Faculty Programs & Training

Investing in the Future

There are many opportunities across the UC Davis campus, including at many Consortium Centers, Institutes and Departments for faculty at all stages (early-, mid- and advanced- career) to develop and hone their professional skills in leadership, mentorship, teaching and research. A number of these programs are designed to encourage the success and retention of faculty from historically underrepresented racial, gender and ethnic groups. Such efforts contribute to the continued recognition of UC Davis and UC Davis Health as among the best employers in the nation for workforce diversity.

Resources

Professional Development

UC Davis Health Faculty Professional Development
Seminars and workshops addressing a breadth of professional development topics for faculty including conflict competence, accountability, resilience and leadership

Entrepreneurship

Mike and Renee Child Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Serves as a springboard for innovations developed faculty, postdocs, graduate students and undergraduates, as well as scientists working outside academia. Offerings include Entrepreneurship Academies, Big Bang! Business Competition, and Business Development Fellowships

InnovationAccess in the Office of Research
Provides services that connect research to the marketplace with an emphasis on protecting and commercializing intellectual property as well as fostering entrepreneurship within the campus community. UC Davis’ Venture Catalyst facilitates the translation of university research and technology by driving the development of new ventures

Mentoring & Teaching

Mentoring Academy for Research Excellence
The MARE program focuses on disseminating mentoring best practices for early stage faculty and postdoctoral scholars in the health sciences. Workshops address how to foster an environment that values and supports mentoring in research and career progression

Graduate Mentoring Initiative
Graduate Mentoring Initiative (GMI), a new mentoring program designed at fostering an engaged culture of faculty-graduate student mentoring across all academic disciplines. The mission of the GMI is to develop and sustain a faculty mentor training program that showcases lived experiences and resources at UC Davis, as well as to promote our own recognized and renowned mentors as campus leaders who can engage with their colleagues in promoting the value and impact of positive mentoring experiences. UC Davis faculty, appointed Mentor Fellows, will lead the mentor program for the campus. This faculty-led model really facilitates discussions amongst faculty on best practices, helpful tools, and ways to grow and develop as mentors

Faculty Academy of Graduate Student Well-Being
This initiative will train faculty to deliver graduate student seminars on mental health and well-being within graduate programs. This course is based on the success of a course created by Professor Carolyn Dewa (Public Health, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Sciences) who developed a well-being course offered as a graduate seminar. This course has been offered to a number of graduate programs since 2019 and takes a public health approach to mental health promotion. It addresses skills to deal with common graduate school stresses by introducing graduate students to the scientific evidence regarding stress and tools for self-care. The skills introduced in this course can be used both personally and professionally

Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Courses, workshops and certificate series on diversity issues in education including unconscious bias, microaggressions, cross-cultural competency and more

UC Davis Health Teaching Skills Workshops
Workshops addressing a number of topics in education including professionalism, curriculum development, assessment of learning and programs, addressing microaggressions and creating an inclusive and equitable environment

Center for Educational Effectiveness
Offering consultations, workshops and assessments to promoting and support effective learning for undergraduate students

Seminars and Groups

Women in Medicine and Health Sciences
This program focuses on the recruitment and retention of women in medicine and health sciences. It aims to enhance the culture for women faculty, clinicians and researchers, and increase opportunities for mentoring, leadership and peer collaboration

K-Club
NIH K series training grants (and similar grants from foundations) provide an opportunity for faculty in neurology and neurosurgery to set aside 50% or more of their effort for 2 to 5 years for mentored research training. The UC Davis Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery K club, initiated by Drs. Brooks-Kayal and Harsh in the summer of 2021, convenes monthly for discussions of best practices for applying for, engaging in, and transitioning from these training grants to an independent research career. Please email Vicki Wheelock or David Pleasure for more information

Programs

Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS)
Seeks to form a community of faculty scholars who bring gender and multicultural perspectives to STEM science. Built on an inclusive environment that is diversity-driven, mentorship-grounded, and career-success focused. To date, over thirty exceptional ladder-rank faculty comprise the CAMPOS scholar community, including several Consortium affiliates

CTSC KL2 Program
The goal of the program is to accelerate the career development of promising junior faculty, promoting their development as independent clinical multidisciplinary research investigators. The program will provide selected scholars with a salary, benefits, travel and research expenses each year. The period of support is for 2 years but may extend for up to 3 years

Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) K12 Program
The goal of the BIRCWH program is to create an academic environment for women’s health researchers at UC Davis that facilitates their career development and encourages paradigm-shifting, interdisciplinary collaboration and team-based research approaches across our campus and beyond to advance research on women’s health and sex differences. The program will provide selected scholars with a salary, benefits, travel and research expenses each year

RO1 Application Program
The R01 Application Program is a 9-month cohort styled program designed to provide a solid foundation in creating, submitting, and obtaining and R01 for new investigators. RAP is a multifaceted program designed to help faculty members receive their first R01 grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Senior faculty with strong track records of NIH funding will help guide groups of participants through the development and proposal process, while the team structure encourages peer support and feedback. Faculty applicants must have joint or full appointments with the UCD School of Medicine and not previously named as a PI on an R01