Faculty Development Events

Past Events

Navigating Difficult Conversations: Healthy and Effective Approaches

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 12pm-1:30 pm, virtual

One crucial skill that can positively impact work culture and relationships is the ability to navigate difficult conversations effectively. Sponsored by the Office for Faculty Affairs and Development, this session helped participants get clarity around what it is that differentiates these conversations. Participants discussed how to approach, rather than avoid, these conversations in a healthy, well-prepared way.

Presenters shared a framework for planning the conversation that gave participants an opportunity to practice:

  • Expand individual awareness of your current approach to emotionally charged, high risk conversations.
  • Learn how to engage in healthy conversations with confidence and skills.
  • Learn strategies and tools to prepare for navigating difficult conversations.
  • Practice navigating difficult conversations using the POISE model.

Early Career Grant Writing Seminar

The Department of Medicine Office of Research Services and the SMPH Office of Faculty Affairs and Development offered the “Early Career Grant Writing” seminar with Dr. John Robertson. This virtual, two-day seminar is designed to support early-career faculty, trainees, and staff in demystifying the grant writing process.

Seminar Details:

  • Dates: Thursday and Friday, February 13-14, 2025
  • Time: 9:00 am to 12:30 pm CST each day
  • Format: Zoom Webinar

Seminar Highlights:

  • Target Audience: Early-career faculty, researchers/scientists (MD/PhD level), research administrators, postdocs, and fellows on the UW-Madison campus.
  • Focus: Demystifying the NIH K and, to a lesser extent, F32 grant writing process.

Why Attend?

  • Gain insights into effective grant writing strategies.
  • Understand how the partnership between applicant, mentor, and institution leads to funding and protected time for research training and career development.
  • Identify appropriate proposal types and use review criteria to inform your grant application.
  • Establish and get the most from your mentoring team.

Registration Details:

  • Cost: Free for SMPH faculty. A $100 fee applies for non-SMPH faculty and all non-faculty participants who did not attend the 2024 seminar, “Write Winning NIH Grant Proposals,” or receive a new seminar textbook last February.

For more information, please visit the seminar webpage.

New Faculty Orientation

Annual Event – September 9, 2025 10am-5:30pm, In-Person
Location: Monona Terrace

New Faculty receive individual invitations to register and more information.

Our goal was to welcome new faculty to our community, introduce them to the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) and UW Health Resources, and learn about the relationship between UW Health and the SMPH. The event also provided an excellent opportunity to connect new faculty members with leadership and colleagues.

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