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College of Human Medicine

Tenure System Mentoring Program

The goal of this program is to supplement existing departmental mentoring activities and to assist new tenure system faculty in achieving the award of tenure on the prescribed timeline.

Tenured faculty members are trained as mentors for this program. Mentors and protégés meet periodically during the academic year to:

  • Review progress to date on meeting the college promotion and tenure criteria
  • Establish future goals
  • Determine ways that senior faculty members and mentors can help in achieving those goals

In the spring, each protégé receives written feedback from the program mentors on their progress toward achieving tenure. Twice a year all CHM mentors and protégés meet to participate in professional development seminars.

Recent Professional Development Seminars

  • November 2024 – Effective Supervision and Mentoring in the Research Setting, Kate Birdsall, Ph.D., Director, Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs; Katy Colbry, Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Services, College of Engineering; Aaron Reifler, Director, Office of Post-Doctoral Affairs.

  • May 2024 – Early Career Roadmaps, Michael Mathis, M.D., Associate Professor, Division of Adult Cardiac Anesthesia, University of Michigan, and member of the Early Career Faculty Advisory Council at U of M’s Institute for Health Policy and Innovation.

  • November 2023 – Chair and Mentor Roles and Collaboration, Anne Dorrance, Chairperson, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology; Dawn Misra, Chairperson, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Sue Barman, mentor and University Distinguished Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology; Rebecca Knickmeyer, mentor, Associate Director, Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, and Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Zhehui Luo, mentor, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
  • May 2023 – Creating a More Inclusive and Equitable Academic Environment: Challenges, Strategies and Progress, Ann Austin, Ph.D., Interim Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs, University Distinguished Professor of Higher, Adult and Lifelong Learning, College of Education.
  • November 2022 – Academic Bullying, Morteza Mahmoudi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Precision Health Program, Department of Radiology.
  • May 2022 – Understanding the RPT process in the College of Human Medicine: Viewpoints and Experiences with panelists Ripla Arora, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, OBGYN/IQ/BME; Cristian Meghea, Ph.D., Associate Professor, OBGYN; Rick Sadler, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine.
  • November 2021 – New Developments in the Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Process: DEI and COVID-19 Impacts, Marilyn Amey, Interim Associate Provost for Faculty and Academic Staff Development
  • Past Mentoring Program Seminars

For further information contact your chair, director, or the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development at chm.fad@campusad.msu.edu.

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