are an undergraduate, graduate student, postdoctoral or clinical research fellow, the DOHaD Society is committed to helping you succeed at every stage of your career.
DOHaD Trainees and Early Career Researchers (ECRs) have the opportunity to share their work, grow their professional network, and learn from leaders in DOHaD research — all while contributing to advancements in the field.
Benefits & Opportunities
Learn
As a DOHaD Society Trainee/ECR Member, you will join an international scientific network with an interdisciplinary and integrative approach to research. Trainee/ECR Members enjoy:
- Reduced Society Membership fees
- Discounted registration rates to the DOHaD World Congress
- Free online access to the Journal for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (JDOHaD)
- Free access to the Society’s newsletters, webinars, symposia, job postings, and other online opportunities
- Reduced rates to our online Short Courses
Connect
- Access the password-protected Members Area, providing unique educational resources and collaboration opportunities
- Join the Trainee/ECR Association
- Join the DOHaD Trainee/ECR Facebook group, a platform to contribute ideas, share new findings, learn about academic/industry job opportunities and stay connected with 200+ members
- Receive mentorship and guidance from established scientists who are DOHaD Members
- Exchange ideas at social and networking events at World Congresses and workshops
Grow
- Increase your visibility by contributing research articles to JDOHaD, or by presenting at a DOHaD webinar
- Attend professional/career development workshops and networking opportunities at World Congresses
- Apply for a Brain Mobility Award, a 1-3 month educational fellowship that facilitates your training opportunities across the world
- Become a JDOHaD reviewer (postdoctoral/clinical research fellows only)
- Submit an abstract and apply for a travel award to attend the DOHaD World Congress
- Help shape the future of DOHaD by running for DOHaD Council or participating in the Trainee Association
Trainee/ECR Community
The Trainee/ECR Community is an international network of new and emerging DOHaD researchers. This platform promotes and advocates for Trainee/ECR interests within the Society, and circulates professional, educational and award opportunities amongst its Membership. We also organise professional/social events at Society meetings and symposia.
Please note that we are currently reviewing the improvement of this Community benefits, so please stay tuned via our special Trainee/ECR newsletter.
Brain Mobility Awards
As a part of the Society’s mission to improve the health and well-being of future generations by widening DOHaD educational opportunities globally, the Brain Mobility Awards were established to facilitate training opportunities and research collaborations between Trainee/ECR Members and high achieving DOHaD academics across the world. Recipients of this highly competitive award pursue a 1-3 month educational fellowship to visit and work with a DOHaD mentor, where they receive support in creating, developing and consolidating their networks, new research skills and knowledge in the field of DOHaD.
Recent Awardees
Macarena Lépez
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Visiting Professor Torsten Plösch’s laboratory at the University of Groningem to study the impact of pregestational obesity on the methylation of key inflammatory and metabolic genes in newborn monocytes.
Xinyuan Li
McGill University
Visited Professor Catherine Lebel’s laboratory at the University of Calgary to study brain structural connectivity as a mediator of prenatal maternal stress from two population-level crises on child development.
Germán Arenas
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Visited Professor Dino Giussani’s laboratory at the University of Cambridge to study the effects of developmental hypoxia on Piezo1 expression and function in the femoral vasculature of chicken embryos at term.