​​​​​​​​​​The Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) facilitates faculty career success and growth through professional development activities, mentorship and leadership training. OFA analyzes faculty data to develop evidence-based effective programming and initiatives to enhance success, recruitment, and retention of an engaged diverse faculty.

Office Overview

Overview of all OFA activities and OFA sponsored resources are listed in the HS OFA Brochure *update coming soon

New Study by OFA

Health Sciences Office of Faculty Affairs new publication Wingard et. al.  "Faculty Equity, Diversity, Culture and Climate Change in Academic Medicine: A Longitudinal Study" in J. Natl. Med Assoc. Jun 2018. The authors report data-driven policy and programmatic interventions that were associated with increased faculty diversity, equity, respectful behavior and improved faculty climate at UC San Diego Health Sciences. Find out more here.

UC San Diego Resources

• Important resources from General Campus and Health Sciences, please click here.
  
  
• The UC San Diego Health Sciences Healer Education Assessment and Referral (HEAR) Program was created to offer confidential support and resources to those in need, learn more here
  

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• Health Sciences Office of Faculty Affairs has launched a monthly newsletter to update our faculty with news, training opportunities and events relevant to creating an inclusive and diverse environment where leaders in academic medicine can thrive. See the latest newsletter here.
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OFA coordinates & supports various activities throughout the year. A list of programs, application deadlines and funding opportunities are shown below.

Academic Year 2018-2019

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October

November

OFA sponsored workshops are open to all Health Sciences faculty.

2018-2019 Workshops and Special Events for Health Sciences Faculty(rln v1) sg.pdf

October 10, 2018
New HS Faculty Orientation 
5:00 - 6:30PM
School of Pharmacy Building
Classroom 1170
RSVP

October 23, 2018
HCOE Fall Event | Networking with the HCOE Community and Orientation
5:00 - 7:00PM
UCSD Ida & Cecil Faculty Club, Atkinson Pavilion
Invitation only

November 7 – 8, 2018
Faculty Mentor Training Program (FMTP) | Annual Senior Faculty Workshop

Part 1: Wednesday, November 7
8AM - 12PM OR 2 - 6PM
SOM Campus,
MET 143
RSVP

Part 2: Thursday, November 8
8AM - 12PM OR 2 - 6PM
SOM Campus,
School of Pharmacy Building 1160
RSVP

November 14, 2018
Faculty Mentoring Excellence Reception & NCLAM 20th Anniversary Celebration

Speaker: Mitchell Feldman, MD, Director, Mentor Training Program, Professor of Medicine, UC San Francisco

5:00 - 8:00PM
Ida and Cecil Green Faculty Club
Atkinson Pavilion
Invitation Only