Programs, Workshops and Lectures

The CUIMC Leadership and Management Course for Faculty is a four-day program designed for faculty who currently have leadership/management responsibilities or who wish to include these in their career goals. Participants develop the knowledge and skills necessary for current and future leadership positions in the academic health sciences by utilizing active learning methods, including case studies, discussion and the development of a personal project. Versions of this course are offered specifically for women and diverse faculty. Click here to learn more.

A series that assists early career faculty members in strategically planning their career development efforts. Click here to learn more.

Mid-career faculty often find themselves at a crossroads after achieving the landmark steppingstone of a promotion. There may be fewer mentors and support mechanisms available to help guide their career development, and choices they face are broader and more compl​​ex. This series is designed for those faculty, and covers topics such as understanding and navigating a broader range of career changes, pathways to leadership, leadership competencies, and negotiation.

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This series provides guidance on key aspects of professional development and faculty success that are essential to developing one’s career at CUIMC. Click here to learn more.

The "Ask COAP" Series provides faculty with the opportunity to hear directly from the faculty chairs of the Committees on Appointments and Promotion who oversee appointments, promotions, and tenure. Speakers provide strategies, guidance, and best practices for faculty advancement. 

Session 1: "Ask COAP" Promotion on the "at CUMC" track (fall)
Session 2: "Ask COAP" Preparing for Tenure (spring)

Past sessions are available for viewing. 

The annual Summer Institute for Teaching and Learning is a two day workshop devoted to exploring effective teaching and learning strategies in health sciences education. This event is designed for junior faculty or senior faculty who have recently taken on a new teaching role. More information. 

The CUIMC Educator Development Certificate of participation program is an evidence-based, faculty- driven, professional development series for educators (clinician-educators).

The CUIMC Anti-Racist Educator Institute and its associated Community of Practice are designed for CUIMC faculty interested in implementing curricular and pedagogical reforms in diversity, equity and inclusion. The CUIMC Anti-Racist Educator Institute focuses on  confronting bias, systemic racism in academic and healthcare settings, and course design and facilitation strategies to create anti-racist change in learning environments. Participants collaboratively develop pilot school and departmental anti-racist pedagogy training programs.

This series for researcher faculty and PIs covers skills essential for recruiting and managing an effective and synergistic research team. Click here to learn more.

Applying for funding can be a complicated process given the ever-changing policy requirements and the ever-increasing number of required components in an application.

The goals of the GRANTWISE Series are to provide grantsmanship tips that are applicable to all applications as well as provide an overview of NIH grant opportunities that are specific to early stage investigator (ESI) faculty and trainees.

The info sessions also cover best practices for working with your administrators and guide participants to resources for preparing an application and managing an award. Each session is typically held once a year. Click here to learn more.

The GRANTWISE series covers all you need to know about writing successful NIH grants.

The most vital section of any NIH grant application is the Specific Aims section. This section is the master plan and central focus of an NIH research grant and is a key part that all reviewers read. This workshop provides insight into the elements of an effective and strong Specific Aims section.

Participants are asked to bring a draft of their Specific Aims with them and work through the session on developing this draft.

This series was designed specifically for the needs of clinical faculty to help them thrive and grow at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. If you consider yourself a clinician or future clinician, please join us and learn what you can do to further your career, optimize your practice at Columbia, and meet like-minded peers.

Previous lectures are UNI-protected and are available for viewing here.
Learn more about ACE.

The Academy of Clinical Excellence holds an annual induction ceremony to welcome its new class, coupled with a lecture on clinical excellence to the inductees, their guests, and the leadership of the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian leadership.

This series provides guidance on key aspects of professional development tailored for faculty in procedural specialties. Learn more. 

The CUIMC Anti-Racist Educator Institute and its associated Community of Practice are designed for CUIMC faculty interested in implementing curricular and pedagogical reforms in diversity, equity and inclusion. The CUIMC Anti-Racist Educator Institute focuses on  confronting bias, systemic racism in academic and healthcare settings, and course design and facilitation strategies to create anti-racist change in learning environments. Participants collaboratively develop pilot school and departmental anti-racist pedagogy training programs.

This program is designed to help women faculty collaborate and develop strategies to address gender related issues in the workplace irrespective of career path through the use of case studies.

Sponsored by the Virginia Kneeland Frantz Society for Women Faculty. 

The Office of Faculty Professional Development, Diversity & Inclusion at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center offers a professional development seminar series designed to address the needs of underrepresented minority faculty at CUIMC. These programs include general career development, career-specific mentoring and general skill-building sessions. 

CV Clinic
The Office of Faculty Professional Development, Diversity & Inclusion sponsors a series of small group meetings for its diverse CUIMC faculty members. During these meetings, faculty have the opportunity to discuss academic career specifics with Dr. Anne Taylor, SrVP for Faculty Affairs and Career Development at CUIMC. The small group setting (a maximum of two to three faculty members per group) allows for more personalized discussion. Personal CVs are reviewed. 

This series provides diverse faculty with general career development, career-specific mentoring and general skill building sessions in a peer-to-peer discussion setting.

A special series for women in science.
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This lecture series is part of the recommendations made by the CUIMC Task Force for Addressing Structural Racism and aims to increase the focus on racial/ethnic health disparities and solutions research, as well as training/nurturing future researchers for this work. This series brings together distinguished scientists and scholars from within the Columbia community and from other institutions whose work focuses on key aspects of health inequity.

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The Virginia Kneeland Frantz Society for Women Faculty offers a variety of faculty-driven programs and opportunities that target the specific needs of women faculty. Among these programs, the VKFS annual lecture provides the entire CUIMC community with the opportunity to hear directly from women leaders from a variety of professional fields on their perspectives on and experiences with success and leadership.
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Dr. John Lindenbaum was a widely acclaimed hematologist, gifted teacher, great mentor and an integral part of then Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. His interests went well beyond medicine. He cared deeply about societal inequities and injustices and in medicine in particular. Just before his death in June 1997, he bestowed a gift to what is now Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons to establish an annual lecture given by a distinguished diverse scientist. This lecture series has provided the VP&S community with the opportunity to host diverse scientists from all over the country, while honoring his commitment to equality and justice in medicine and society at large.
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In these webinars sponsored by CopeColumbia in collaboration with CUIMC Human Resources and the Office of Faculty Professional Development, Diversity & Inclusion, faculty provide helpful insights on how to manage stress and anxiety during difficult times. 

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A special series focusing on the health of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. 

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This series brings eminent Columbia University historians to the CUIMC community to frame our context of contemporary events and pathways to equity in the United States. 

Sponsored by: the offices of Diversity & Multicultural Affairs (VP&S); Diversity & Cultural Affairs (SoN); Access, Equity and Inclusion (CDM); and Faculty Professional Development, Diversity & Inclusion; and Operations (CUIMC).

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This program includes a panel discussion of senior women faculty leaders and facilitated peer mentoring sessions that focus on discussing the challenges of academic leadership and advancement for women in general and in particular during the pandemic as well as developing strategies for advancement in various career paths.

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Sponsored by

The Office of Academic Affairs, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

ASPIRE! is a group of seven diverse yet like-minded, scientific peers. Born out Columbia’s KL2 Mentored Career Development Award, they are highly motivated to support the development of the peer experiences for academic teams. Their mission is to provide peer coaching for advancement of gender and racial equity among academic research faculty and leadership. In partnership with the CUIMC Office of Faculty Professional Development, Diversity and Inclusion and in collaboration with other services and experts on campus, the ASPIRE! Peer-Mentoring Series - Managing it All: Research, Clinical, and Life Priorities During the COVID-19 Pandemic was born to support clinician-science faculty during an exceptionally challenging time in their academic careers.

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October 12, 2015

Sponsored by

• The Columbia University Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion
• NewYork-Presbytarian Hospital
• CUIMC Office of the Senior Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Career Development
• Columbia University Office of University Life

April 8, 2014

Speaker

Cato T Laurencin, MD, PhD, University Professor, Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Professor of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, Director of The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Center for Biomedical, Biological, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Director of the Institute for Regenerative Engineering, Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, The University of Connecticut

August 18, 2020

Speaker

Hannah Valantine, MD, MRCP, FACC,Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity, National Institutes of Health, Senior Investigator, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Sponsored by

• The CUIMC Office of Faculty Professional Development, Diversity & Inclusion
• The CUIMC Diversity Deans
• The VP&S Office for Women and Diverse Faculty

Video Recording 

October 20, 2015

Speaker

Lee C. Bollinger, President and Seth Low Professor of the University

Sponsored by

• Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and of Medicine
• Dean of the Mailman School of Public Health
• Dean of the School of Nursing
• Dean of the College of Dental Medicine
• CUIMC Deans for Diversity
• Office of the SVP for Faculty Affairs and Career Development at CUIMC
• Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion

October 6, 2021

Speaker

Anne L. Taylor, MD , John Lindenbaum Professor of Medicine at CUMC, Senior Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Career Development at CUIMC, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Video recording