Programs, Workshops and Lectures

This in-person program is designed for CUIMC faculty with leadership/management responsibilities and faculty who desire career advancement. Participants must attend all four full-day sessions and will be asked to apply the principles from the course to an individual project. Learn more.

This program assists early career faculty members in strategically planning their career development efforts. Learn more.

This series covers a broad range of career changes, including pathways to leadership, leadership competencies, and negotiation. Learn more. 

This series guides key aspects of professional development and faculty success essential to developing one’s career at CUIMC. 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: "Demystifying the Promotion Process on the 'at CUMC' Title track" (fall)
Session 2: Ask COAP: "Preparing for Tenure'" (spring)

Previous sessions are UNI-protected and available for viewing here.

Mentorship, sponsorship, and coaching are essential to both training and career advancement in scientific and biomedical fields. The Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and the CUIMC Office of Faculty Professional Development and Engagement have created BEAM: "Building Excellence in Academic Mentorship  (formerly named PriME) —a five-part series/program designed to equip mentors with the skills to navigate the "hidden curriculum" of mentorship. This curriculum includes the unspoken norms and expectations critical to successful mentoring relationships, such as interpersonal skills, professional development, and fostering workforce well-being.

Learn more about faculty mentorship opportunities.

Learn more about mentor/mentee trainings.

All CUIMC faculty are invited to join a discussion on the Columbia University tenure evaluation process led by the Office of the Provost.

Previous sessions are UNI-protected and available for viewing here.

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. Learn more.

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

This series for researcher faculty and covers skills essential for recruiting and managing an effective and synergistic research team. Learn more.

The GRANTWISE Seminar Series (GRANT Writing and Information Sessions for Enhancing Knowledge About Grant Elements) provides grantsmanship tips that are applicable to all applications, as well as an overview of NIH grant opportunities that are specific to ESI faculty and trainees. This workshop will be repeated to coincide with other NIH standard due dates.

Previous sessions are UNI-protected and available for viewing here.

The “Writing Specific Aims” workshop is designed for researchers who plan to submit an R or K NIH grant in time for the February 5 (R01) or February 12 (K) deadline. Applicants resubmitting applications (March 5 for the R01 and March 12 for K awards) are also welcome to attend. 

During this workshop, attendees will participate in a live session where drafts of Specific Aims pages submitted by attendees are reviewed. Participants are required to watch this pre-recorded lecture with useful tips on writing Specific Aims prior to the start of the workshop. Instructors in the live session will assume participants have a foundational knowledge of writing Specific Aims. 

Previous sessions are UNI-protected and available for viewing here.

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. Learn more about ACE.

Previous lectures are UNI-protected and are available for viewing here.

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 guides key aspects of professional development and faculty success essential to developing one’s career at CUIMC. Learn more.

A special series celebrating the work and stories of women in science. All Columbia University community members are welcome to attend. Learn more.

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 and experiences with success and leadership. All Columbia University community members are welcome to attend. Learn more.

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 scientist. All Columbia University members are welcome to attend. Learn more.

In these webinars sponsored by CopeColumbia in collaboration with CUIMC Human Resources and the Office of Faculty Professional Development and Engagement, faculty provide helpful insights on how to manage stress and anxiety during difficult times. Learn more.