FDA to Host CDRH MSI STEM Immersion Day; a Virtual Event Powered by vFairs on November 20, 2024

Silver Spring, MD – The US Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) announces the CDRH Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Immersion Day, scheduled for November 20, 2024. This virtual event invites upper class undergraduate and graduate students MSIs to explore STEM fields with CDRH experts. Students are encouraged to register for this unique opportunity to gain insights into STEM careers in CDRH.

The event is tailored for students from MSIs, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). Participants will engage with CDRH professionals, learn about the work of FDA, specifically CDRH, and explore potential career paths in STEM. The event is designed to provide students with valuable industry knowledge and guidance on becoming viable candidates for employment within CDRH. 

Muhammad Younas, CEO of vFairs, expressed his enthusiasm for supporting the event stating, “We are excited to collaborate with the FDA on this groundbreaking event. Our platform is designed to offer an engaging and accessible virtual experience, ensuring that all participants can connect with leading experts and resources. This event provides a unique opportunity for students from Minority Serving Institutions to explore the vast possibilities in STEM, and we’re honored to play a role in empowering the next generation of innovators.”

What makes CDRH MSI STEM Immersion Day stand out is its focus on underrepresented students in STEM and its fully virtual format. This event will provide students with direct access to CDRH staff and offer them a deeper understanding of the CDRH’s role in advancing public health and medical device regulation.

For more information, visit the event website.

About the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)

The Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), part of the US Food and Drug Administration, is responsible for ensuring patients and providers have access to safe, effective, and high-quality medical devices and radiation-emitting products. We facilitate medical device innovation by advancing regulatory science, providing industry with predictable, consistent, transparent, and efficient regulatory pathways, and assuring consumer confidence in devices marketed in the U.S. CDRH facilitates medical device innovation and provides science-based information to consumers. We provide consumers, patients, their caregivers, and providers with understandable and accessible science-based information about the products we oversee. The CDRH is committed to continually improving its effectiveness in promoting and protecting public health.

The people we serve come from diverse ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds as well as different cultures, customs, physical abilities, languages, and personal beliefs.  At CDRH, we promote an inclusive environment that affirms the value of our workforce in the service of public health. Through our collective efforts we strive to foster a climate of belonging and empowerment at work, one; where there is mutual respect and staff feel they are seen, heard, and valued for their unique contributions.

About vFairs

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