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Mentoring Resources for Junior Investigators

Instructive resources from the Mentoring Workshop Series are indexed below. Topics include:

Authorship | Career Development | Grant Writing
Human Subjects | Industry-Sponsored Research
Life & Work Issues | Networking | Presentations
Program Management

Authorship

• Presenting Data, Error & Allocating Credit (Brief)
  Warner Greene, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology; Director, GIVI; Co-Director, CFAR. [PPT, 16K]

Career Development

• First Appointments and Promotions: Guidelines
  Ruth Greenblatt, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Epidemiology; Associate Director, CFAR.
• What Your Chair Expects of You
  Paul Volberding, MD, Professor and Vice Chair, UCSF Department of Medicine; Chief of Medical Service, SF Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Co-Director, CFAR.

Grant Writing

• First NIH Grants/K-Awards Thomas Mitchell, MPH, Research Development Specialist. [PPT, 1.0MB]
• First NIH Grants James Kahn, MD, Director CFAR Mentoring Program. [PPT, 1.0MB]
• K99-R00 Key Features Thomas Mitchell, MPH, Research Development Specialist. [PDF, 19K]
• Administrative Processes for Grant Submission
  Patricia Clausen, Project Manager, Office of Sponsored Research. [PPT, 3.2MB]
• K-Awards, First Awards, and RO-1s (Brief)
  Ruth Greenblatt, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Epidemiology; Associate Director, CFAR. [PDF, 131K]
• Submitting Your First UCSF Grant: Guidelines
  Thomas Mitchell, MPH, Research Development Specialist. [PDF, 43K]

Human Subjects Approvals

• How to get to Yes: Excellent Submissions to the Committee on Human Research (CHR)
  Sharon Friend, MS, Director, Human Research Protection Program. [PPT, 195K]

Industry-Sponsored Research

• From Academia to Industry (And Back Again Too)
  James Kahn, MD, Associate Director, CFAR; Positive Health Program at SFGH. [PPT, 423K]

Life & Work Issues

• Optimizing Job and Life Experiences
  James Kahn, MD, Associate Director, CFAR; Positive Health Program at SFGH. [PPT, 293K] See also:

  • Keeping Professional Demands in Perspective (Brief) [PPT, 293K]
  • Tips on Workplace Communication (Brief)
    [PPT, 2.1MB]

• Staying out of Harm's Way: Harassment, Hostile Work Environments, & Misuse of Resources
  Alma Sisco-Smith, PhD, Director, Work~Life Resource Center. [PPT, 43K] See also:

  • Procedural Descriptions for Conflict Resolution [PDF, 239K]
  • Communication Skills Checklist
    Campus Mediation Program, UCSF Problem Resolution Center. [PDF, 71K]

• Developing a Satisfying Home Life (Brief)
  Francesca Aweeka, PharmD, Professor of Pharmacy; Director, Department of Clinical Pharmacy Drug Research Unit & CFAR Pharmacology Core. [PPT, 52K]
• Maximizing Productivity At Work (Brief)
  Warner Greene, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology; Director, GIVI; Co-Director, CFAR. [PPT, 30K]

Networking

• Being Known Vs Being Notorious (Brief)
  Teri Liegler, PhD, Associate Director, Gladstone-UCSF Laboratory of Clinical Virology. [PPT, 131K]

Presentations

• Powerful Presentations
  James Kahn, MD., Professor of Medicine; Positive Health Program. Positive Health Program; [PPT, 4.6MB]
• Seminar Presentation Strategies: Avoid Becoming Roadkill on the Seminar Highway
  Warner Greene, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine; Director & Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology; Co-Director, CFAR. [PPT, 2.7MB]
• Orally Presented Abstracts: Guidelines
  Mark Jacobson, MD, Professor of Medicine in Residence; Director Emeritus, CFAR Clinical Core. [PPT, 1.1MB]

Program Management

• Starting the Third year of the Mentoring Program 2006-07
  James Kahn, MD, Associate Director, CFAR; Positive Health Program at SFGH. [PPT, 1.1MB]
• Project Leadership, Fiscal Responsibility, & Related Resources
  Ruth Greenblatt, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Epidemiology; Associate Director, CFAR. [PDF, 189K]

Mentoring Program Contact Information

The CFAR Pilot Mentoring Program is directed by James Kahn, MD, CFAR Associate Director, and coordinated by Brenda Sanchez, CFAR Program Analyst.

If you have programming or logistics questions, please email Sarah French Barrs or call (415) 221-4810 x3675.