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(Allied) Health Sciences: Faculty Resources: Career Navigation & Development
This is a guide for Allied Health Sciences faculty, with a focus on resources for new/junior faculty, mid-career faculty, and their mentors. It is also a broad, one-stop-shop for faculty at all levels.
Created by Health Science Librarians
School of Medicine Office of Faculty Affairs & Leadership Development
SOM Office of Faculty Affairs & Leadership Development:
A wealth of resources, including these:
Programs & Initiatives
- For for Faculty at Each Career Stage and for Groups Underrepresented in Medicine
- School of Medicine Promotion and Tenure Toolkit: Sharepoint site with a variety of resources designed to help faculty navigate promotion and guide departments as they support the professional advancement of our faculty.
- Includes APT “Cheat Sheets,” timelines, CV format and detailed examples, checklists, policies, additional preparation resources - basically, everything you need for the appointment, promotion, and tenure processes.
And resources for Coaching, Well-being, and more.
Center for Faculty Excellence Career Navigation Resources
- Center for Faculty Excellence/CFE HomeProgramming, resources, and collaborations for faculty at all career stages, including in areas of leadership, mentoring, research, teaching & learning.
- Early Career Faculty: programs and resourcesDon’t be afraid to ask for help. Develop strong relationships with colleagues and make full use of the professional development opportunities the campus has to offer. The CFE provides services specifically tailored to faculty members new to Carolina and those in their first five years at UNC. Or come see us to develop an individual development plan.
- Mid Career Faculty: programs and resourcesLacking a defined beginning or end, faculty are no longer new, but they may not (yet) be in a senior role. Staying engaged, moving forward, and trying out fresh ideas or new approaches are major opportunities for mid-career faculty. The CFE is ready to help faculty refine a teaching repertoire, take risks and collaborate with colleagues within and beyond the borders of your discipline, or develop leadership skills. Use this page as a guide to explore what the CFE has to offer at this stage of your career, or come see us for an individual development plan.
- Senior Faculty: programs and resourcesThe Center for Faculty Excellence helps senior faculty develop the knowledge and skills to successfully carry out their leadership and organizational responsibilities. As a senior faculty member, you are familiar with the history of the institution and have an intricate understanding of the organizational culture, which makes you an indispensable resource for educating and mentoring your colleagues. At the same time, you want to make sure to gain fresh ideas, expose yourself to new challenges, and continue to grow your leadership and mentoring abilities.
Navigating NCTraCS: Examples from a Junior Faculty Member
Examples of how a then early career faculty member started with $2k to shape her career --Clare Harrop, PhD
- Associate Professor and Translational Research Methodologist, Department of Health Sciences
- Presentation to the UNC Department of (Allied) Health Sciences, October, 2018
- UNC's NC TraCS Institute ("TraCS"): An NIH grant-funded institute serving the research community with a mission to accelerate discoveries into interventions that improve the health of individuals and the public. Our aims are to develop and support a skilled research workforce, engage diverse stakeholders as active partners, develop innovative methods to address barriers to translating scientific findings, and incorporate cutting-edge informatics tools and methodologies in every aspect of translational research.
Also see the September 1, 2020, TraCS News Article, Asking the Right Questions, in which Clare Harrop, PhD, describes the TraCS $2K pilot award as a gateway that opened doors to many other opportunities.
- Why don't we see more young girls with autism? To tackle this big, complicated question, Clare Harrop, PhD - a developmental psychologist in the Department of Health Sciences at Carolina - started small with a TraCS $2K pilot award.
- "I did not expect to get five publications, numerous conference presentations, and three more grants out of this."