Departmental Representatives

Serve as liaisons between the PDA and their department. Each month, they provide additional input to the PDA on necessary programs, share news with their department's postdocs, and regularly attend Open Forums. Establish a departmental listserv for postdocs or post to an existing departmental listserv about PDA events.

Tamami Shirai

tashirai@ucsd.edu
Department: School of Medicine (Psychiatry)
My research in 12 words or less: Lifestyle Medicine, Integrative Medicine
Favorite thing about the PDA: Many resources/Funding Fest
Favorite quote: "Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough. Give the best you've got anyway." (Kent Keith revised by Mother Teresa)
April Moreno

apmoreno@ucsd.edu
Department: School of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics)
My research in 12 words or less: EHR data quality, continuity of care, health disparities and outcomes.
Favorite thing about the PDA: The opportunity to get involved at UCSD and to meet postdocs from other disciplines.
Favorite quote: "Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do." (Pele)
Nelly El-Sakkary, PhD

nelsakkary@ad.ucsd.edu

Department: Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
My research in 12 words or less: Drug screening and sequencing to identify drugs to treat parasitic disease schistosomiasis.
Favorite thing about the PDA: The fun events organized by the PDA and the fact that it facilitates networking between postdocs.
Favorite quote: Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
You Could Be Here!
We are always looking for Departmental Representatives. If you are interested, please email us at ucsdpda@gmail.com or find more about becoming a volunteer.