The Brigham and Women’s Hospital Postdoctoral Leadership Council is the governing body of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Postdoctoral Association. It is a voluntary organization run by Postdoctoral Fellows working to enhance the Postdoctoral experience at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. To learn more about the PLC, visit our bylaws.

The election process for the PLC’s Executive Board has concluded and the results are in! Congratulations to our newly elected leaders:

President

Lien Nguyen, PhD
Department of Neurology

Vice Presidents

Vice President of External Affairs

Allison Williams, PhD
Department of Rheumatology

Vice President of Internal Affairs

Camila Zanella, PhD
Department of Pathology

Registrar

Masamitsu Nakayama, PhD
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular

Treasurer

Tamayanthi Rajakumar, PhD
Department of Pathology

Standing Committee Co-Chairs

Advocacy

Samer Salem, MD

Career Development

Wayne Mitchell, PhD
Xiangfei Han, PhD

Communications

Lennard Spanehl, MD
Md Amin Hossain, PhD

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

João Luiz Gomes Carneiro Monteiro, PhD
Liping Zhang, PhD

Networking

Stecia-Marie Fletcher, PhD
Wenhui Li, PhD

Mentoring Circles Program Co-Directors

Nurefsan Sariipek, MD

Johnna Varghese, PhD

Interested in joining this team of dedicated postdocs? Become a member of the PLC by joining a committee!

The PLC is a great way for everyone in our community of BWH postdocs to get more involved and shape the future of the PLC, even if you are not already a member.

There is no election process to become a committee member!

Learn more about the work of various committees here. Then, reach out to BWHPDA@partners.org to express your interest.