Department/Division Mentor Programs
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Faculty Mentors Across Health Sciences
Department/Division Mentor Directors (DMDs) help their units shift away from a culture of ad hoc mentorship towards intentional, inclusive, and effective mentorship in all institutional contexts. DMDs guide faculty to use evidence-based best practices for mentoring junior faculty and trainees. DMDs assess the “health” of mentoring in their department/division and act as a liaison with the Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA).
Health Sciences Schools
Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health
- DMDs
- Program Highlights
- Previous DMD, Dr. Andrea LaCroix, led a discipline-specific Grant Writing Course (GWC) for Population and Behavioral Health in collaboration with OFA
- DMDs
- Dionicio Siegel, PhD
- Jennifer Le, PharmD
- Joseph Ma, PharmD
- Program Highlights
- Almost 100% of faculty are trained
School of Medicine Departments
- DMD
- Ulrich Schmidt, MD, PhD, MBA
- Mentor Facilitators
- Ulrich Schmidt, MD, PhD, MBA
- Kimberly Robbins, MD
- Advisory Committee
- Program Highlights
- Mentoring retreat to solicit feedback from faculty
- iShare website with private folders for mentor-mentee pairs
- Jr. faculty wait 3-6 months before selecting mentors
- Mentor-mentee pairing outside divisions
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Website
- DMDs
- Bruce Hamilton, PhD
- Kevin Corbett, PhD
- DMD
- Advisory Committee
- Richard Gallo, MD, PhD
- Tissa Hata, MD
- DMD
- Mentor Facilitator
- Advisory Committee
- Theodore Chan, MD
- Brian Snyder, MD
- Eddie Castillo, PhD, MPH
- Program Highlight
- Delivered FMTP modules at regular faculty meetings
- Held info sessions for jr. faculty
- Organize peer-to-peer mentoring
- DMDs review CDPs
- DMD
- Mentor Facilitators
- Darcy Wooten, MD, MS
- Edward Chao, DO
- Heather Hofflich, DO
- Council of Mentors
- Gerry Boss, MD
- Luis Castellanos, MD, MPH
- Chantal Darquenne, PhD
- Francis Gabbai, MD
- Richard Garfein, PhD, MPH
- Charlie Goldberg, MD
- Simerjot Jassal, MD, MAS, FACP
- Kim Kerr, MD
- Susan Little, MD
- Jess Mandel, MD
- Alison Moore, MD, MPH
- Elaine Muchmore, MD
- Rebecca Sell, MD
- Program Highlight
- Jr. faculty select mentors from published list of mentors; mismatches are rematched
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Website
- DMDs
- John Ravits, PhD
- Irene Litvan, MD
- Mentor Facilitator
- Advisory Committee
- James Brewer, PhD
- Sean Evans, PhD
- Hector Gonzalez, PhD
- DMDs
- Varykina Thackray, PhD
- Gladys 'Sandy' Ramos, MD
- Advisory Committee
- Emily Lukacz, MD
- Miles Wilkinson, PhD
- Program Highlights
- All jr. faculty, including MSPs, are assigned mentoring teams (1 junior, 1 mid-level, and 1 senior faculty member)
- Mentor-mentees intentionally matched outside division
- Department meetings are extended by 1.5 hours for mentoring discussions
- DMDs
- Natalie Afshari, MD
- Don Kikkawa, MD
- Advisory Committee
- Linda Zangwill, PhD
- Rahda Ayyagari, PhD
- Michael Goldbaum, MD
- William Freeman, MD
- Robert Weinreb, MD, PhD
- DMDs
- Mentor Facilitator
- Advisory Committee
- Christina Sigurdson, PhD, DVM
- Andres Roma, MD
- Jay Desgrosellier, PhD
- Anne Hiniker, MD
- Program Highlights
- Held 11 hours of mentor facilitator-led training for clinical and research faculty
- Implemented Grant Writing Course (GWC) in department
- Allow jr. faculty to choose mentor or assign mentors
- Established mentor-mentee pairs for all jr. faculty and held DMD meetings with pairs
- Invited speaker to discuss academic advancement with mentor-mentee pairs
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Website
- DMDs
- Alexandra Newton, PhD
- Bill Joiner, PhD
- DMD
- Mentor Facilitators
- Greg Appelbaum, PhD
- Mariana Cherner, PhD
- Victoria Risbrough, PhD
- Xianjin Zhou, PhD
- Advisory Committee
- Laurie Lindamer, PhD
- Catherine Ayers, PhD
- Anne Bird, MD
- Robert Heaton, PhD
- Jeremy Hirst, MD
- Suzi Hong, PhD
- Joanna Horning
- Steve Huege, MD
- Carla Marienfeld, MD
- Sanjai Rao, MD
- Elizabeth Wrape, PhD
- Lisa Eyler, PhD
- Program Highlights
- All jr. faculty assigned 2 mentors (career and academic)
- Many MSPs have transitioned to faculty roles
- Location-based mentoring rather than "division"-based
- Mentorship focused on promotion
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Website
- DMD
- Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, MD
- Program Highlights
- Mentorship program for Assistant professors
- 1:1 matches
- Mentor-mentee formal meetings at least 2x a year for at least 2 years
- Mentorship topics vary; promotion must be a central theme. Discussions revolve around the CDP.
- Sponsorship program for Associate professors
- Sponsorship teams (groups of 2-3 faculty) with at least 1 person outside the department, outside the university, national/international
- Career Assessment of mid-level faculty
- Example goals: foster new research collaborations, chair national committee, serve on NIH study section
- DMDs
- Nikdokht (Niky) Farid, MD
- Sean Tutton, MD
- Advisory Committee
- Christine Chung, MD
- Alexander Norbash, MD
- Thomas Liu, PhD, MBA
- Nikdohkt Farid, MD
- Program Highlights
- Deployed a formal peer mentoring program, Rad-WEL, that meets monthly and provides tools for jr. and mid-career faculty
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Website
- DMD
- Advisory Committee
- Jason Sicklick, MD
- Andrew Lowy, MD
- Mahmoud Malas, MD
- Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD
- Amanda Gosman, MD
- Program Highlights
- Conducted faculty needs assessment
- Organized quarterly faculty development workshops via Zoom
- Assign jr. faculty 2 mentors
- Division Chiefs (or designees) meet with faculty 2x per year, once for salary review, once for academic and teaching review
"actions express priorities" -mohandas (mahatma) ghandi
Divisions with FMTP
- DMDs
- Robert El-Kareh, MD
- Lucila Ohno-Machado, MD, PhD
- Mentor Facilitator
- Advisor
- Program Highlights
- 2-hr faculty mini-retreat on mentoring
- 2-hr trainee meetings (needs assessment, FMTP Toolkit)
- Quarterly mentoring activities at faculty meetings
- DMDs
- Lawrence Ma, MD
- Heather Hofflich, DO
- Mentor Facilitators
- Edward Chao, DO
- Heather Hofflich, DO
- DMDs
- EB Sladek, MD
- Veronica Gonzalez, MD
- Gary Buckholz, MD
- Mentor Facilitator
- Advisory Committee
- Alison Moore, MD
- Roopali Gupta, MD
- Colin Thomas, MD, MPH
- Khai Nguyen, MD, MHS
- Simerjot Jassal, MD
- Program Highlights
- Each jr. faculty, including MSPs, paired with sr. faculty
- Provide pairs with Mentorship Roadmap (abbreviated FMTP Toolkit) with yearly timelines
- CDPs are formalized and submitted
- Monthly check-ins at division meetings
- Review one mentorship tip at monthly division meetings
- Distributed survey regarding mentorship culture
- DMD
- Advisory Committee
- Meghan Sebasky, MD
- Ian Jenkins, MD
- Dan Bouland, MD
- DMD
- Sara Gianella Weibel, MD
- Darcy Wooten, MD, MS
- Mentor Facilitator
- Advisory Committee
- Davey Smith, MD, MS
- Maile Karris, MD
- Laura Bamford, MD
- Annie Cowell, MD, MPH
- Natasha Martin, PhD
- Program Highlight
- Mentees select 3 mentors of interest; leadership selects the final pair
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