The Belfer Institute serves as a resource to current and prospective postdoctoral fellows, faculty members and administrators for any and all issues related to postdoctoral researchers. These include, but are not limited to:
- organizing all educational and social programs and activities sponsored by the Belfer Institute;
- overseeing postdoctoral policies with regard to hiring, appointments and terminations;
- monitoring postdoctoral salaries and anniversary increments;
- overseeing the management of postdoctoral housing at Einstein, including the assignment of incoming postdoctoral fellows to available housing slots;
- mediation of problems involving work-related issues between faculty and postdoctoral fellows;
- arranging e-mail accounts for newly arrived postdoctoral researchers;
- notifying current and potential postdoctoral fellows of job opportunities.
The Leadership of the Belfer Institute includes:
The Belfer Institute Advisory Committee
Jonathan M. Backer, M.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Director, Belfer Institute for Advanced Biomedical Studies
jonathan.backer@einstein.yu.edu
Michael D. Brenowitz, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry
michael.brenowitz@einstein.yu.edu
Steven A. Porcelli, M.D.
Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and of
Medicine; Division of Rheumatology
steven.porcelli@einstein.yu.edu
Marion Schmidt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry
mschmidt@einstein.yu.edu
Erik L. Snapp, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology
erik-lee.snapp@einstein.yu.edu
David C. Spray, Ph.D.
Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience
david.spray@einstein.yu.edu
Allan W. Wolkoff, M.D.
Professor, Departments of Medicine and of Anatomy and Structural Biology
Chief, Divisions of Hepatology and Gastroenterology
allan.wolkoff@einstein.yu.edu
B. Hilda Ye, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology
hilda.ye@einstein.yu.edu
Valeria Antico Arciuch, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Department of DMB
valeria.antico@einstein.yu.edu
Komal Rasaputra, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry
komal.rasaputra@einstein.yu.edu
Carola Wilczek, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry
carola.wilczek@einstein.yu.edu