FACULTY MENTOR TRAINING SERIES
The Faculty Mentor Training Program focuses on effective communication, aligning expectations, equity and inclusion, mentoring for professional & career development, and supporting trainees in developing foundational skills. Co-sponsored by the Office of Faculty Affairs and Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs.
Program Details
Sessions scheduled monthly via zoom from 12 PM – 1:30 PM. Session descriptions and registeration information below.
Session 1
Evolving Training Expectations for Mentors
This session will focus on new NIH training grant expectations as well as best practices for mentoring remotely, including: resetting expectations for the current environment, helping trainees advance their careers while working remotely, tips and tools for staying connected, and supporting mentee well-being.
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Session 2
Effective Mentor-Mentee Communication
Join us for more information on establishing and communicating mutually beneficial expectations for the mentoring relationship; aligning mentee and mentor expectations; how personal and professional differences may influence expectations.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Session 3
Culturally Aware Mentoring
Learn how diversity influences mentor-mentee interactions; recognizing the potential impact of conscious and unconscious assumptions; strategies for learning about, recognizing, and addressing issues of equity and inclusion.
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Session 4
Introduction to Mental Health First Aid
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Session 5
Aligning Mentor-Mentee Expectations
This session will focus on establishing and communicating mutually beneficial expectations for the mentoring relationship; aligning mentee and mentor expectations; how personal and professional differences may influence expectations.
Wednesday, April 19, 2022
Session 5
Mentoring Your Trainees for Career Development
Learn more about transferable skills that PhDs need in all careers; helping trainees hone these skills to simultaneously improve their research and prepare them for their future careers.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Program History
Previous Programs in this series:
Mentoring: Not Cloning, Not Supervising
Dr. Keith Yamamoto, Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy, Director of Precision Medicine, and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California – San Francisco.

Keith Yamamoto, PhD, UCSF