Opportunities

Resources for early independence, career awards, and professional development.

Physician-Scientist Mentoring Committee

PSCDP organizes mentoring committees for ongoing career guidance for laboratory-based physician-scientists in Medicine, Neurology, or Pediatrics during the residency, fellowship and/or junior faculty period. If you are interested in accessing this service, please indicate your interest to be placed on a waiting list. 

Mentoring Committee Members

James Bayrer, MD, PhD

Joshua.Berke,PhD

Joel Ernst, MD

Margaret Feeney, MD

Ying-Hui Fu, PhD

John Greenland, MD, PhD

Suneil Koliwad, MD, PhD

Lennart Mucke, MD

Ken Nakamura, MD, PhD

Xianhua Pioa, MD, PhD

Deepak Srivastava, MD

Raymond Swanson, MD

Julie.Zikherman, MD


Mentorship Registration 

Obtaining a faculty position (workshops on going on the job market, negotiating)

  • UCSF Office of Career and Professional Development Workshops on Obtaining a Faculty position

    https://career.ucsf.edu/phds/academic-careers/PAC-UP

  • HHMI "Making the Right Moves" Handbook (Chapter 1 covers Obtaining a Faculty Position)

     www.hhmi.org

  • UCSF Professor Loren Frank on “One Way to Give a Seminar” (pointers for an engaging and effective talk)

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGrppCIe11o

  • Gladstone Institutes/UCSF Professor Robert Mahley on “The Art of Lecturing” (pointers for an engaging and effective talk)

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFDugbik-0M

  • Gladstone Institutes/UCSF Professor Robert Mahley on “Preparing a Chalk Talk for a Faculty Position”  (pointers for an engaging and effective chalk talk)

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03VVfk7edCc