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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">As we welcome new and returning students to UCR this week, I want to acknowledge that last week was National Postdoc Appreciation Week. Our hardworking postdoctoral scholars
are an integral part of our community and contribute greatly to our academic mission.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">One excellent example is Dr. Esther Omaiye, who has recently been awarded a grant from the University of California's Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program to investigate
how rations of solvents and chemical mixtures in e-cigarettes influence their toxicity. You can learn more about their work here:
<a href="https://insideucr.ucr.edu/awards/2023/08/28/grant-postdoc-will-increase-understanding-how-e-cigarettes-affect-human-health" target="_blank">
https://insideucr.ucr.edu/awards/2023/08/28/grant-postdoc-will-increase-understanding-how-e-cigarettes-affect-human-health</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Please join me in recognizing and thanking the more than 200 talented individuals who work at UCR as postdocs. We appreciate them 52 weeks a year!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Liz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Elizabeth Watkins, PhD
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Professor of History</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">University of California, Riverside</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">951.827.1129 |
<a href="mailto:Elizabeth.Watkins@UCR.edu">Elizabeth.Watkins@UCR.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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