Skip to main content

Button Home

Program Overview

The “Leadership Starts With Me” Visiting Professorship is an initiative designed to enhance leadership development across the . Sponsored by the Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development (FALD), this professorship provides departments with the opportunity to bring distinguished leaders to campus to share insights on leadership in academic medicine.

Program Benefits and Support

FALD Responsibilities

  • FALD will co-sponsor a visiting professorship up to $5,000 to support honorarium, travel expenses, and visiting professorship event expenses.
  • Director of Professional Development and team will support:
    • School of Medicine promotion and outreach
    • Registration and attendance management
    • Post-visiting professorship evaluation and feedback collection
    • Provide a visiting professorship certificate and a small thank you gift
    • Assist with planning the visiting professorship

Department Responsibilities

  • Communication, coordination and execution of visiting professor logistics
  • Coordinate visiting professorship event logistics and day of execution
  • Ensuring department participation and engagement
  • Assist with promotion and outreach
  • Share half of the expenses for the visiting professorship
  • Ensure the visiting professorship is open and accessible to all School of Medicine faculty and staff

Preferred Criteria

FALD is dedicated to fostering a culture of leadership growth and faculty development.

  • All departments within the School of Medicine are eligible to apply.
  • Preference will be given to departments who:
    • Identify a speaker with relevant experience in engaging faculty and staff with various career interests and backgrounds
    • Have clearly articulated learning objectives for attendees
    • Identify a speaker/topic that is innovative and/or interactive and promotes leadership growth

Program Timeline

Application Deadline: May 15, 2025

Department Selection and Notification: June 2025

Visiting Professorship Event: February 2026

Contact

For questions about the professorship, contact Carrie Jackman-Hoyle.