Chair Collaboration and Leadership

The Office of Faculty Affairs and Development provides ongoing college leadership enhancement programs for chairs, directors and leadership faculty. These programs take place on the first Thursday during the months of September, December, March and June. They are scheduled in coordination with the Leadership Committee meetings.

Recent Workshop Topics

2023-2024

June 6, 2024 Guiding Supervisor Careers”
Ade Olomu, M.D., M.S. Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Kelly Hodges, M.A., Director of Faculty Development and Mentoring Programs

March 7, 2024 “Coordinating Delegated Responsibilities for Effective Supervision”
Ade Olomu, M.D., M.S.Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Kelly Hodges, M.A., Director of Faculty Development and Mentoring Programs

December 1, 2023 “Annual Review: Toward a Shared Language”
Nara Parameswaran, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Staff Administration
Kelly Hodges, M.A., Director of Faculty Development and Mentoring Programs

September 7, 2023 “The Role of Effective Supervision in Staff and Faculty Success”
Nara Parameswaran, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Staff Administration
Kelly Hodges, M.A., Director of Faculty Development and Mentoring Programs

2022-2023

June 1, 2023 “CHM Tenure System Mentors and Chairs – A Conversation”
Mentors: Rebecca Knickmeyer, Ph.D. (Pediatrics/IQ); Claire Margerison, Ph.D. (Epidemiology and Biostatistics); Zhehui Luo, Ph.D. (Epidemiology and Biostatistics); Sue Barman, Ph.D. (Pharmacology and Toxicology)
Chairs:
Anne Dorrance, Ph.D. (Pharmacology and Toxicology); Dawn Misra, Ph.D. (Epidemiology and Biostatistics); Jack Lipton, Ph.D. (Translational Neuroscience); B. Keith English, M.D. (Pediatrics)

February 2, 2023 “CHM Department Chairs: Supporting Faculty Success”
Melanie Trowbridge, M.S., Assistant Vice President of Human Resources, Office of Health Sciences

December 1, 2022 “The Current State of Unit Annual Review and the College’s Role
Nara Parameswaran, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Staff Administration
Kelly Hodges, M.A., Director of Faculty Development and Mentoring Programs

September 1, 2022 “The Role of Welcomes and Beginnings in Faculty Success”
Randi Stanulis, Ph.D. Assistant Dean for Professional Development, Professor and Director, OMERAD

2021-2022

June 2, 2022 “Mentoring that Works: Considerations for Mentoring in Professional Communities”
Randi Stanulis, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Professional Development
Adesuwa Olomu, M.D., Professor, Vice Chair for Clinical Research, and Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine  

December 2, 2021 “Responding to New Developments in Faculty and Academic Staff Annual Review”
Kelly Hodges, Faculty Affairs and Development Lead
Nara Parameswaran, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Staff Administration

September 2, 2021 “Supporting Your Employees Through Times of Change and Uncertainty”
Angela T. Hall, J.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, MSU

Workshops from previous years