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.

2022 – 2023 Session Schedule

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

This session will share data on student mental health and highlight some of the warning signs and symptoms of a mental health concern or emotional crisis. It will cover key campus resources and include group discussions to give faculty participants the skills to help someone who is experiencing a mental health concern.

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.

The Faculty Mentor Training Program was launched on November 14, 2019 with a seminar on trainee mentorship with Keith Yamamoto, PhD. Dr. Yamamoto recently served on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Revitalizing Graduate STEM Education for the 21st Century and previously served as co-PI of UCSF’s BEST (Broadening Experiences in Science Training) award. He has also led or served on numerous national committees focusing on public and scientific policy, support of biological research, as well as science education. Please join us for this session as Dr. Yamamoto speaks on the topic of Mentorship in Academia.

Keith Yamamoto, PhD, UCSF

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