Clinician Scientists & Investigators
Psychiatry Faculty Mentorship Group
Group co-leaders: Dr. Arun Ravindran, Dr. Nicole Kozloff
2023-24 sessions (register below on Zoom):
- Wednesday September 20, 2023 (9:00am-10:30am): Negotiating Protected Time and Research Support at the Time of Appointment (panel discussion with Drs. Mahavir Agarwal, Tarek Rajji, and Ari Zaretsky)
- Tuesday November 21, 2023 (9:00am-10:30am), Joint workshop with Status-Only faculty: How to Hire a High Performing Research team
- Tuesday January 23, 2024 (9:00am-10:30am), Joint workshop with Status-Only faculty on Grantmanship (with speakers Drs. Alastair Flint, Louise Gallagher, Sidney Kennedy)
- Wednesday March 20, 2024 (9:00am-10:30am): Secrets for Success for Mentors and Trainees from 75 Person-Years of Experience (with speakers Drs. Jim Kennedy and Gary Remington)
- more to be announced
Topics of interest may include strategies and skills to address known challenges, important elements that are key to success as a principal investigator and researcher, and opportunities concerning academic careers of faculty in a clinician scientist or clinician investigator role.
Potential topics may include:
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Choosing and maintaining a career pathway - what does my role look like?
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Negotiation and self-advocacy skills (When to say yes: establishing priorities as a new clinician-scientist)
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Programs and opportunities to support career as clinician scientist or clinician investigator
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Grantmanship and success in submitting proposals / grant applications
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Success in submitting manuscripts; dealing with rejection of proposals/papers
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Developing and managing productive collaborations
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Promotion pathways
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Work-life balance
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Research supervision: supporting trainees and postdoc fellows
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Promoting Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research Supervision