National Leadership Workshop on Mentoring Women in Biomedical Careers

• About the Workshop
• Purpose and Goals
• Planning Committee
• Final Agenda
• Posters
• Table-Talk
• Concurrent Workshops
• Other Mentoring Resources

Workshop Session V: Mentoring in Clinical Departments

Chair: Phoebe Leboy, Ph.D., President-Elect of Association for Women in Science, and Professor of Biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Co-Chair: Jeremy Boss, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine
Co-chair: Carol Hampton, M.M.S., Associate Dean for Faculty and Instructional Development, Office of Faculty Affairs, School of Medicine; Director of Leadership, Institute for Women’s Health, Virginia Commonwealth University
Co-Chair: Scott Hultgren, Ph.D., Helen L Stoever Professor of Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine

Brief summary of workshop

Biomedical researchers in clinical departments need mentoring in many areas, including not only the strategies to drive their scientific careers and advice on teaching and working with students, but also how to simultaneously juggle research and clinical responsibilities. Women faculty are unlikely to find a single mentor who can provide sage advice in all of these areas. Furthermore, these women often face a tradition in which their mentor is their clinical division chief, who is responsible for generating sufficient patient income. It is a rare clinical chief who can effectively deal with this conflict of interest. This workshop will explore mentoring models that can overcome these difficulties.

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